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NYPD Cop Shooting Dog Extended Video Emerges, They Beat Owner Too

PINAC’s national investigator Felipe Hemming, obtained the full-video of an NYPD cop shooting a tail-wagging dog when they arrived the wrong apartment after receiving a domestic violence call at another nearby apartment.
“He died wagging his tail,” Yvonna Rosado told New York Daily News.
Other media outlets edited out the time between Cuesta shooting the dog and Rosado tripping down the stairs.
But we think it’s important to see in order to understand the graphic nature and the actual scope of police abuse.

VIDEO: NYPD Cop Shot and Killed Dog Wagging Tail, Hand Owner $265 Burial Fee

The video of an NYPD cop killing a dog, whose tail was obviously wagging in front of its apartment is going viral.
Yvonne Rosado was dancing with her dog, Spike, when she heard something outside her New York apartment.
And opened the door.
When she looked past the threshold, her dog walked out wagging its tail onto the landing.
That, made NYPD officer Ruben Cuesta ‘fear for his life.’
So, he shot Spike right in the head.
Deliberately.

Virginia Trooper Charged for Killing Dog While Off-Duty, Suspended Without Pay

An off-duty Virginia State Trooper was charged with animal cruelty and discharging a firearm in a public place, only after police issued a reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect responsible for the fatal shooting of a pit bull.
Virginia trooper Christopher Daniel Campbell was charged in the puppycide, which the owner described as ‘cold hearted.’
Initially, local Manassas Police officers responded to calls from neighbors about gunshots.

West Virginia Woman Acquitted for Stepping Between Dog and Cop Who Wanted to Kill It

A West Virginia woman who stood between her dog and a cop who was about to shoot it was acquitted by a jury of obstruction charges on February, 29th, 2016.
West Virginia state trooper Seth Cook testified that he was not afraid of the dog, but was following training that required him to kill all dogs that approach him, even if it was chained and wagging its tail as Buddy was doing in this case.

Florida Police K-9 Eats Suicidal Teen’s Face From Department With History of Dog on Citizen Violence

A Florida mother fearing for her child’s safety called local police for a welfare check of her son who had made a noose, only to have the two responding Officer’s K-9s eat his face off.
The Florida K9 cop called for a welfare check on a suicidal teen foreshadowed the bloody mauling of Jared Lemay, texting his fellow North Port Police officer: “COME GET UR BITE.”

Washington DC Cop Shoots Service Dog Outside of Dog Park in Maryland (UPDATED II)

UPDATE II: Local news station WUSA interviewed the hearing impaired woman, LaToya Plummer whose service dog Cleo – a bully-mix – was shot by a DC Metro cop who was off-duty. According to that interview, the DC officer didn’t identify herself as off-duty law enforcement.
The complete local news video report and interview with Ms. Plummer is embedded below.

Pittsburgh Cops Investigate Oakland Raiders Football Player for “Taunting Police Dog”

Local media reports that Pittsburgh’s Allegheny County Sheriffs have nothing better to do than investigate an NFL player for allegedly “taunting” one of their police dogs at a football game this past Sunday between the Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers in Heinz Field.
The report is so bizarre, that it sounds like the plot of an NFL Films blooper reel.