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She just wants an apology for the police shooting her dog, and you can't even do that.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A woman whose dog was shot by police Thursday morning is asking for an apology.聽 The police officer shot Lindsey Hartnett's dog, Rectangle, twice in the leg and once in the head while responding to a burglary alarm at her home in the 5700 block of Highland Avenue.聽 It was a false alarm, and Rectangle is expected to make a full recovery.聽 Still, his injuries cost Lindsey more than $400. She picked him up Friday afternoon from the FMA Animal Hospital and said she felt lucky that he's alive.聽 The shooting happened after Hartnett let Rectangle out while she searched the basement of the home for signs of a burglar. Not long after, she heard gunshots and thought the possible intruder shot her dog.聽 "I heard four gunshots go off and immediately went into panic mode," Hartnett said. "I could hear Rectangle screaming and yelping."聽 After calling dispatchers, Hartnett learned police already arrived at the home and fired the shots at Rectangle.聽 Hartnett walked around to the front of the home where she saw two responding officers standing as her dog bled on the porch. The officers told her they opened fire because he was not tied up, but Hartnett believes their actions were too harsh.聽 "I just feel like they could have handled it differently," Hartnett said. "They could have used tazers. The could have used mace."聽 Steve Young, a spokesperson for the police department, said the officer who fired at Rectangle felt threatened after the dog charged towards him and the officer responded accordingly.聽 But Hartnett said Rectangle had never attacked anyone before, and had always been fine around strangers. She said she felt the police officer owed her an apology.聽 Captain Steve Young said an apology would be warranted if there was wrong-doing, but the officer was doing his job.聽 "It is unfortunate, but the officer was within policy," Young said. "He acted appropriately if he thought he was going to be bit, and he did feel that way." Read more:聽http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_news/kc-woman-wants-apology-after-police-shoot-her-dog#ixzz1yd1oBOZm
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Tag! You鈥檙e it! The rules are to state 10 random facts about yourself. Then, go to ten blogs and tell them that they are it, GUUUURRRRL.
crap.
1. I am 19 years old
2. I changed two of these facts after I wrote them all out.聽
3. I graduated high school a year early. (only to be working full time instead of going to school full time)
4. I don't understand a lot of basic social interaction, and am extremely paranoid.聽
5. I recently quit smoking!
6. To me, what feels most like "god", is being in nature, seeing the earth, smelling the dirt. (this sounds lame, but I really believe it.)聽
7. I'm a聽hypochondriac.
8. I prefer living alone
9. I secretly want to be a heart surgeon.
10. I bail a lot. The idea of being around people really intimidates me.聽
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IF YOU'RE SO FUNNY
then why are you on your owwwwwn tonight?
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The police shot my friends dog, unprovoked.
"At about seven AM our house alarm went off. The homeowner was called. He called the person watching our house at the time, she reported that there was no break in that she knew of and started to check the doors and windows. The homeowner then called the alarm company and said that it was a false alarm. The cops arrived on the scene almost immediately. The dog was outside and the person at the house was on the other side of the house checking the basement door. Rectangle (our dog) ran toward the policemen on our porch. Possibly barking (noone has seen a police report. One of the officers pulled his gun and fired at him point blank. FOUR TIMES. Luckily, he was only shot twice and will hopefully recover after surgery.
The homeowner talked to the Police Sergeant and he confirmed that they knew it was a false alarm. The officers on the scene left before anyone who lives there arrived. The Sergeant said that this behavior was protocol. My roomate is left with a costly vet bill and no explanation for what happened.
I am unsure what the next step should be for us and hoped Reddit might have some insight? Does this really just happen?"
#I cannot believe it#Rectangle is the best dog#what can be done about this?#animal cruelty#police brutality
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a special message for a very special someone

hey

you

dont you dare think

for even a second

that nobody saw you

when you decided this waS AN ACCEPTABLE WAY TO PARK YOUR VEHICLE BECAUSE IS AW IT OKAY I FUCKING SAW IT YOUR SHITTY PARKING JBO IS ON GOOGLE MAPS IN FRONT OF THE ENTUIRE WORLD
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