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Posted by johnl on January 09, 2003 at 17:19:17:

Dog murdered in front of family

I am sorry to bring this horrendous story to your attention, but your support is needed. On Jan 1, 2003, an Officer Hall of the Tennessee Highway Patrol shot Patton, a boxer/bulldog mix dead in front of his family for no reason that seems apparent from viewing the video tape. The story is featured here
http://story.herald-citizen.com/newsstory4.htm
and on CNN here
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/09/police.kill.dog/index.html

Instead of just being shocked to your core (which I am afraid you will be) please take this opportunity to register your outrage by writing the Tennessee Department of Safety commissioner Jerry W Scott and making sure that this incident is properly handled and not swept under the carpet, which appears to be what is happening.

Jerry W Scott

Tennessee Department of Safety
1150 Foster Avenue
Nashville, TN 37249
Tel. (615) 251 5216
Fax (615) 253 2091

His email address is
Jerry.W.Scott@state.tn.us
and please cc
Email.Safety@state.tn.us
but rather spend a little on a stamp and send a letter. It will have much more impact.

The saddest part of this is that according to the owner, who was crying over his dog, looked up to see one of the policemen ginning.

http://story.herald-citizen.com/newsstory1.htm

Please do something and don’t just feel terrible about this tragic misuse of power.

Thank you

P.S. PLEASE NOTE: Although the subject is alarming, I urge you to be polite, as this proves
to be a more effective way of communicating your concerns to the officials.

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