He-Haw, a bottle-raised donkey, was killed by a Cedartown police officer in Polk County, Georgia invoking widespread outrage Two officers, searching for a missing person, entered a private field without permission shortly after midnight. One officer, fearing for their life, shot the donkey.

[u/Fun-Ad3626]

This happened in Polk County, Georgia, around 12:45 in the morning.

According to the family that owns Elsberry Riding and Farm, officers came onto their property, into the pasture, searching for a missing person. The family says they did it without permission.

The family also said HeeHaw A small, curious donkey like any other pet animal ran up to the officers braying to greet them

They also say the officers tried to tase him first and then one of them shot him, and he passed away.

source:- Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search

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[u/tew2109]

Fearing for their life from a fucking baby donkey. If you're that scared of a donkey, you have no business owning a gun, let alone being a cop.

[u/cupittycakes → u/tew2109]

If you fear for your life over farm animals, how about not illegally trespassing on a GD farm!!

So these two AHs trespassed, knowing they would shoot to kill any animal that scared them.

[u/tew2109 → u/cupittycakes]

Like, what the hell did you expect? Farm animals react when you break onto their property. THEY are where they're supposed to be. My dog is very protective and handles it...okay if someone I invite comes in with me, but she loses her entire mind if someone is standing outside the window. If someone came into the property in her mind uninvited, she'd go nuts. All this poor donkey did was bray - who the fuck is scared because a baby donkey is braying?

[u/Faybe3 → u/tew2109]

A Roger Ramjet cop obviously.

[u/tew2109 → u/Faybe3]

And I'm no hypocrite about this - I'm not scared of donkeys, lol, I actually think I was born without the "DANGER!" gene when it comes to animals I probably SHOULD be scared of, which I wouldn't include donkeys in that category (I love donkeys). Most moms if they encounter a bear on a hike will probably tell their kids not to scream. Mine had to tell me "That's not a teddy bear, you can't just go hug it" (I was five). But I am scared of people. I have CPTSD due to severe trauma in childhood. I do not think I have any business owning a gun. I can apologize if I pepper spray the wrong person - not so much if I SHOOT AND KILL THEM. I have not, in fact, ever sprayed the wrong person, but with a gun, it only takes once.

[u/PenguinZombie321 → u/tew2109]

Omg are you me?! I was also the kid who had to be told repeatedly that wild animals aren’t pets and I’m not a Disney princess. In my defense, they were friend shaped and I was only bitten once where blood was drawn.

But that time was a doozy. I ended up needing to get rabies shots. Each time, my parents would make sure I remembered that this is what could happen if you mess with wild animals.

[u/tew2109 → u/PenguinZombie321]

I saw a moose in Canada - I was about three so I only remember seeing the moose, but apparently I called my mom and said there was a "moosh" outside and when she was like ???? , I said "It's Bullwinkle!" LOL. I got lucky tbh in happening to not run to it and try to hug it, because I know now that moose can be aggressive. It was HUGE. It was like a furry dinosaur.

My mom's way of getting through to me was usually that I could hurt the animal if I approached it. Like, feeding wild alligators is dangerous to them. Since I had no sense that animals could harm me, lol, she was able to convince me that I could harm them by getting too close.

[u/Fabulous-Elk-8297 → u/tew2109]

That's what donkeys are for, a lot of the time. They are great alarms and keep strange animals off the property to protect chickens and other animals. What the hell is up with some cops???

[u/CaseyRC → u/cupittycakes]

having grown up on and around farms, do I fear for my life around a bull esp if he's separated from his herd?? FUCKING YES.

SO I DON'T GO IN HIS FUCKING FIELD

[u/roguevirus → u/CaseyRC]

Why would the bull be more dangerous of he's away from his herd? I would have guessed he'd be more aggressive if he was around the ladies.

Either way, rule #1 of going to a farm is don't cross a fence if you don't know what is on the other side of it. These two cops were freaking idiots.

[u/CaseyRC → u/roguevirus]

i meant if they're in season but not being bred, so he can smell them but can't get to them. I've been in a field during that, and NEVER AGAIN. I've never run so fast in my life. I had to be in the field, and he was up the other end, so we figured it'd be okay for the short time i had to be physically in the same field, but nope. he was NOT having a bit of it.

[u/okaybeechtree → u/cupittycakes]

Cedartown is probably not the place to be a cop if you’re afraid of farm animals…

[u/SkeevyMixxx7 → u/cupittycakes]

I wouldn't trespass on farmland because I know about bulls. Anyone else with any sense would also be thinking about not pissing off a bull when thinking about needing to search a pasture. A full grown donkey can also do real damage. Any horse or donkey can kick or bite you. Some of them like to bite down on your shoulder and throw you to the ground if you're an asshole.

Trespassing on land with livestock is a bad idea.

Why are these two dumb asses allowed guns?

They could have gone and woke up the farmer and this would never have happened. She would have been able to put her donkey in the barn, and probably would have great knowledge of where to search on her property.

[u/Onuus → u/tew2109]

Most don’t.

I knew a kid from high school who became a cop at 21.

At 17, 4 years before, he tried to pressure a girl at our school in the bathroom upstairs to give him a blowjob. When she didn’t, he beat her and had to have 2 football players rush in there and kick his ass off of her.

Those football players had their tires slashed the next week.

Wonder who did that?

Fuck you, Cody.

[u/HeatherDS1968 → u/tew2109]

Exactly

[u/xombae → u/tew2109]

Apparently they tried to tase it first.

[u/tew2109 → u/xombae]

What is WRONG with these people. IT'S A BABY DONKEY. Grow a fucking pair, Good Lord.

[u/KingMobScene → u/tew2109]

Just watching the clips, I'm terrified. /s

[u/SnooAvocados4531]

On leave? Go to jail

[u/TippiT0es → u/SnooAvocados4531]

If a civilian shooting a police dog is considered and sentenced with the same severity as shooting a cap, shouldn’t a cop shouting a civilian’s animal be held to the same degrees of importance as shooting a civilian ?

[u/Breezyrain → u/TippiT0es]

Well, cops don't get in much trouble for shooting civilians either so 🤷‍♀️ Sometimes they get paid vacations

[u/feline_riches → u/SnooAvocados4531]

Specifically which jail though. Asking for some friends.

[u/BrownSugarBare → u/[deleted]]

The USA hires the biggest cowards they can find to "serve and protect". 

[u/Away-Equipment4869 → u/BrownSugarBare]

Tell me about it

[u/dustbowlbride]

I’ve been so sad and mad about this all day. Who the fuck feels like their life is in danger from a baby donkey.

[u/SonofaBridge → u/dustbowlbride]

Cops are cowards with guns.

[u/archercc81 → u/SonofaBridge]

and pedophiles, and rapists, and wife beaters, and gang members, and stalkers.

More than a dozen cops have already been CAUGHT stalking using flock cameras in GA alone. And that is caught, lord knows how many are doing it we dont know about, they protect their own.

We need to stop pretending they are somehow above reproach and hold them to a HIGHER standard than regular people.

[u/pbetc → u/SonofaBridge]

Cops are shit

[u/BrownSugarBare → u/SonofaBridge]

ACAB

[u/gingerflakes → u/BrownSugarBare]

Every single fucking one

[u/awwaygirl → u/SonofaBridge]

And apparently DEATHLY afraid of baby farm animals.

Keep these fuckers away from the petting zoo for fucks sake.

[u/catiebug → u/SonofaBridge]

They start as cowards and then spend their minimal training time being bathed in "us vs them, you are the elite, everyone is out to get you" indoctrination until they're hearing acorns as bullets.

[u/Legal-Koala-5590 → u/dustbowlbride]

Tamir Rice was 12. If you're able to shoot first and ask questions later when it comes to a 12-year-old boy, a baby donkey doesn't feel that far off.

[u/velvetvagine → u/Legal-Koala-5590]

The Rice case haunts me. Others got a lot of press, and some got very little, but this one… man, it finds me sometimes in quiet moments and breaks my heart all over again. That poor baby boy. Thank you for mentioning him. 🤎

[u/ankhes → u/Legal-Koala-5590]

Hell, cops shot and killed a 1 year old not too long ago. If they can get away with that they can get away with anything.

[u/Aloogobi786 → u/ankhes]

What! 

[u/civilwar142pa → u/Aloogobi786]

https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-baby-shot-police-kohen-wiley-autopsy-8f96096cb675e34fd4de111c4cd1b965

[u/PenguinZombie321 → u/civilwar142pa]

All of this over diapers. Yes, stealing is wrong and if that happened then it is a police matter. But it’s petty theft. Plus it’s a baby product so odds are pretty good that you’ll be dealing with someone that has a kid or baby with them. No sane person goes into that situation thinking they’re ok just shooting at someone.

[u/SugarFut → u/Legal-Koala-5590]

Tamir Rice was just a kid

[u/TheDailyMews → u/dustbowlbride]

Who the fuck feels like their life is in danger from a baby donkey. 

No one, including the cop who wanted to shoot that baby donkey. It's just the excuse they know they need to use.

[u/particledamage → u/TheDailyMews]

Exactly. I think people push the "cops are cowards" things too hard. We know the statistics. A lot of cops love to hurt things. Not because they are scared. But because they enjoy abusing power.

[u/queerandthere → u/dustbowlbride]

This makes me so sad. My sister had donkeys for a time. I didn’t know what personalities they had! And the poor human guardian - losing a creature you bottle fed. I can’t imagine.

[u/Meliora_ → u/dustbowlbride]

Is just a stupid excuse.

Funny considering that in some countries if you are just a civilian AND YOU REALLY FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE because someone is trying to rob your house or even trying to kill you and you done harm in order of defend yourself youre the one who go to jail ✨✨✨

[u/Ok_Conclusion_6324 → u/Meliora_]

In America cops don’t even have the duty to protect you or save your life - they only protect property - they can kill you or let you die without consequences

[u/citizen42069101 → u/Ok_Conclusion_6324]

According to the supreme Court no less.

[u/dorothea63 → u/Ok_Conclusion_6324]

They don’t even protect property if you don’t have serious money. Someone crowbarred their way into my third-floor apartment in the middle of the day and stole a ton of things, including my grandmother’s jewelry, which wasn’t worth any money but had huge sentimental value to me. I asked the cops what they’d do and how to follow up with them, and they straight-up told me they wouldn’t be looking into it.

[u/zjlmmfj3rd → u/dustbowlbride]

A coward with a gun.

[u/Pinksamuraiiiii → u/dustbowlbride]

I’m livid, poor He-Haw. F those cops!

[u/DangerousLoner → u/dustbowlbride]

Cops use flashbangs on sleeping human babies in their cribs.

[u/Latverianbureaucrat → u/dustbowlbride]

[u/Pennylane19XX]

I live in the area, people are absolutely livid as they should be. Nobody should be allowed to carry a weapon when they’re scared for their life from a baby, miniature, petting zoo animal. Not to mention he should never have entered the pasture without permission, they were not in pursuit of a criminal. I own horses and I don’t even know how I’d react if it was one of mine and they’re full sized.

[u/AdorafromMuttville → u/Pennylane19XX]

Right? Local police knocked on my door at 4 am (Ohio) when they needed to walk in my forest - much less a pasture…which is meant to house livestock

[u/Lrack9927 → u/Pennylane19XX]

They weren’t scared. They wanted to kill it. Lots of people become cops so they can kill something without consequences.

[u/xombae → u/Pennylane19XX]

What the fuck were they even doing there? Absolutely insane to walk onto someone's property then decide to shoot what they find there.

[u/DangerousLoner → u/xombae]

They said looking for a missing person, but I call BS. They are common criminals trespassing to kill and steel.

[u/PenguinZombie321 → u/xombae]

They were allegedly looking for a missing person. All they had to do was let the homeowners know they needed to search around the property and ask that they secure any animals so they could do so.

[u/Pennylane19XX → u/[deleted]]

That would be a question for the owners. This is their public page.

[u/xombae → u/Pennylane19XX]

There's a gofundme set up.

[u/Specialist_Ad9073 → u/Pennylane19XX]

That far into the sticks, I shoot back and say it was too dark and they didn’t announce themselves.

I dare them to find a jury that would convict.

[u/vegetabledisco → u/Pennylane19XX]

This story has me so worried about my mini horse who is genuinely such an asshole but not a real threat. ACAB.

[u/Archival_Squirrel]

That's our fine law enforcement system. Dogs, baby donkeys, and infants beware.

[u/AnguavonUW → u/Archival_Squirrel]

Also unarmed people of color and the mentally ill. They are disproportionately the victims of extrajudicial murder by the star funded armed carceral force who, thanks to the supreme court, aren't under any legal obligation to serve and protect AKA doing their fucking jobs.

Also, it should not take more training to become a hair stylist than it does to become a cop. Ittakes a lawyer 2 years of post BS coursework and a very difficult exam to practice law. Why are armed people to enforcing it when they're getting, at most, a few months of education/training.

[u/CryCommon975 → u/AnguavonUW]

like Elijah McClain, the young black man killed by Aurora, Colorado police officers in 2019 for simply walking down the street. Some of his last words were "Why are you attacking me? I don't even kill flies! I don't eat meat! You all are phenomenal. You are beautiful and I love you. Try to forgive me.” He also played the violin to kitties in shelters so they wouldn't be lonely. Right now I'm imagining him playing his violin to welcome Hee Haw into heaven.

[u/PaintItOll → u/AnguavonUW]

That’s by design, it’s not a mistake or a bug, it’s intentional.

[u/clevercalamity → u/AnguavonUW]

Disabled people too. People who are autistic or have downs or other cognitive conditions have also been killed for “failing to comply”

[u/YuhMothaWasAHamsta → u/Archival_Squirrel]

Anything with a general innocents needs to watch out

[u/AlabasterRadio → u/YuhMothaWasAHamsta]

Anything that can't fight back.

[u/Existential_Spices → u/Archival_Squirrel]

All my mind wants to do is come up with hacky dumb cop jokes because it refuses to process the donkey was tazed before it was shot. Wtf.

[u/NuckoLBurn → u/Archival_Squirrel]

Don't forget the acorns.

[u/HarpersGhost → u/Archival_Squirrel]

That old South Park joke about how to illegally hunt: "It's coming right for us!"

That's cops in a nutshell.

And those "originalists" judges who gave cops the made up right of Qualified Immunity can also go to hell. The founders didn't like government shacking up in their houses. No way would they accept government agents wondering around killing people with no consequences.

[u/Pinksamuraiiiii → u/Archival_Squirrel]

You forgot literally anything else that does at the hands of trigger happy police. Not just pets and children. Black people, immigrants, mentally ill, anything cops feel like shooting at, the problem is so much bigger. And poor He-Haw, they should have never been on the property and felt entitled to enter it without a warrant. That’s cops for you.

[u/aberrantname]

Why is their first reaction to any situation just straight up shooting. How is that normal?

[u/Head_Patience7136 → u/aberrantname]

Because that's their first reaction for everything. Shoot first, ask questions later. And it's okay because "they feared for their lives". So tired of that excuse.

[u/TheRealOGKeg → u/Head_Patience7136]

Exactly and that they have something to hide behind in doing so. That poor little donkey did not look or act like an aggressive animal. But I guess everything seems intimidating when you are in fact the threat.

[u/itsyaboiReginald → u/Head_Patience7136]

Take big wusses and then train them to be even more afraid

[u/B0B_Spldbckwrds → u/aberrantname]

That wasn't their first reaction. They tazed the little guy first, then shot him when it kept braying. 

So to be fair, they tortured the animal before executing it.

[u/WineNerdAndProud → u/B0B_Spldbckwrds]

The more I read, the more I believe they just wanted to shoot this donkey.

I cannot think of a single justification for shooting this animal because it was reacting in pain.

I'd ask if the same were true for a person crying out in pain but I already know the answer.

[u/TheRealOGKeg → u/aberrantname]

Give a dummy a gun.. and however else you want to finish the sayind..

[u/Strange-Ask-739 → u/TheRealOGKeg]

Give a man a hammer and every problem looks like a nail. 

Cop thought he was being viciously attached by a dog or something, because it's all over his training materials. And he's required to train on the range twice a year. 

He's not trained in public safety or target identification or even threat modeling, just aiming. Just shooting.

Give a man a gun and every problem is a target. Bang.

[u/Curious-Cranberry-27 → u/aberrantname]

Because LEOs have qualified immunity, so they’re not held responsible for their actions.

[u/Justicar12 → u/aberrantname]

American police are trained to believe that everyone they talk to is a possible immediate threat to their life, and that anyone and everyone can possible shoot/stab them. So they shoot / kill when emotions rise.

[u/gopher-gardener → u/aberrantname]

That’s what I’m thinking. What would I do if a donkey ran up to me? Run away or push it off if I had to. I can’t imagine taking out a weapon and attacking it.

Like imagine if a rooster ran up to you. You’d run away!! Or push it if you’re brave.

[u/IfatallyflawedI → u/gopher-gardener]

The fucked up thing is they even tried tasing him. Like what the fuck is wrong with them that they’re tasing an animal

[u/ruinedworldtour → u/gopher-gardener]

Yeah, it probably would be a bit scary to have a donkey come out of nowhere and run at you, but I feel like a normal person would run away, probably laughing at how absurd the whole thing is, calm down, pet the donkey and then move along

It’s scary how their first instinct is to kill an innocent animal

[u/Fantastic_Spring8366]

I swear, they fear everything.

Something moved? "I feared for my life"

A Black person? "I feared for my life"

Heard a noise? "I feared for my life"

[u/ZippidyZayz → u/Fantastic_Spring8366]

Remember when one mag dumped a guy HANCUFFED IN A POLICE CAR, because an acorn fell from a tree and he thought it was a suppressed weapon

[u/WineNerdAndProud → u/ZippidyZayz]

Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said, “We let the public down. I will admit -- this was a very tragic and traumatic incident for Mr. Jackson [the victim]. To that end -- I can only apologize."

Resign? You could resign. When big ass corporations fuck up they often force the CEO to resign to help investor confidence, and as a tax-paying citizens, everyone in your county is an investor.

But a fucking apology is better than nothing, right?

Source article

[u/sprgraphicultramodrn → u/Fantastic_Spring8366]

this has always been insane to me. your literal job is to remain calm under stress, or at least that's allegedly the idea.

i live in new york city and yesterday, a guy followed me in a subway station. i was scared, but guess what i did - i de-escalated and removed myself from the situation. even if i had a gun, i wouldn't have shot the guy.

it's always been completely baffling and sickening to me that so many people hired to supposedly protect and help others can so easily take someone's life. and then they return to work like nothing happened? i would need to be institutionalized for months if i had to shoot and kill someone, even in self defense. but these psychopaths just get right back to wielding their guns.

[u/xombae → u/sprgraphicultramodrn]

It's crazy that occupations like homeless shelter workers, addictions councillors and psych ward staff are usually little old ladies who manage to handle all sorts of violent people without shooting them.

[u/IAmPandaKerman → u/Fantastic_Spring8366]

And I say it every time, they need to be held to a higher standard, because it's their job. they're supposed to receive training and resources to be cooler under pressure than the average citizen. Not wildly different than how I don't expect a hair stylist to risk their life, but I do expect a firefighter to risk theirs to do their job. it's so goddamn frustrating

[u/WineNerdAndProud → u/IAmPandaKerman]

I can fully promise you these people believe they're trained/capable of doing the job and they're not going to lose their cool right up to the point where the acorn hits the car.

Then the panic they're "trained" to anticipate and counter kicks in and they immediately buckle and start shooting.

It's almost as if a couple months of training isn't enough to prepare someone for the legal use of force and these guys are just a bunch of open carry cowboys dreaming of the day trespassers walk on to their property unannounced so they can "stand their ground".

You know, trespassers like the cops who trespassed on this property.

[u/velvetvagine → u/Fantastic_Spring8366]

That’s a line they learn to say but they are rarely actually fearing for their lives. These are people who relish the chance to re/act with deadly force.

[u/BORT_licenceplate]

Holy fuck I can't even put into words the rage and sadness I feel reading this

[u/BigAsh27]

Maybe if a baby donkey has you fearing for your life that easily then you shouldn’t be a police officer.

[u/These_nutsghady]

I can't watch stuff like this anymore, brings me to bloody tears, I'm going soft on the internet these days, bloody horrible story

[u/SleepingWillows → u/These_nutsghady]

Same, and this song came out right around when my dog died tragically, so this song brings the tears right out.

[u/Insomniacintheflesh]

I'm from NW Georgia and y'all, the cops here dont give a fuck about anyone, human or creature. They only care about money and they're all crooked. They harass people, like when I got pulled over for having "bright lights on" and they asked if I had been drinking even though my brights weren't on and the cop made me prove to him they weren't on! I had Jeep Liberty, it just had brighter lights than most cars...anyways that's just one story of them being dicks. Around those parts you stay scared of cops and yet for whatever reason people still drive around with their trucks and sticker on the back that says "back the blue".

I'm so sorry for this family. They didn't deserve this. No creature deserve to die at the hands of these imbeciles.

[u/Flabby_Thor → u/Insomniacintheflesh]

you stay scared of cops and yet for whatever reason people still drive around with their trucks and sticker on the back that says "back the blue"

Well that's because they hope having that sticker excludes them from whatever bullshit GA cops bring.

Having traveled a great deal around the US, I can say GA cops are among the absolute worst. Vile scumbags with no regard for anyone or anything. They are militant shit bags. The only prerequisites to becoming a GA cop is hate in your heart and a willingness to do grave harm.

[u/Insomniacintheflesh → u/Flabby_Thor]

I also think those stickers ARE the cops and their families. I've literally had a cop's wife tell me, "oh I keep that sticker on my car so when I get pulled over I'll get out of tickets."

[u/leahbee25]

a classic georgia story is that one shot the mascot for University of Georgia (Uga the bulldog) cause he’d run away from his owners and the cop saw him and thought he had rabies. it turns out he was just drooling a lot cause, duh, he was a bulldog

[u/BishlovesSquish → u/leahbee25]

JFC.

[u/Willing-Ant-3765]

In The Watchmen series on HBO the police have to get clearance to unlock their firearms from inside their police cruiser. I’m starting to think that’s not a bad idea.

[u/Consistent-Shoe-9602]

Seems like too many police officers in the US are scared little snowflakes who are ready to emplty the clip into anything that moves or makes a sound. Fearing for their life is just an appalling cop out.

[u/AdministrationFun775]

If I entered a field where a baby donkey was, I would smother it in kisses. If it ran at me, knocked me over or did anything to defend itself I would be embarrassed and hope my colleagues didn't capture any footage of it. American cops are so serious about the wrong things it's ridiculous.

[u/jellysnuff]

[u/mermaidangel1]

This breaks my heart I’m literally crying 😭 Donkeys are some of the sweetest animals that love affection from their humans. Rest in peace HeeHaw we love you I’m so sorry your life was cut short 💔🕊️

[u/Shadowtirs]

Police departments. People funding their own oppression. Tax funded gun toting mavericks, most of whom are sociopathic failed high school bullies, who by the way, the Supreme Court has affirmed has NO LEGAL DUTY TO SERVE OR PROTECT THE PUBLIC, AND THAT ANY MOTTOS AS SUCH ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING.

Police exist to protect property and to hold those of lower income classes to a set of laws that the rich are not.

[u/AnguavonUW → u/Shadowtirs]

An inadequately trained, state funded, carceral force which routinely commits extrajudicial murder disproportionately against people of color and the mentally ill.

[u/Same_Structure3962]

Coppers trying to not to kill an animal on private land challenge: impossible. ACAB.

[u/DentistCertain3897]

Reminds me of the video I saw of a police officer jump someone's fence and shoot their dog. Apparently the house owner was burning stuff.

When the officer told him he was attacked the home owners response was "youre in his yard."

Fucking revolting.

[u/Scrambles420]

JUSTICE FOR HEEHAW!!

[u/NoLobster7957]

"In fear for their life" bro if a miniature donkey scares you this bad you need to go work at Target

[u/ludba2002]

To be clear: the officer did not fear for their life. They're just cowardly assholes.

[u/cupittycakes → u/ludba2002]

Dollars to donuts he killed Heehaw because he was pissed off about that baby startling them.

[u/beerouttaplasticcups → u/ludba2002]

I doubt it’s even cowardice, more likely they just wanted to kill something

[u/MomsOfFury]

https://giphy.com/gifs/sYEjOATONwwNi

[u/av_79]

American cops are the most incompetent "professionals" in the world.

[u/usernaaaamme → u/[deleted]]

Abolish police unions.

Abolish the police.

If we need a new system we build it separately. We don't transfer a single cop over without intensive screening and reeducation.

You can't cut the rot out when it's infected the whole root. After the bad apples spoil the bunch, you have to get new apples.

[u/motherofpearl89]

I knew going on the internet today was a mistake 

[u/snuuginz]

Absolutely pathetic use of force by those cops, it was a fucking DONKEY, who the fuck feels threatened by a donkey?!?!

[u/CraftsBoy2Craftsman]

it’s crazy how civilians are expected to react calmly and perfectly when approached by a GED with a gun, but they fear for their life at just about everything

[u/blankblank]

Cops spend so much time talking about their own safety and their own “reasonable fear.” Yet the job cannot be made perfectly safe. It’s an inherently unsafe job. Meanwhile there are jobs that are even less safe that complain less, like cab drivers and loggers.

[u/HighlyOffensive10]

Why are they even this on edge while looking for a missing person? What if the missing person stumbled out of the farm or woods scared and disoriented. What would have this trigger happy cop done then?

[u/effie-sue → u/HighlyOffensive10]

Not a missing person.

A MISSING CHILD. A 12 year-old girl.

Cedartown cop shoots miniature donkey during child search - WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta

This situation is an absolute mess.

[u/paitenanner]

ACAB.

[u/StrawberryRedneck]

Wow almost like half of the country has been trying to sound the alarm on the corruption of the police...and we were called communists

[u/confusedyetstillgoin]

“There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”

- Admiral William Adama

[u/awwaygirl]

This sounds like a damn farm nightmare. Armed pigs enter a private pasture, approached by a bottle raised baby donkey, and kill said donkey because they “fear for their lives”.

If a BABY FARM ANIMAL SCARES YOU TO THE POINT YOU FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE, DON’T GO ON PRIVATE PASTURE LAND.

[u/KeniLF]

Such fucking cowards. Is anything safe from their “fear”?

[u/ProjectNo4090]

Someone that skittish or callous shouldn't be in law enforcement.

[u/Sipthapimp]

I legit wouldn’t care if every police officer got Thanos snapped. Like when was the last time any of these degenerates did anything helpful?

[u/usernaaaamme → u/Sipthapimp]

Hey now.

You say that now, but next time there's a school shooting, who will you call to stand around listening to children get massacred?

Who will you call to protect the school against any parents trying to trespass and save their children?

[u/BishlovesSquish]

Community guidelines prevent me from saying how I really feel about this situation. I’m tired boss. This shit happens way too often. ACAB.

[u/MistyRedcherry]

Feeling threatened by a cute donkey ?? Why are you in possession of a working loaded gun ? At this point you're about to shoot half the wildlife and most people wtffff

[u/Hobbitea]

I've met horses that were less scared of things than your average cop, and horses are scared of basically everything that moves (and doesn't move).

[u/platinumpaige]

I live in an area with wild donkeys. The ones near me are so sweet. They will come up to my gate to say hi sometimes.

ACAB

[u/iloveallcakes]

Police academies should do scare tests. If a little donkey scares you, you have no business holding a gun.

[u/usernaaaamme → u/iloveallcakes]

Police academies should require years of training in de-escalation, and should stop literally screening out intelligent people.

[u/Stupid-Clumsy-Bitch]

What the actual fuck?!

[u/blooming-darkness]

Defund the police

[u/NewtRipley_1986]

Absolutely horrible.

Feel so bad for the family, incredibly heartbreaking.

That officer needs to be fired. No business being an officer if a donkey scares you.

[u/Born_Resolution1404]

Christ, I wish I hadn’t seen this this morning. Brought me to tears. Fuckers.

[u/saltymilkmelee]

Is anyone at all surprised? Cops are the biggest pussies imaginable. They're scared of acorns. They're scared to do their job at Uvalde. They're scared of a children's petting zoo. The job attracts spineless cowards. The only reason people become cops is to pretend to have power over someone else (until it gets fixed in court by the people who actually know the law). They arent heroes, and they know that. They also know that we know. Thats also why they hate firemen. They're jealous of the real heroes.

[u/archercc81]

I love that were supposed to pretend cops are these super heros and brave soldiers of christ while also dismissing when they go around murdering people because an acorn fell on their shoulder.

Also, cedartown is in the middle of fucking nowhere, they can claim its a fucking war zone.

[u/SnooRadishes8848]

Is anyone in this country as afraid as cops? Jfc, most of them should never be allowed to own a gun

[u/thephantomdaughter]

ACAB 🤬 What the actual hell. RIP He-Haw 😭

[u/itmecrumbum]

https://giphy.com/gifs/8pDBtEATQlPZ9gFqXi

[u/theateroffinanciers]

If you're this scared of shit, of a donkey braying at you, then you have no business being a cop.

Absolutely heartbreaking.

[u/EagleLize]

Nobody who gets scared, that easily, should have access to a weapon that kills so easily.

[u/EvenPossible5918]

They always say this to justify shooting innocent people or animals.

[u/StoreBeautiful1492]

Why will someone shoot at a donkey?

[u/littlecreamsoda79]

What a couple of pu**ies

[u/LilDanglyOnes]

As if we needed any more evidence that cops will use claims that they were “scared for mah life!” in literally any situation.

Bad guy with a gun? Baby donkey? Same thing.

[u/culinarysiren]

ACAB

[u/SugarFut]

ACAB

[u/Friendly-World-5273]

They are trained to shoot anything and everything and claim “fearing for my life yulk yulk” and as long as they get away with it they will continue to do so. I’m sure the missing person was armed and dangerous as well because all people at all times are, of course.

[u/Key_Check5753]

So the police trespassed on another person's property, shot, and killed their family pet?

How many felonies is that? At least 3.

[u/Tehwheelzzz]

They entered private property without a warrant then shot and killed a private citizen property. They need to be barred from ever being police again, and they county should be sued to hell and back. This is not how America operates, this is how the IDF and this administration operates. 

[u/littlebruise]

They went into a field and were surprised to see a farm animal? The officer thought a baby donkey was going to kill him? Why did they have guns drawn when searching for a missing person? What a mess

[u/WitchesTeat]

If the police can walk onto your property in the middle of the night and shoot your animals, you are not free.

That is literally the opposite of a free country.

[u/DressingOnTheSide]

Think we'll ever get the name of this fearful officer? The community should protect him from this scary, scary world

[u/Brilliant_Effort_Guy]

‘FeArEd FoR hIs LiFe’ God cops are such pussies 🙄

[u/zumera]

Were their legs not working? They couldn’t have run the other way? Trigger-happy losers. 

[u/alex_allegra]

Waiting for the “he should have complied” crowd to show up. 😒

RIP HeeHaw

[u/GoofyGooberSundae]

Goddamnit why did I check reddit today😖😞

[u/ApatheticEnthusiast]

Can someone who knows donkeys explain if there was literally any danger to their life at all? Like they can’t bite and a baby can’t even trample you. Am I missing something?

[u/effie-sue → u/ApatheticEnthusiast]

Hee-Haw was a year-old miniature donkey. Minis are no more than 3' tall at the withers (base of the neck) when fully grown. They could knock over and possibly trample a small child, but not a healthy, full-grown adult human.

Having been raised since infancy by humans, Hee-Haw was likely quite friendly to everyone. While it's possible he charged at the officers in a protective manner, I'd imagine he was just excited to have visitors.

[u/sunnymcbunny]

Why are we letting people afraid of donkeys carry a gun? Why would I trust that person as a police officer????

[u/Chuckles_McFeeney]

[u/mintslippers]

Oh my gosh. Poor little baby. I’m so sorry this breaks my heart

[u/haubenmeise]

Sincerely

Skeletor 💜

[u/Confident-Visual7651]

If you’re in constant fear of everything Maybe you shouldn’t be a cop, always afraid and armed ready to shoot

[u/Jmm2w]

Evil! He looks like an angel

[u/GauntletFetish]

Wtf fearing a donkey?? A baby donkey?

[u/lilac-bunni]

Such a heartbreaking end for an innocent animal. Poor donkey, this is really sad to see.

[u/Milly_Hagen]

If this was my pet they killed, that cop would have to spend the rest of his life hiding. Even then, I'd find him.

[u/podun]

Well if you're scared for your life by a baby donkey, maybe police isn't the right job for you

[u/LaylaBird65]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wjuXuDSQU0sOfJIHS1
Fuck that guy

[u/OG_2_tone420]

The United States of America is a gigantic fucking shit hole. And it is the people that make it that way.

I know this because I am an American and I live here. I interact with these shitbirds every single day.

[u/Cinereals]

Cops being cops.

They statistically are shooting peoples dogs all the damn time, must have felt like moving onto something bigger.