GRAPHIC Cop shoots puppy that was running up to him! I am so pissed. [View all]

[Maraya1969]

They have filed a lawsuit against the cop named Matt Grashorn.

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/08/26/matthew-grashorn-civil-lawsuit-loveland-police-officer-officer-shot-dog/

Later, when the group calmed down somewhat, Hamm again asks Grashorn why he didn’t use his taser. The officer explained, “So if a suspect comes at me with a knife, then I need to tase him before I shoot him? It’s the same thing.”

It would be 13 minutes before Love and Hamm were able to seek medical attention for their dog Herkimer. He was later euthanized.

The Loveland Police Chief Bob Ticer and two other senior officers reviewed the video and found no policy violations and deemed Grashorn’s actions reasonable.

Sarah Schielke, the lawyer for Love and Hamm, says that isn’t true.

“It was in violation of Colorado’s Dog Protection Act. It violated all common sense and it violated all common decency,” she said.

Love and Hamm say they don’t want this to happen to another family. Shielke says she thinks after this and the Karen Garner incident, in which a 73-year-old dementia patient suffered a broken arm following a violent arrest by Loveland Police, there may be a culture problem within the department.

“What in the world is going on in Loveland that these things keep coming out?” Shielke asked.