Re: THP STATEMENT ON SMOAK FAMILY INCIDENT

By GLenda Smith

January 09, 2003

I currently live in Ky. but I'm from Cookeville, Tenn. When I heard that news our, Louisville TV Staton, I was shocked, disbelieved, what was a officer thinking to shoot a family pet traveling with his family. If, Officer these days was not so trigger happy and investigate this a liitle more, and commintate with there 911 callers they might have a clue whats going on.
I travel with my family pet all the time which happens to be a 10 years old Rottweiler, which was a champion in her youger days, and would lick you to death unless you was trying to hurt one of us in our family, then she is soppose to protect us, that's her job now.
But, just because she is a Rottweiler they would be scared, its not the dogs its bad owers.
And, the way life is now thats the best thing is travel with your dog, who will protect you from evil people out to hurt you, so I always travel with my pet "Asta" and I come to Cookeville very offten. ALl, I know if the police stop my husband and us we will both get out of the car lay on the ground and close our car doors,so the "OUT OF CONTROL OFFICER don't shoot my best friend "Asta".
Police, are getting way out of control killing black men and aniamls, this is a sad thing when the police soppose to be here to protect and serve us not hurt us. Please someone look into our police department don't just give them a badge and a gun, cause you all was friends in school or cause you think he's a good old boy come on people lets wake up.
Look, what the Lousville police officer done to man in handcuff, murder him. And, the officer in LaRue County in Ky, handcuff a man then start kicking him and telling the civial man whom the man was having problems with anyway to get him, after he was handcuffed, this gentleman just happen to be black also, now isn't that strange this is 2003 not 1966, police need to stop profile black people and do alot more traning before giving a gun and putting out there on the streets. I'm scared to death of the police where I use to run to them for protection not anymore, I would not stop for the police till I got to a place where I would have wittness, cause 80 percent of our police officer or out of control.

Sincerly,
The Smiths