CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – An internal affairs investigation into the shooting of a dog by a Chillicothe police officer on March 8 has been deemed within policy. According to Chillicothe police chief Keith Washburn, the officer, identified as Traevon Williams, didn’t receive any formal disciplinary action, since the internal affairs committee determined there was no violation … Read more
The city of Detroit will pay $225,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit stemming from a 2016 marijuana raid that left three dogs shot to death by police. The Detroit City Council approved the settlement this February to Kenneth Savage and Ashley Franklin, who filed a federal lawsuit against the city and three Detroit police … Read more
Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania SPCA announces that Michael Long of the 8200 block of Michener Avenue, has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges in connection to the dog Cranberry, who was found dumped in a trash bag at Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley Park on November 23, 2016. Long, a former Philadelphia Police Officer, had been … Read more
RAVENA, N.Y. – Many are outraged after a viral video shows what appears to be a local police department driving directly at a raccoon in a grocery store parking lot. It was right in the Shop and Save parking lot where many witnesses say they saw two police vehicles intentionally trying to run down a … Read more
April 25, 2014 The sheriff’s deputy accused of fatally shooting an east Texas man’s dog last week was fired Thursday, authorities said. “That is a step in the right direction,” the dog’s owner, Cole Middleton, 25, told the Daily News. “Had it not been for the overwhelming support and the media picking up on this … Read more
Feb 15, 2017; Alabama – There was no mention of the shooting of the dog. But that didn’t stop the jury on Wednesday from taking just 20 minutes to return a verdict of not guilty for disorderly conduct. One juror even came over to shake the hand of Richard Junkins, the man who for months … Read more
August 8, 2015 Parkersburg, WV — A disturbing video was submitted to the Free Thought Project this week which shows the courageous actions of one woman, and the cowardly actions of a West Virginia State Trooper. The incident began after a neighborhood argument escalated to the point of a man calling the police to prevent … Read more
November 28, 2016 PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A Pasco County Sheriff’s Office deputy had to make a split-second decision over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Deputy Monica Bray shot an attacking pit bull, and in the process, shot off part of her finger. That same dog had viciously attacked a homeless man moments earlier. Jim Ames … Read more
A video released by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office shows a deputy sergeant shooting a dog as it charges after him. The dog was not killed but is recovering with its owner, MCSO officials said in a news release. The incident occurred Sunday at a home in Wittmann, which is located along U.S. 60 northwest … Read more
Florida – An alligator hanging out on a home’s front porch might have been too much to handle for some people, but not for Boynton Beach Police Officer Alfredo Vargas. Vargas, it turns out, had taken an alligator handling course at the Native Village in Hollywood about 13 years ago, before becoming a police officer. … Read more
GREENWOOD, S.C. — An Upstate police chief is accused of firing a gun at his family pet during a domestic incident, according to a police report. A Greenwood man called police at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday and said that his daughter, who is married to Ware Shoals police chief Terry Allen Carpenter, had called him, … Read more
MEMPHIS, TN – A Memphis police officer shot a dog at Shelby Farms Dog Park on Thursday. Memphis Police Department confirmed that the officer was off-duty when the shooting happened. A witness said she was at the off-leash dog park with her dog around 1:30 p.m. She said she saw a man with a German … Read more