Man Whose Dog Was Fatally Shot By Hawthorne Police Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Charges

[alp227]

Source: KNX Newsradio Los Angeles

The owner of a Rottweiler that was shot and killed by Hawthorne police in July was charged Tuesday with multiple felonies stemming from video taken of the incident.

Leon Cordell Rosby, 52, was arraigned Tuesday on two counts of dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime, intimidation of witness and making criminal threats, and one misdemeanor count of resisting arrest, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. He plead not guilty to all counts.

Mark Geragos, Rosby’s attorney, told KNX1070′s Claudia Peschiutta the police are out for revenge after Rosby filed a complaint alleging he was beat up by Hawthorne police last year.

“It’s payback,” said Geragos. “It’s police payback, because somebody had the temerity to film them.”

Read more: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/08/13/felony-charges-filed-against-man-whose-dog-was-fatally-shot-by-hawthorne-police/

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[chervilant]

1. Why don't they

just create an honest felony, and call it the "Skin Too Dark" felony? That's probably a little TOO honest for cops, huh?

[warrant46]

3. Yes they must discipline the skin too dark crowd

Asshats

[cstanleytech]

11. Doesnt matter if he was black or white if someone starts bugging the police when they are busy

like that then yes they are likely to arrest that person, the charges may or may not stick of course if the DA decides to prosecute you but nonetheless you will still probably be arrested.
As for shooting the dog maybe they could have avoided it by carefully escorting him to the vehicle to assist him in securing the dog for its own protection and then arrested him I dont know but what I do know is if he had just remained in his car and not gotten out to begin his little verbal exchange with them while they were busy dealing with another incident the dog would probably still be alive.

[Ed Suspicious]

13. We must have watched two different videos. The man was off in the distance filming.

The pigs approached him. As they approached he put his dog in the car. Dog exited car as the cops were harrassing the citizen.

Your little story-time session here, frankly, it's just bizarre and oddly authoritarian in nature.

[cstanleytech]

14. Then you should maybe attention then.

If you had then you would have noticed that he got out of the car and began to bother the police while they were involved with dealing with another crime totally unrelated to him the police didnt go to his car and begin the chain of events.

[Sunlei]

2. The police escalated that entire situation by the way they dealt with the man & his dog.

[Egalitarian Thug]

4. K&R That's what they do.

[Live and Learn]

5. Ridiculous charges.

And a great example of the asinine piling on of charges that is so typical today.

[msanthrope]

6. Mark Geragos is gonna kick those cops asses....and they deserve it. nt

[The Stranger]

7. Take 'em down, Mr. Geragos.

May it please the Court . . .

[L0oniX]

8. Thug pigs! n/t

[pitbullgirl1965]

9. So upsetting

to say the least. Some of the comments on there are ugly. I have no idea what they mean by Rosby intimidating witnesses. I don't believe it. The pig who shot him has already cost HPD 1 million for a brutality suit.

[KinMd]

12. There's a 2nd video

and supposedly Rosby when to the woman's house who shot it and confronted her.

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. Meet the police state. Legal retaliation for being uppity.

[Dawson Leery]

15. These overpaid tax payer raping filth need to pay for this with their jobs

and their own money!

[stevenleser]

16. The second video tells a different story. Now I'm not sure. nt

[KinMd]

17. Why did he get out ofthe car with the dog?

Then put the dog back in the car, with the windows down? And they say he confronted the woman who shot the 2nd video at her house

[Sunlei]

18. probably his neighborhood & he acted like a typical dog owner

actually a lesson for the dog owner public.

Use a regular dog leash not a flexi. You have no control w/ flexi, dogs learn to dart out when they want, you'll lose a finger or get bad burns if a flexi gets tangled on you.

If you put your dog in the car with windows down, pull the regular leash through the handle and place the loop over the seat headrest. Make sure it's short enough leash where the dog can't jump out the window and hang. Don't leave the dog unattended when it's leashed like this.

police will kill your dog, they seem to like killing pets. if you see one coming..grab your dogs collar so they won't shoot because you're right there. hopefully they won't shoot.