{"id":2597,"date":"2013-07-02T00:47:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T23:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2013-07-04T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T11:54:23","slug":"la-police-officer-kills-a-dog-video-warning-graphic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2013\/07\/la-police-officer-kills-a-dog-video-warning-graphic.html","title":{"rendered":"LA Police Officer Kills a Dog – VIDEO (warning GRAPHIC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A friend of mine just posted this on facebook. I was hesitant to watch it \u2013 the title says enough. It\u2019s not something I wanted to see. But I watched. And now I cannot help but share it.<\/p>\n

Warning. It. Is. Graphic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you love animals and are not prepared to see one give its life protecting its owner, just skip the video and see the information below. If you are triggered by cases of racial profiling and police abuse of power, skip it and go to the information below.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in California, especially LA, make some phone calls; share this with friends and neighbors. This kind of thing should never have happened. Let\u2019s do what we can to make sure it never happens again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(NEW<\/strong><\/span>: sign the change.org petition:\u00a0Hawthorne Police Department: Take officer Scott Swain off the streets.<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>Call mayor Danial Juarez\u2019s public line, (310) 643-6139, to tell him that this is unacceptable. The more people that let them know that this is not ok the better.<\/p>\nOther relevant numbers: \nRoderick Wright, state senator: (916) 651-4035 \nSteven Bradford, assemblyman: (310) 412-6400 Inglewood, (916) 319-2062 Sac<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn any case, this is so emblematic of much of what is wrong with America today, in my humble opinion. I\u2019m not sure if the police felt threatened or outnumbered, or any of the other circumstances beyond what is shown in the video. But I do know that what we see in it is unacceptable and this needs to go beyond the particular officer(s) involved to see what kinds of systems create situations that lead to this.<\/p>\nThe officer clearly approached the dog in a quick and menacing fashion; when the dog jumped up, the officer opened fire.<\/p>\nThis is a very hard video to watch \u2013 and re-watch. I myself have been bit by a dog almost that size, on the wrist in a similar fashion as the officer almost was. I backed off after the bite and was fine \u2013 the dog was fine, everything was fine. It was a protective reaction by the dog \u2013 simply reacting to me invading its space.<\/p>\nThis dog seems to be doing the same, obviously upset that his owner was being man-handled in front of him, but then mostly calm \u2013 sniffing around the ground even \u2013 until the officer came at it. In fact, at 3:21 in the dog is 3-4 feet away from everyone. And then the police officer stepped quickly toward it (and between the dog and its owner), gun drawn and pointed\u2026<\/p>\nTwo quick updates. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/07\/01\/police-shoot-dog_n_3530990.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Huffington Post quotes a police spokesman<\/a> as saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\u201cIt looks like the officer\u00a0tried to reach down and grab the leash, and then the dog lunges in the direction of him and the other officers there,\u201d Hawthorne police Lt. Scott Swain said to the Daily Breeze. \u201cAnd I know it\u2019s the dog\u2019s master, and more than likely not going to attack him, (but) we\u2019ve got a guy handcuffed that\u2019s kind of defenseless. We have a duty to defend him, too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAnd <a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2013\/07\/01\/viral-video-appears-to-show-hawthorne-police-fatally-shoot-dog\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CBS-LA<\/a> reports that\u00a0Leon Rosby, the dog\u2019s owner, has an\u00a0<\/span>attorney and would be suing the\u00a0Hawthorne Police Department.<\/span><\/p>\n(NEW<\/strong><\/span>: sign the change.org petition:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/hawthorne-police-department-take-officer-scott-swain-off-the-streets\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hawthorne Police Department: Take officer Scott Swain off the streets.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A friend of mine just posted this on facebook. I was hesitant to watch it \u2013 the title says enough. It\u2019s not something I wanted to see. But I watched. And now I cannot help but share it. 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