Don't moooove, or I'll shoot!

[Josquius]

Police are people too. Many of them are no doubt dicks who just want to spice up their work life.

[The Brain]

OK this is a bit ridiculous. Did they believe the cows were on PCP or something?

[Ed Anger]

Cops shoot deer all the time. Fuckers will go through your front window and the only real way to deal with them is to start blastin'.

Yea, but if you have the animal immobilized, or if you can approach it. You can put it down with a single shot, even from a sidearm. Emptying your magazine at it and only wounding it is just ignorant.

It was going for its gun.

[viper37]

Was that cop trying to pull over the cow at 0:33 mark?

I assume there was someone outside the field of the camera.  I can't imagine the cop being so stupid as to use a siren when the animals are already excited.

[Malthus]

Was that cop trying to pull over the cow at 0:33 mark?

I assume there was someone outside the field of the camera.  I can't imagine the cop being so stupid as to use a siren when the animals are already excited.

True, but then I can't imagine a cop being so stupid as to shoot a cow dead, either. 

[viper37]

Nobody owns the deer though.   Somebody owned that cow.  It's be like if the police shot up my monitor because they thought one of the flying toasters on the screen saver was coming at him.  I'd be pretty pissed. They knew where the cow was.  It's not like was going to get away.  Live stock escape all the time.  It's not that hard to gather them back up.  If they were going to bring the cow down, at least bring a rifle.  It's pretty clear the pistol was insufficient.

1- Animal control is not allowed to capture/kill domestic animals like cows, it was up to the cops.
2- The owner of the animal granted permission to kill the cows.

It seems to me they could have been re-captured, but if they needed to shoot them, they should have used higher caliber than their handguns.

[viper37]

Was that cop trying to pull over the cow at 0:33 mark?

I assume there was someone outside the field of the camera.  I can't imagine the cop being so stupid as to use a siren when the animals are already excited.

True, but then I can't imagine a cop being so stupid as to shoot a cow dead, either. 

Well, there are stupid cops, I'll agree with that.

Another interesting story:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/10/27/mtl-policeshooting.html
The lady didn't do her stop and never saw the cops crossing the street. They felt threatened, so they fired.
Granted, this is Longueuil.  There are people constantly shooting at each other.

[viper37]

Where was this? The UK?

In Canada, near the Quebec-Ontario border, on Quebec's side.

[Malthus]

Remind me to be polite to cops in Quebec.

Any chance that cow offended their sensibilities by mooing in English at them? 

[viper37]

Any chance that cow offended their sensibilities by mooing in English at them? 

Knowing the people of Gatineau, and hearing them speak english at the camera, she probably was a PQ member

[Razgovory]

Nobody owns the deer though.   Somebody owned that cow.  It's be like if the police shot up my monitor because they thought one of the flying toasters on the screen saver was coming at him.  I'd be pretty pissed. They knew where the cow was.  It's not like was going to get away.  Live stock escape all the time.  It's not that hard to gather them back up.  If they were going to bring the cow down, at least bring a rifle.  It's pretty clear the pistol was insufficient.

1- Animal control is not allowed to capture/kill domestic animals like cows, it was up to the cops.
2- The owner of the animal granted permission to kill the cows.

It seems to me they could have been re-captured, but if they needed to shoot them, they should have used higher caliber than their handguns.

What is the point of animal control if they can't capture or kill animals?  Don't you people have dog catchers?  Or do the police just shoot any dog they come across?  Catching wayward livestock is pretty common in rural areas, I'd be surprised if nobody in the area knew how to do that.

[KRonn]

What is the point of animal control if they can't capture or kill animals?  Don't you people have dog catchers?  Or do the police just shoot any dog they come across?  Catching wayward livestock is pretty common in rural areas, I'd be surprised if nobody in the area knew how to do that.

Yeah, really. What's that all about?! Lol...     Heck, in a small suburb of Boston my aunt and uncle used to have a small farm. Sometimes they'd have to chase a stray cow that got past a fence and into neighbor's yards. No biggie.

[Maximus]

Oh I understand the threat. It's on a road which looks like it doesn't have great visibility. You hit that thing any any kind of speed and you'll be lucky if it only wrecks your car. What I don't get is the stupidity of firing at it centre-mass with a handgun.

[viper37]

What is the point of animal control if they can't capture or kill animals?  Don't you people have dog catchers?  Or do the police just shoot any dog they come across?  Catching wayward livestock is pretty common in rural areas, I'd be surprised if nobody in the area knew how to do that.

There's a difference in size between a dog and a cow.
This wasn't a rural area, it was an an suburban area.

[Malthus]

There's a difference in size between a dog and a cow.
This wasn't a rural area, it was an an suburban area.

I've seen stray cows rounded up by little boys armed with sticks.