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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Good dogs are hard to come by .
Only cops are allowed to kill dogs for no reason
—> 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.
They don’t seem to have pensions either…
And killing a police K-9 is charged as the homicide of a police officer.
Ive been to Belgium, really love the Malinois. Extremely smart, protective, and oh my, the elegant way they walk.
That picture shows he was ready to kill anyone to keep from getting caught. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
They get police funerals and news coverage here
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Glad the dog lived, glad the dirtbag didn’t
And that happens how many times out of the tens of thousands of police dogs in service?
My DOGS are part of my FAMILY, you hurt them I WILL kill you!
At my age prison don’t mean shit to me!
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