California Police Arrest Man for Video Recording, then Kill his Dog

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/07/01/california-police-arrest-man-for-video-recording-then-kill-his-dog/

by chermanowicz • 13 years ago

37 22 13 years ago

such bullshit that this was deleted when it was the top story on the frontpage. Clearly it's relevant to this site if it was upvoted to the front page!

unimpressive2• 13 years ago

Eh, I get where the admins are coming from, on the one hand I'm glad to have been told about this, on the other hand this seems more like Digg or Reddit content than HN content. If HN put outrageous things on the front page whenever they occur, we'd probably have nothing else left.

mbillie12• 13 years ago

It's got 4744 upvotes and 7708 comments on Reddit atm. I agree with you entirely.

pg• 13 years ago

It was flagged to death by users.

D9u6• 13 years ago

All I can say is that the dog owner failed to properly control his dog...

Sadly, the dog paid for it with his life.

swamp40• 13 years ago

It's tough to control your dog when you are handcuffed.

This is one of the most shocking examples of overzealous police force I've ever seen on video. This story is not going to go away, no matter how many times the thread is pulled.

They should have let the guy put his dog back in car - he was 100% cooperative.

But I guess a no-knock raid with assault rifles, tactical entry and armored carriers gets the blood flowing...

D9u6• 13 years ago

It's not so fucking difficult to ensure that your car windows are not open enough to let the dog out.

Don't get me wrong, I am not approving of the the way that this situation was handled by the police, but the fault lies with the dog owner.

It is 100% the dog owner's fault for failing to ensure that his dog remained in the vehicle.

I said as much to myself as I watched the man close the door of the car yet failed to roll up the windows to sufficiently prohibit the dog from escaping the vehicle.

I have been raising bull-breed dogs since I was a child, and when you are a responsible owner of a dog that is capable of doing grave injury a large part of that responsibility relates to properly controlling your dogs.

Let's see what "you" would do when confronted with such as situation, and it's "you" who is on the other side of that firearm.

zaroth2• 13 years ago

Think about it for a second before blaming the victim here... Police are advancing towards this guy to apparently illegally arrest him, one of them armed with what looks like an assault rifle.

Now you're suggesting that after getting the dog into the back of the car he should try to get in the front seat to raise the windows? (assuming they are power) How do you suppose the police will respond to that?

He had to make a split second decision while heavily armed men, having demonstrated no respect for the law or his civil rights, are advancing. I can only imagine my adrenal response would be in full gear and all that entails, while this man is helping them with the handcuffs.

In my opinion this citizen deserves our sincere respect and condolences for his dog, and good luck to him in his criminal defense and, if all goes well for him, civil suit against the city of Hawthorne.

D9u6• 13 years ago

I have viewed the video more than once, and it appears that the man is antagonizing the police.

Not a good idea in today's police state.

He knew that he was antagonizing the police, and this is why he placed the dog inside the vehicle.

The man is obviously not blind, and even a partially blind man (me) is able to see that the rear driver side window ot the car is opened enough to permit the dog's exit from the vehicle.

That the dog exited the vehicle from the passenger side rear window illustrates the extent of the dog owner's negligence. The dog had more than one choice of egress from the vehicle, which the dog owner failed to act upon.

I don't like this story any more than you do, but the death of the dog is the owner's fault.

rbellio• 13 years ago

Reddit is leaking again.

zaroth2• 13 years ago

Feeding the troll here, but...

I find it highly relevant that every action private citizens perform online and while out in public is recorded, stored, and indexed en masse 'for your protection' while police intimidate and arrest citizens who do the same to them while they perform their duty as public servants.

California Police Arrest Man for Video Recording, then Kill his Dog

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