Canucks_fo_life Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 A video of police shooting a dog to death in front of its owner has gone viral after being posted to Reddit Monday afternoon. The dog owner, Leon Rosby, was taking video of police officers in Hawthorne, Calif. as they barricaded a house, his attorney, Michael Gulden, confirmed to HuffPost. Gulden said he plans to file a lawsuit against the Hawthorne Police Department. Another bystander behind Rosby was recording him, and can be heard saying that Rosby asked the police why there weren't any black cops present. This drew the attention of two Hawthorne police officers, who started to approach Rosby. Rosby can then be seen putting his dog, which looks like a Rottweiler, into his car and voluntarily putting his hands behind his back to be arrested. As he was being handcuffed by the officers, the dog started barking and jumped out of the car. As the dog approached the officers, barking, the police shot the dog several times. Police said they had no choice but to shoot as the dog lunged toward them. "An assisting officer came to aid and attempted to control the Rottweiler, first by gaining control of the leash," the department said in a statement on Facebook. "However, the dog lunged and made aggressive movements towards the officer(s)." Rosby was arrested for "interference with officers" because his "loud, distracting music (from the individual's vehicle), and his intentional walking within close proximity to armed Officers, while holding an 80-pound Rottweiler on a long leash-line … created an increasingly dangerous situation and demanded officers' focus away from the matter at hand," the police statement said. Scroll down for the Hawthorne Police Department's full account of what happened. Two hours after the video was posted to Reddit, it had 32,000 votes, but the comments were disabled because of Reddit's rule against, "witch-hunting or or incitement to witch hunt. This means no demanding 'Reddit justice' in any way in post titles or comments. http://www.huffingto..._n_3530990.html Absolutely sickening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Stomach isn't strong enough to watch the vid. What sickens me most is these pigs won't even get a slap on the wrist. They deserve to be thrown into a cage full of angry pit bulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 wow right before me. But on topic this is really sad and I hope they get punished to the full extent and even more for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasCanuck Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 80 pound rottweiler comes lunging at me, I'd pull the trigger too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayStation Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Well I honestly don't see what's wrong here. The cop did not shoot when he or she was getting yelled at to shoot as it seemed the dog was about to back off and not attack, the gun was drawn but the cop did not shoot. However when the dog did lunge forward, the cop shot. Completely understandable. The cops obviously going to shoot it if its coming at him or her, just as if a person came at the with a weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes!!! Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Wow. Did not need to see it writhing around like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadiancon Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 80 pound rottweiler comes lunging at me, I'd pull the trigger too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 You do realize that they also have tasers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriceIsRight31 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Saw this earlier, was tough to watch for me to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Faulk Yourself Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 There were many ways this could've ended better. Looks like the dog was trained poorly though, dogs shouldn't be trained to attack other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasCanuck Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 You do realize that they also have tasers? And that cop came in and obviously startled the dog with his gun all ready drawn. It was totally un necessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.53 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Maybe it's because I'm not a dog owner. (My sister is and we had a whole argument about this video.) I'm actually on the cops side here. I mean, they don't know how dangerous the dog is, and they didn't shoot it on sight. They shot it when it jumped up at one of them. If I was that cop, I would be terrified. Dogs are nothing to mess around with, they can be pretty dangerous, so if one lounged at me, I'm pretty sure I would take it down too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The man antagonized the cops and failed to secure the dog. (And gee if it isn't a pitbull.) Also looked like he's been arrested before. Also looked like this kind of activity happens a lot in that particular neighborhood. I blame the dog owner more than the dog or the cops in this case, but it's the dog owner that is seeking damages. Typical. Sickening incident totally avoidable if the prick just left the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Well I honestly don't see what's wrong here. The cop did not shoot when he or she was getting yelled at to shoot as it seemed the dog was about to back off and not attack, the gun was drawn but the cop did not shoot. However when the dog did lunge forward, the cop shot. Completely understandable. The cops obviously going to shoot it if its coming at him or her, just as if a person came at the with a weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasCanuck Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The people shooting the video were so excited for the dog to jump out of the car, presumably knowing that the dog would try to protect it's owner. I think they changed their minds pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson bay rules Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I've been attacked by dogs in the past (yes plural) If I was a cop I'd think I'd use a baton instead of a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Grabner Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 1) Filming/Taking a picture of the scene is not illegal. There was no reason for an arrest to take place to begin with. Had there no been abuse of power by the officer, this entire should situation would have been avoided. 2) An officer's first call of duty is to maintain peace and diffuse situations to avoid situations such as these. I failed to see any sort of attempt to diffuse this situation, only power and ego tripping. 3) Shooting their handgun is supposed to be their last resort, not first resort. Pepper spray or a tazer should have been their first resort. All in all, this is nothing more than a brutal realization for Hawthorne PD to realize they need to step up their training. However, it seems they refuse to acknowledge they did anything wrong as they are stating they were trying to protect the owner as he was "defenseless" to his own dog because he was handcuffed. Unnecessarily handcuffed by the police over something that simply wasn't even illegal. That being said, I'm a dog owner and am biased at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 80 pound rottweiler comes lunging at me, I'd pull the trigger too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 And gee if it isn't a pitbull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombastik der Teutone Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 sorry but the reason why they jailed him was ridiculous..wasnt it? anyways...why he didnt just went home with his dog? or closed the windows of the car when he put his dog into it? poor dog...and hard to watch for a dogowner like me..but it seems the cop had no choice..well a teaser could have been a help but finally it was the owners fault imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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