Makeshift Memorial Springs Up For Slain Berkeley Mountain Lion
By Rocky Thompson on September 9th, 2010
A mountain lion shot down in a halo of gunfire by the draconian Berkeley PD in a neighborhood near the Gourmet Ghetto was mourned by city residents.
“May we protect our wildlife,” another person printed out on a piece of paper. “If we save them, we save ourselves. ‘Thou shalt not kill?’ Remember?”
The shooting, which appeared on the front page of the local paper, happened a few days ago when a 100lb female mountain lion oddly made its way into town. Police decided to shoot it at about 3:30am fearing for the safety of transients in the area. The mountain lion made its way through backyards and high end coffee shops before police caught up with it.
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WTF is wrong with people? Idiots… Just gives them the opportunity to fire off their weapon! How about next time they aim it between their legs!
Awesome! Great way to clean up all the homeless in Berkley.
How about using a tranquilizer dart and relocating the lion?…instead of just a plain murder. Police “decided”…yeah, sounds typical of the Po Po.
Scenario: You’re a beat-cop, chasing a mountain lion…in the middle of the night…it’s moving fast…it feels cornered and is therefore a threat to people’s lives…
Do you:
A) Give up the chase because you’re afraid.
B) Realize you did not bring your tranquilizer gun with you so give up the chase and go back for it, hoping to find the mountain lion again.
C) Use the weapon you have at hand to eliminate the threat.
What would you say if the cops chose A or B and the mountain lion killed your friend as she walked to her job as a barista, dragged her body a few hundred yards to a local city park, ate part of her body, and burried the rest so it could come back for the next few days to feast. That is the possible alternative.
Got to agree with Brett.
You’d be pissed if the lion killed someone you cared about while the cops went and got his tranq gun…
Brett,
Your scenario is highly unlikely. I’d never allow my friend to work as a barista.
Brett – if the problem is that the mountain lion feels cornered (and is therefore a threat) maybe one of the solutions could be…oh, I don’t know…stop chasing it?!?!