Posted by Vickie Sharp
on January 16, 2003

I am nothing short of apalled that anyone could conclude a police officer was justified in killing an innocent family's pet that the officer's own negligence in not closing a car door had caused to be endangered in the first place.

Another question--why in the world was this poor family handcuffed on such slender evidence? On what planet is a few bills flying from a car considered evidence of a crime? I once had a twenty sucked out my van window while I was driving down I-75, yet the GA State Patrol did not pull me over and search my vehicle--much less shoot my dogs. Good thing it didn't happen in Tennessee!

The police departments's quick vindication of a trigger-happy thug really makes me want to visit Cookeville.

Vickie Sharp
Fincastle, VA