There’s a very specific reason that the dog’s throat was slit. The woman that the dog bit was pregnant. The responding police officer (Schmidt) knew this and he knew that if the dog was rabid or ran away so that they couldn’t test it for rabies, the woman would have to have a tetanus shot that could harm or kill her baby. Because of this, he placed the dog in a collar attached to a pole so he could keep the dog close so that its blood could be tested for rabies. It was the kind of device used by animal control, where the collar can be tightened to control the dog. At some point the 2nd officer (Agent Bogen) showed up, and he tried to help locate the dog’s owner. They were also trying to get animal control on scene to test the dog. The number on the collar went to a disconnected phone.
During this time, the collar around the dog’s neck apparently strangled or choked the dog to death, and it became unresponsive. Agent Bogen didn’t want the dog to suffer, so he used his knife to create a surgical incision to cut the dog’s carotid artery, to ensure the dog would die immediately if it wasn’t already dead.
Schmidt likely killed the dog by strangling it. However, Mosby dropped the charges against Schmidt (who happens to be Billy Murphy’s client) on her FIRST day in office. The charges against Bowen (whose lawyer supported Mosby’s opponent) remain in force.
Hmm, well I can certainly understand the actions of the officers in this case.
And I find myself at a loss to understand Mosby’s?
What gives? She can’t be that blatantly, ah, corrupt, I guess, can she?
There is no reason for either of these agents to be charged IMO.
“...so that its blood could be tested for rabies.”
Last time I checked there is no blood test for rabies. The suspect animal must be euthanized. Then its brain is homogenized in a blender of sorts and the brain tissue is stained to look for Golgi bodies which are present in a rabid animal.
Doesn’t matter. He still killed the dog in an unspeakably cruel manner and should be fired.