- A woman who was attacked by a pack of pit bulls while she was out for a walk said that the police officer who stopped to help save her life should be fired.
Gee, what did he do?
- A Taunton police officer was out on patrol, when he spotted the attack in progress [...]
The pack of dogs had already swarmed the defenseless woman, and the officer was unable to safely discharge his duty weapon without potentially striking her.
Instead, he quickly activated the lights and sirens on his patrol vehicle, which frightened the animals just long enough for the officer and a good Samaritan to get Rochelle into the cruiser.
Contrary to ignorant opinions, six-on-one are pretty poor odds and discharging a weapon in the neighborhood in close proximity to the victim is a tiny little bit dangerous. And everyone knows exactly who would be on the receiving end of a lawsuit should a bullet wander off course.
- Although the officer’s quick-thinking provided a brief window for Rochelle’s rescue, she and her daughter declared that he should have done more.
“I don’t want him to be working as a police officer who’s supposed to protect and serve,” Rochelle told WLNE. “I want him fired.”
Arianna claimed that the officer got back into his vehicle and locked the doors instead of jumping into the fight.
"You have a whole waistband full of weapons," she railed. "You could've shot the dogs individually, you could have tased them.”
Golly. For someone who wasn't anywhere nearby, she sure has a lot of uninformed opinions about tactics and officer's actual responsibilities. For one, we aren't required to needlessly endanger our own well being.
The paper got in one zinger though:
The paper got in one zinger though:
- It was unclear whether or not the Silvas placed any blame on the owner of the animals for the unprovoked attack.
We're pretty sure they're looking for a deep pocket defendant.
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