Kevin Lessmiller | Courthouse News Service. A Chicago family claims in court that a police officer fatally shot their dog for no reason and then blamed it on a fictitious perpetrator. Terry and Atara Taylor say Chicago police officer Mark Rodriguez unlawfully entered their backyard at 7a.m. on Aug. 18, 2014, and shot their dog … Read more
Vallejo, CA — It is an undisputed fact — cops shoot dogs. What’s more, cops often respond to the wrong address to serve a warrant or to investigate a complaint, and end up shooting an entirely innocent person’s dog. On Tuesday, officers with the Vallejo Police Department went to an innocent couple’s home and shot … Read more
TULSA – “She’s just a big baby,” said Daniel, the dog’s owner. “She would never hurt anyone.” A deeply disturbing report has surfaced according to which a police officer shot a family’s pet dog three times with a shotgun. The dog, Mia, was just 2-yrs-old. Daniel’s children were inside the house as the shotgun … Read more
Lisa Klein | Courthouse News Service CHICAGO (CN) – Chicago police shot and killed a man’s dog in front of his kids and they refuse to turn over records about the incident, he claims in a Cook County lawsuit. Antonie Glasper’s attorney, Torreya Hamilton, said Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers showed up at his house … Read more
Mikael Thalen | Infowars.com An Idaho police officer who shot and killed a small black lab sitting inside a vehicle this week has been telling investigators that the dog was a “vicious” pit bull. According to reports, an officer with the Coeur d’Alene Police Department was called out to a local coffee shop Wednesday after … Read more
2015/11/27 Cassandra Fairbanks | The Free Thought Project Michigan resident Brittany Preston is suing the City of St. Clair Shores, police officers David Jacquemain and Jeremy Moskwa, and Animal Control Officer Tom Massey for violation of her Fourth Amendment rights as well as her civil rights in executing her beloved pet. Preston’s dog, Lexie, was … Read more
2015/11/04 Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Round Rock, TX — According to an unofficial count done by Ozymandias Media, an independent research group, a dog is shot by law enforcement every 98 minutes. In an investigative report, it was discovered that a single police department in Buffalo, NY, shot 92 dogs in less … Read more
After more than a year of pleading with Salt Lake City authorities, Sean Kendall has decided it is time to file a $2 million lawsuit. He says there is no looking back any more and he won’t settle until the mayor agrees to introduce solid changes in police policy, especially in the way that they … Read more
2015/10/21 It was a busy morning for the Palacios family. Gillian Palacios was getting ready for work and was meant to drop their eight-year-old son to school as well. Hurriedly she was loading things in her car, which was parked in the driveway. Like every morning their dog, two-year-old Duchess, was excited too – wagging … Read more
They claim they were searching for an African American male on suspicions of drug use. Instead, they entered a wrong apartment and ended up shooting Adam Arroyo’s dog. His best friend was shot multiple times and he wants answers. Adam Arroyo knows justice is on his side. His pet dog, two-year-old Cindy, was at home … Read more
Edward Wheeler is still upset. He lost his dog Miracle around this time of the year in 2013, she was by herself guarding her owner’s home in North Las Vegas. Perhaps, if the two-year-old pit bull died a natural death he would not have been so distressed. Instead, Miracle was shot by a policeman who … Read more
LOUISVILLE, KY — When Brandis Pepper left her home with her three young children to go to the dentist on Tuesday, she did not realize that it was the last time she would see some of her possessions. When the family returned, they found their home had been ransacked. One of the windows had been … Read more