Sheriff Coltrane:
Posted on 11/22/2024 12:56:23 PM PST by Morgana
A Tennessee man is grieving the deaths of his seven dogs who were shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy while the owner and his wife were out to dinner.
On Monday, Nov. 4, Kevin Dismuke and his wife left their home in McNairy County to go to dinner, Fox 13 reports.
When his wife returned to their home on Finger Leapwood Road, she called him with shocking news.
“She said, ‘Poe is dead,’” he said, referring to one of their pet dogs.
According to News 3, Dismuke said he returned home to find all of his dogs except one were dead.
“They were told the property was abandoned and the dogs were malnourished,” Dismuke added, News 3 reports. “I got the veterinary paperwork in my truck from three weeks ago. They all had a clean bill of health on them.”
Dismuke said a neighbor told him a deputy came to his house while he was gone and shot the dogs, Fox 13 reports.
Dismuke and his family are heartbroken over the deaths of their beloved dogs.
“I don’t care if you give me $10 if you give me $10 million," he told News 3. "You can’t replace my dogs.”
According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which launched an investigation on Nov. 7, the incident began when the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department received an animal welfare concern call on Nov. 4.
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Seems like Roscoe P. Coltrane did not fully understand the assignment now did he?
I wouldn’t want to be this deputy...
THIS IS MURDERING DOGS.
PUT THIS BASTARD IN JAIL FOR 10 yearsOR MORE.
He had only been working for this police department for a month when he did this.
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, TBI agents obtained warrants for Brackin, charging him with seven counts of aggravated animal cruelty and eight counts of reckless endangerment.
He turned himself in and resigned.
What the heck is going on with this guy... wonder where he previously worked?
At least he got to go home to his wife and kids.
Officer personal safety is job #1.
It makes me sick that they arrested and then released him. I get arresting and releasing for some type of accidental incident or something that happened in the heat of the moment but this guy methodically went about what he was doing shooting one by one.
Several years ago I had to put to sleep my 14 year old Siberian Husky and I’ve never gotten over that, the pain is still raw.
I can’t imagine coming home and seeing all 7 of your dogs dead. That pain must be beyond belief.
What kind of dogs were they? Were they secure behind a fence or in the house?
Were they out roaming the streets?
There’s too many unanswered questions.
Sick bastard.
Wonder if he does welfare checks on granny.
Is this a tragic and malicious example of “swatting” where animals were endangered and killed, instead of the family, because the owners were not at home? Seems like the person “reporting” the false info shouldn’t get to remain anonymous. Let them publicly defend why they called police and said those things and triggered this.
In dog terms, 7 dogs equals 1 human
Could have been children, just as easily. This nutcase needs a LONG prison term. I’d be beside myself if I lost ONE dog, let alone 7.
Sheriff Coltrane:
“Wonder if he does welfare checks on granny.”
Good thing they didn’t send him for a child welfare check
Does not matter.
Were they secure behind a fence or in the house?
They were on the property where they were suppose to be.
Were they out roaming the streets?
On the property. Where they belonged.
There's too many unanswered questions.
Now you have answers but I am sure you will find something good to about the guy who trespassed on private property with no warrant and shot the animals that were on their own property where they belonged. Because he wore the magic blue uniform.
“Seven Grannies Shot Dead In Welfare Check At Assisted Living Facility”
Is he Muslim?
That would explain so much.
The dogs were sick and malnourished (well, not really) so we shot them. STF??? You got a problem with that?
Cops earning the hate, one qualified immunity crime at a time.
That is true! I forgot about “Flash” as I was typing this.
Although Roscoe was an idiot which TV show cop was the one always misfiring his gun? Was that Roscoe or someone else?
If this deputy did this to my dogs, he would have made the biggest mistake in his life if he did not kill me too.
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