Dog shootings are hidden side of US police violence epidemic

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ATLANTA (CN) — What started as a typical December night for the Carr family changed in an instant after two police officers showed up in their front yard.

The officers were responding to a distress call in the area. As father Justin Carr went outside to speak with them, the family’s two dogs, Hank and Zeta, followed him out.

Justin’s wife Tessa was able to grab Hank’s collar — but Zeta wasn’t so lucky. She made it down the porch steps.

Within seconds, one of the officers had shot her in the head.

In bodycam footage, officers can be heard telling Justin to grab the dog. Before he or Tessa could, they say the officer had already fired. Zeta was on her side, bleeding out.

"It felt like slow motion,” Tessa Carr said in an interview. "There were my three kids — ages 10, 9, and 7 — watching their family member twitch and fall and fight for her life."

https://www.courthousenews.com/dog-shootings-are-hidden-side-of-us-police-violence-epidemic/