Cops kill dogs in staggering numbers: more than ten thousand of them a year. It comes from their training, which is to escalate violently in pursuit of a notional safety that exists mostly to justify that use of violence. And it comes from their inclination: the job attracts angry, violent people who are always looking for that unsafe place.
Too bad most of the media spends more time on copaganda than on exposing these points. 
In a nation of people so concerned about pets, it amazes me how many won’t consider what 45 thinks of them. If we’re still hearing about Governor Noem’s dog story in six months, this topic might be used to renew calls to defund and reform the police.
