Posted on 09/29/2022 11:22:03 AM PDT by Signalman
Arizona police shot a suspect to death after he pointed a handgun at a police dog’s head, video shows.
The Tucson Police department released body cam footage Tuesday of Francisco Javier Galarza aiming a semi-automatic at a K9 named Kiro, as the dog brought the runaway suspect to the ground.
Police instantly opened fire on the man, killing him with several shots.
According to the department, Galarza was wanted on a felony arrest warrant for home invasion and bank robbery.
The 49-year-old was spotted entering a convenience store just before noon on Aug. 25. Police confronted him in the parking lot, but Galarza immediately tried to run away.
“Police! Get down!” Officers can be heard telling Galarza several times in the video as he runs.
Officer Barry Peterson, a 15-year veteran, released Kiro, who tackled Galarza to the ground.
In 2000, Galarza was convicted of vehicle theft. A year later, he was convicted on six counts of robbery armed and armed robbery and received an 11-year sentence. Upon release, he was convicted of armed robbery again and sentenced to another 7.5 years.
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Don’t mess with da dawg. U die!
If he had a partner who could shoot the hangman’s rope from a hundred yards, he would have done a lot better.
Don’t do that.
Sure beats sending him up to Martha’s Vineyard. That bunch up there are really not “immigrant ready.”
Understandable given that in most states, a police dog is considered a full-fledged police officer, sometimes even given a badge.
Well done officers! VERY Happy the dog didn’t meet his demise.
Cops view their police dogs like fellow officers and partners.
He was not a black criminal, so no harm, no foul. No riots.
I know. As I said, “Don’t mess with da dawg”. My wife used to have a mobile grooming business. One of her clients was a Police dog who was a malinois
Yet your dogs are nuisances to be put down at their whim.
Most of them actually live with the officers; that makes them family, too.
“Cops view their police dogs like fellow officers and partners”
They are.....a K-9 officer is no different than a human one.
The idiot might as well of pointed it at the cop.
A while back here 3 thugs got in a chase with the police, crashed their stolen car and shot a police dog.......none of those knuckleheads survived the shootout....but the K-9 officer survived.
And that’s your feel good happy ending story of the day.
Except when they leave them in hot cars to die, and then miraculously they aren’t charged with murdering a police officer. Almost like they have a double standard.
It could reasonably be argued the guy threatened the cops’ first line of defense and they were next, ergo self defense. As the perp was white, well ...
K-9s are considered officers. Guy needed killing
We either live by the same set of rules or we don't. If their dogs are equal to human lives and they can shoot to protect them, then we citizens should have the same right. If they can shoot a criminal who attacks them and not get locked up, then we should have the same right. One standard for us all.
Coworker before I retired was the daughter of a retired deputy. His beloved K-9 dog was deliberately slashed to death by an urban repeat offender. smiling while confronting the officers.
She said every time the subject came up, years later, her father would start crying again.
Not any sympathy from the public for those who endanger or abuse or kill dogs.
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