Police Shootings / Possible Abuse Threads [merged]

Guess this can go here

Was there really no other way to handle this?
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An Arizona sheriff’s deputy shot and killed seven starving and abandoned dogs at a rural property in September after giving them water, shocking footage shows.

While the Apache County Sheriff’s Office argues the deputy did nothing wrong, the incident has outraged local animal rights groups that argue the area needs to address animal hoarding.

Body cam footage shows the deputy approach the group of starving dogs behind a chain-link fence where some are sleeping and others are barking and wagging their tails. He lays out food and water for the dogs. He then proceeds to shoot and kill seven of them, the video shows. An incident report states that he subsequently dumped the remains near railroad tracks.

“Oh God. This is gonna suck,” the deputy says as the dog’s follow him inside.

He then shoots seven dogs as two flee for their lives. The shooting was pre-planned, and the deputy had told a supervisor. The deputy - who works in a county that lacks an animal care and control department - said the dogs had to be down due to their condition and lack of kennel ability.…..

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dogs-shot-arizona-sheriff-body-cam-b2563527.html