Don’t Shoot the Dogs: The Growing Epidemic of Cops Shooting Family Dogs

The absurd cruelties of the American police state keep reaching newer heights. Consider that if you kill a police dog, you could face a longer prison sentence than if you’d murdered someone or abused a child. If a cop kills your dog, however, there will be little to no consequences for that officer. Not even a slap on the wrist. In this, as in so many instances of official misconduct by government officials, the courts have ruled that the cops have qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that incentivizes government officials to engage in lawless behavior without fear of repercussions. As constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead makes clear in this week's podcast, this is the heartless, heartbreaking, hypocritical injustice that passes for law and order in America today.