Dog Dies During Traffic Stop

[pomtzu]

He could have escorted the owner to the vet clinic and given him the ticket once the dog got help if he felt it was so justified.

I agree with this 100%, but I wouldn't have stopped in the first place. That cop would have had to deal with the matter AFTER I got to the vet clinic! What an insensitive jerk - he needs his backside kicked and I imagine that there would be a whole lot of people willing to stand in line to do just that. I was outraged when I first heard this story. Those poor people and that poor little dog - how unnnecessary that this had to happen!

[lvpets2002]

OMG thats so sad.. I prob would have just kept driving.. Poor wittle puppy.. RIP baby & may the RB Angels have taken you up to RB.. Now for that sorry piece of shith officer.. Lets put him in a back seat chocking & say its just another officer..

[Flatcoatluver]

Uhh I don't know what I would have done in a situation like that. I think I may have been in panic mode that I probally would not have stopped at all or I would call 911 and tell the operater why I am not stopping.

The police officer was soo rude, when my grandfather was a police officer I know for a fact my grandpa would allow him to go ahead.

Such a sad story. RIP Doggie I know my grandpa has welcomed you at the bridge.

[Ginger's Mom]

Uhh I don't know what I would have done in a situation like that. I think I may have been in panic mode that I probally would not have stopped at all or I would call 911 and tell the operater why I am not stopping.

Exactly what I was thinking. I think I would have called 911 or dispatch and told them why I wasn't stopping. But then I am sitting here at my desk, not in a panic mode, so who knows. Even if I did stop, I would have expected the officer to help me not ask me what I am on.

[Taz_Zoee]

OMG! I watched the video. Here is the link.

That officer is an a$$. I was in tears watching it. The officer even says "I don't give a damn about your dog". He said something about it better have been a child dying, not a dog.

I mean, I can see what the officer means about the man putting other drivers lives in danger with speeding. But to be so insensitive about the dog. Then at the end he says "I'm going to let you slide because I am a little sympathetic. And I understand you felt it was an emergency".

Also you can hear a female voice in the car screaming and crying. I would have been a raging lunatic if it had been me. He probably would have had to take me to jail.

RIP poor doggie.

[pomtzu]

I think I would have called 911 or dispatch and told them why I wasn't stopping.

That would have been the best thing to do, but I heard that the guy that was driving was already on his cell phone talking with a vet at the clinic.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Thanks for posting that link, Cindy. ABC has another video with Elizabeth Vargas talking to the couple. They show alot of pictures of the little doggie. It's so sad. If anybody wants to see that, I Googled, "Dog dies during traffic stop", and, it came up. Sorry I can't link it here. I tried everything and nothing worked.
There is a place on the ABC site where you can make comments. I put one there. They have over 1300 comments to the story. It's pretty interesting.