Fiendish New Mexico sheriff’s deputy fatally throws helpless baby rabbit against side of car: video shows

The New York Post ^ | 07/20/2025 | Shane Galvin

[thegagline]

A fiendish New Mexico sheriff’s deputy has been placed on leave after video emerged of him fatally hurling an adorable baby bunny against the side of his car while smiling.

Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy Alejandro Gomez, 27 was seen in cell phone video recorded by other cops pleading with a fellow deputy to hand over the sweet baby rabbit the group had found in the dirt outside of Hachita, New Mexico last August, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

In the video, posted to Facebook Monday, a group of officers are pulled over to the side of a dusty road where they find a baby bunny about the size of a grapefruit.

“Promise you’re not going to kill it,” the deputy said, shielding the bunny in his hands, “Swear to God.”

“I swear to God,” the 27-year-old replied. “Give it to me right now.”

After resisting, the animal-loving deputy finally relented when Gomez threatened him with a stun gun.

Video showed the light of the gun, indicating a target, illuminating the side of the law enforcement officer.

Gomez then takes the rabbit in his right hand, looks directly at the camera, and hurls the helpless creature into the side of the car.

The videographer of the animal snuff film, an unidentified corporal in the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, laughed hysterically at the brutality.

The 27-year-old is charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon upon a peace officer and one count of extreme cruelty to animals, which is a fourth-degree felony, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

Both the sergeant and the corporal who witnessed the rabbit killing and Gomez threatening his fellow deputy are still employed, with neither being placed on leave despite their failure to intervene, the State Police said, according to the report.

[Lean-Right]

I reside in desert country
New Mexico. I’ve literally
thousands of outings logged
in four-wheeling expeditions,
and can say that close
encounters with baby bunnies
is not a rare circumstance.
I’ve had them come out of
any bushes they were hiding
in only to sun and preen
themselves right next to me.
Same with rattlesnakes. But
the bunnies never met the same
fate as the snakes.
This guy who maliciously
killed a baby bunny should
have at the very least,
skinned and made a meal out of
it. Wonton waste is
unforgivable.

[Svartalfiar]

It's quite possible this officer was raised in a rural family in a culture steeped in a cultural antipathy for wild rabbits, ground squirrels, etc. Hence, this wantonly cruel behavior, while problematic in a police officer, is at least understandable. So before you project your urban sensibilities and demand this person be deprived of his livelihood or even be injured in like manner as punishment, consider well how he might have arrived at such behavior. It may be more complicated than you realize.

It's not that he killed the rabbit, who cares. The problem comes in where he promised he wouldn't then did, where he threatened his fellow officer just to get the rabbit, and the pleasure he takes in doing all this.

Everyone I know in rural areas (and even the squirrels/rats in the suburban area) certainly hate the rodents of all kinds, but it's a practical annoyance getting rid of them, not a sadistic pleasure.

[Carry_Okie]

Everyone I know in rural areas (and even the squirrels/rats in the suburban area) certainly hate the rodents of all kinds, but it's a practical annoyance getting rid of them, not a sadistic pleasure.

When directed against an innocent rabbit yes, when directed at its defenders' emotionalism, not so much.