Video of Hawthorne police killing dog sparks Web protests

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  • Police partout…

    En Californie, il filme une intervention de police (il est loin d’être le seul, il y a plein de vidéos sur YT) avec son chien en laisse, se fait arrêter pour « interférence » après avoir mis son chien dans sa voiture (mais en laissant le fenêtre ouverte). Le chien aboie puis vient au secours de son maître et se fait descendre.

    Video of Hawthorne police killing dog sparks Web protests - Los Angeles Times
    http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/02/local/la-me-0703-dog-killed-20130703

    Leon Rosby arrived at 137th Street and Jefferson Avenue in Hawthorne on Sunday evening to videotape a police standoff. He brought along his 2-year-old Rottweiler, Max.

    He put the dog on a leash and began filming. Hawthorne police deemed Rosby’s actions interference and placed him under arrest. By this point, Max was in the backseat of Rosby’s car, but the arrest upset him. He began barking, jumped out of the car and lunged at officers.

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    Les 3 policiers concernés, menacés, sont retirés du service pour leur protection.

    3 Officers Go off Street Duty After Shooting Dog - ABC News
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officers-off-street-duty-shooting-dog-19580803

    Three police officers have been pulled from street duty for their safety in Southern California after a widely circulated video showed an officer fatally shooting a Rottweiler and drew numerous death threats.