Where is compassion?

I am glad that the Coeur d’Alene police officer who shot the dog while doing the vehicle search/investigation was not physically injured by the dog that most probably presented him with a mouth full of teeth (edged weapons) at face level. I have had my thoughts of what probably occurred based upon my experience, but well knowing that everything is not always as it appears, I have withheld comment until the investigation is complete. Let not the slings and arrows of the ignorant deter him from his police career, I hope.

Where is the anger of these same people when it comes to the mother and child murdered by the estranged husband in Post Falls? Does not the slaying of a woman and her 6-year-old girl, who apparently was only trying to protect her mother, not elicit anger and a call for justice?

Where is the compassion for the officers who respond to and investigate such horrific crimes? With all due respect to the dead dog’s owner, and others, humans rank higher than dogs in my humble opinion.

Robert Smith

Coeur d’Alene