Right, it was a police dog. But, it is wicked to send a man up for hard time for killing a dog. This ruling had to be driven by feely feely people who think dogs have the same rights as humans. In many states, dogs have more rights than people.
Texas is a great state to live in, but we do have some stupid laws. Thus...........
Colleen Lynn, founder of Dogsbite.org, told me I was probably worrying too much. She pointed out that the former governor of our state got away with gunning down a coyote he thought was attacking his dog, inspiring what is now known in this area of law as the "Rick Perry principle": you can shoot any animal you want, so long as you're the governor.
She also pointed me toward a 2014 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision in which a guy was exonerated: he went back and roped down a pit bull some time after it had attacked his own dogs, chained it to the bumper of his truck and slashed its throat. The appeals court basically said, "Good job."
Yeah, but that's for attacking his pets. I know Texas law says you can kill a dog that's attacking your animals. But what if it's attacking you? Hey. This is Texas. Texas is weird. I can see Texas law favoring a pit bull over me any day of the week.
Dallas Observer
Neither I nor God are impressed
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