Video: LAPD releases graphic footage of officer shooting dog after Knicks victory
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Los Angeles police Friday released body cam footage of an officer killing a woman’s pet dog in a case that has sparked outrage and questions.Jameson, a 2-year-old Saint Bernard doodle, was fatally shot by police on Saturday after police responded to a report of a woman screaming in her apartment in the 7500 block of Jordan Avenue at 8:55 p.m.Footage of the shooting aftermath went viral and sparked outrage, showing the woman, Marie Marseille, sobbing over Jameson, who is wearing a Knicks shirt.The footage released by the LAPD on Friday shows the moments leading up to the heart-wrenching scene.In the footage, which lasts a few minutes and comes from two body cameras, an officer is seen approaching the woman’s apartment door and declaring LAPD.A second officer stands slightly down the apartment complex passageway.Marseille answers the door and the officers see the large barking dog.
As the officers ask Marseille to put the dog away, body cam video shows the second officer unholstering his gun, and backing away from the barking dog.He then puts his gun away after Marseille closes the door.“Jeez, that’s a big ass dog,” the first officer is heard exclaiming..
“I ain’t getting bit by that, bro,” the second officer says.Marseille returns to the door and the officer again asks if she put away the dog.She replies, “he’s not aggressive.”An officer said, “he’s ah, huge, you know what I mean?” At that point, Jameson comes past Marseille out the door away from the first officer, who tells her to “put him in.” A barking Jameson, however, moves down the passage toward the second officer, who draws his handgun in his right hand and shoots four times.The large pup drops to the ground as Marseille screams: “No!”The incident has sparked outrage and questions across the city, prompting Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell to promise a full investigation.
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