The brave police-state shoots a protective dog
The horrific moment NYPD officer shoots dog on crowded city street in front of shrieking bystanders
- Police investigating report of sick man on sidewalk when they found homeless man who had apparently suffered a seizure
- Dog began growling at officers as they tried to wake him up
- One officer shot the dog in the head as the animal reportedly lunged at him
- Shooting came days after cops shot and killed a crazed man wielding a knife in Times Square
A disturbing video of an NYPD officer shooting a charging pit bull in broad daylight in front of dozens of screaming witnesses has been released to Gothamist.
The footage shows how the police officers approached the dog’s owner while he was lying unconscious on the street before the animal, named Star, snapped at a bystander’s leg.
Star quickly reverses direction and lunges toward the police officer, who shoots it twice before the animal comes to a halt, twitching on the street in agony.
‘[The police] were telling people standing around to get back, but a lady was standing behind the passed out-guy got a little too close, so the dog nips at her,’ a witness told Gothamist.
Johnny Rodriguez told the website that he and three others told the police that there was a passed out man lying in the street.
They saw him having a seizure, lying down on the ground twitching and shaking.
