Body Cam Shows Cop Walk into Backyard and Shoot and Kill a Family’s Small Dog

Mike Sawyer

Topeka, KS — “Josie” was a 26-pound miniature pinscher-boxer mix, who was rescued seven years ago, and became a beloved member of 72-year-old Harriette Macnish’s family.

“She was wonderful, and she loved us,” Harriette Macnish said.

This loving 7-year relationship would be violently brought to an end, however, on July 13 when Topeka Police Officer, Michael Cruse would enter the backyard of the Macnish’s home, and kill their Josie.

According to the Capital-Journal,

A Topeka officer shot the dog twice about 10:45 a.m. that day while responding to a false burglary alarm, the police department said in a news release Monday.

According to the police report, after entering the backyard, “the officer then saw a dog begin charging at him in an aggressive manner.”

The report goes on, “I attempted to place time and distance between the dog and myself by running backwards. The dog continued to aggressively run toward me to attack,” while also barking and growling.

“When the dog continued to attack toward me,” Cruse explained in his report. “I obtained my department issued Glock 9mm Model 17 from my holster and shot the dog 2 times effectively ending the imminent attack.”

The officer’s body cam caught the entire incident on video. The small 26-lb dog comes running from around the corner when she’s met with 2 shots from the officer’s pistol. The graphic video is saddening.

Macnish was home at the time the officer entered her backyard and shot her dog. After she heard the shots, she came outside to find Josie laying dead in the yard.

Macnish told the Capital-Journal that she sat there holding little Josie for half an hour after the little dog died.

“She was a wonderful watch dog — anything but fierce — but if anybody was around that she didn’t know, she made noise,” Macnish said.

Topeka Police Chief James Brown said in a press conference that the shooting of Josie was justified under current police policy, and Officer Michael Cruse was not placed on administrative leave.

After this shooting, the department is reviewing its dog killing policy. According to the new policy, “officers can only use lethal force against an animal when necessary to defend against a vicious animal when it is reasonably believed the animal poses an imminent threat of significant injury and no other reasonable means of protection is available.”

How is it that postal workers, delivery drivers, and door to door salesmen can fend off dogs on a daily basis without killing them but police officers cannot?

When will it end?

more to come.....

“You Don’t Have a Dog Anymore” Cops Take Turns Shooting Family’s Dog While Laughing

Matt Agorist

Chester, PA — Earlier this year, Christie Fry and her family rescued a 7-month old puppy with a broken leg. They named him Bear.

For several months, the family nursed Bear back to health and soon he was a normal running and jumping pup. Bear soon became a beloved member of the family. However, earlier this month, on December, 10, all that love would come to an end.

According to Fry, Bear was secured to a cable leash in his backyard when she heard him barking at the construction workers working on an abandoned house next door. Fry says that Bear was a ‘barker’, so this was nothing out of the ordinary. But when the barking was brought to a halt by the sound of gunfire, Fry panicked.

“Thank god the kids were at school,” Fry said in an interview with PuppycideDB.com

When Fry got up to see what was going on, she heard more shots. Fry recalls those frightening moments:

I hear 2 gunshots. As I’m getting up I hear the third. As soon as I’m standing, I can see out my side window. Police. Fourth shot. I look at what they’re doing & see my dog on the ground. My dog starts screaming. I scream. More shots. Five, six, seven, eight. There’s 2 cops taking turns shooting him with smiles on their faces. I run out yelling “What the hell!!!!!” They said “Is this your dog?” “Yes!!” I replied. “What happened??!!” The officer said (& I quote!!) “Well you don’t have a dog anymore. He’s done now!” & laughed in my face.

My 1yr old puppy that I did everything in my power to save was laying there dead. They shot my dog like he was a human coming at them with a gun.

In her front yard were an animal control officer and two Chester city police officers. It was unclear as to why the police were there in the first place, says Fry.

According to PuppycideDB, the animal control officer accused Bear of breaking off of his leash line and attacking him, forcing him to wrestle the dog through yard separating Fry’s property from the abandoned home next door. But Christie immediately doubted the animal control officer’s accusation:

“Bear has dug up most of my yard & the yard next door is a disaster. If this guy was on the ground wrestling with my dog as he claims, that nice fresh khaki jacket he was wearing would have been destroyed. When Bear jumped on me, even once, I’d have pawprints on my clothes. There’s just no way!”

In the associated incident report, filed by the Chester Police, there was no mention of Bear biting anyone. However, several days after the shooting, police then claimed that Bear had bitten a woman, according to Fry. But this would have been impossible as Bear was secured in the yard.

Fry has since retained an attorney and started a Go Fund Me Page to raise money for the legal fees. On the page, Fry explains:

I am in contact with a lawyer, which is why I’m starting this campaign. As I explained to them, this is not about money. This is about way more than that. Police need to stop killing our pets!!!! They need to be trained on how to deal with these situations in a better way. We are also investigating to see if there is a pattern among specific officers as there have been multiple police involved animal shootings in my area in recent years.

This needs to stop!!!!!

Justice for Buddy, shot in cold blood by police in a raid at the WRONG address again?

Why aren't these pictures on the news!!!

Buddy the 11 year old Husky lost his life to the use of lethal

force by Police, they went to the wrong house!!! 

This shooting happened on 6-6-16 in Hesperia, California. These are the pictures that should be on the news!!!

Please reach out to the family on the facebook: Justice for Buddy. 

Please also contact the Police Department and your Political leaders to let them know that lethal force on Our Pets in America is unacceptable!!!

R I P Buddy!!!!!

This has got to stop isn't it time that these bully's get their just deserts please sign our petition calling for a full and thorough investigation.?