r/interestingasfuck • u/Alarming-Studio-720 • 1d ago

Utah police dog survives injury after leaping from overpass

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u/squirrelcop3305 23h ago edited 22h ago

As a former police K9 handler of two dogs over 15 years I can assure you this handler is an absolute idiot. You never let your dog off leash anywhere there are potential injury hazards.

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u/Annoyingly-Petulant 20h ago

We had our local K9 officer leave his dog in the patrol car in the summer when he got home.

The dog died he found it the next morning, and they gave him another one.

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u/ApparentlyIronic 19h ago

This is like the lady who's grandkid drowned in a nearby pond while she wasn't paying attention. The mother had another kid and eventually let her watch that one too; just for grandma to forget her in a hot car for a couple hours. When it comes to life and death, you can't be giving negligent people second chances - honest accident or not

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u/AristotlesBoyPussy 19h ago

ffs, I saw the EWU video about that case and the mother's fucking stupidity and grief made me so mad.

LIKE WTF why would you leave a child with this person without other supervision??? Once is enough.

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u/Specialist-Gap8010 18h ago

Her therapist convinced her to trust the grandma again and let her babysit as a part of the “healing process”. The therapist was banking on grandma having learned her lesson to pay attention to the world around her and care about other living beings.

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u/Excellent_Law6906 16h ago

  1. That's when you get a new therapist.

  2. As Grandma, I would refuse. Live footage of me after anyone's baby dies in my care, let alone my own grandkid:

https://youtu.be/ENooEA_V6_I

ETA: I couldn't find a gif, the link is to Toni Collette in 'Hereditary', screaming on the floor that she wants to die.

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u/AristotlesBoyPussy 10h ago

I'd sue the therapist, if I was the mom. Put that stupid fucker out of business. Get their licensing removed. Make them lose their fucking family too (through divorce because of being unemployable NOT because of violence).

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u/Valuable_Hunt8468 17h ago

Do you have a link?

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u/AristotlesBoyPussy 10h ago

https://youtu.be/CZ9MR9UYat8

I just watched it a few days ago so it was still fresh in my history box

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u/Valuable_Hunt8468 5h ago

Thank you. I’m ready to be devastated

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u/AristotlesBoyPussy 2h ago

devastating and infuriating.

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u/FroggyTrix 17h ago

they have a youtube channel

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u/gofainter 18h ago

link just in case

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u/AngryCrustation 18h ago

I've always thought that situations like this are really sad because in reality I would never forgive someone the first time even if it was an honest mistake. One accident would ruin any level of relationship forever even if it was no one's fault.

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u/marlfox_00 13h ago

This is one of my biggest fears because my son fell asleep once in back seat and I briefly forgot he was in there. I noticed as soon I walked past the window, but it scared me enough that I set the alarm in my vehicle that gives a message to check the back seat when the vehicle shuts off.

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u/sagitta_luminus 13h ago

Oh god, that one just endlessly pisses me off. Absolute best-case scenario is she’s in early dementia, otherwise she’s just a colossal fucking idiot

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u/-BananaLollipop- 14h ago

Something similar happened in my city. We've got beaches everywhere, and one of them had a volcano (inactive) with rock pools at the base. It's well known for being dangerous if you're not paying attention. One group of kids was out with grandma for the day, and she wasn't even within arms each of the five year old, let alone holding his hand or anything. He got swept away, never to be seen again.

The vast majority of people called it an accident/tragedy. Pretty much anyone who called out the carelessness of the grandmother were met with anger.

That was in 2014, but there was another last year, where some grandparents left their four year old granddaughter swimming in a park fountain. She drowned, despite there being several adults around and aware.

Both situations of negligence, but neither resulted in charges against those at fault.

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u/CyrusTheWise 20h ago

He left it in the car overnight? Fucking hell

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u/Annoyingly-Petulant 19h ago

Yeah got off work went inside. Left the dog in the car from around 4pm in July till he left for work the next day.

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u/CyrusTheWise 19h ago

Jesus. I hope they rot for that

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u/Dounce1 19h ago

Oh don’t worry, they won’t. Most likely got paid leave for the emotional trauma.

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u/level27jennybro 19h ago

But if a member of the public were to injure or kill the dog, they'd get charged with assault on an officer and animal cruelty to k9 officer or homicide of an officer. Another cop can leave in locked in a hot car to die and its just an oops.

A parent can leave their child in a hot car and (rightfully) get the book thrown at them. But he leaves his fellow officer and they just replace it?

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u/Woodpecker-Lobotomy 18h ago

Sure seems like alot of the laws are just arbitrary rules that cops can choose to enforce by preference of the person committing such act, and they are facing basically zero consequences for doing so and growing more bold by the day.

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u/reverendsteveii 7h ago

"I don't make the laws, I just have absolutely leeway in how they're enforced and can justify killing you by saying you moved your hand in a way that made me feel afraid."

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u/MorgTheBat 6h ago

Laws and justice are a joke, just like our country

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u/North_Structure8210 16h ago

Yes cops are human garbage criminals. Fuck all of them. ALL!!

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u/Northportal 13h ago

Cops not being held accountable, I'm shocked.

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u/Noxious89123 12h ago

What the fuck.

That should instantly bar you from being a dog handler, or owning animals, imo.

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u/RepeatEuphoric 11h ago

I’m sickened.

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u/king-of-all-corn 10h ago

Portland cops just shot their k9 officer to death on his retirement day.

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u/Ok-Special9438 19h ago

Bruh, kiss is absolutely unacceptable. I’ve gotta know what part of the country this is in. I I want to say the Midwest or Virginia’s area, but they’re usually really good to their dogs because of hunting and what not. Let’s say Oregon or Tennessee?? Help a brother out, LMK.

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u/Annoyingly-Petulant 19h ago

Definitely the mid west. It didn’t even make the local paper.