A state animal cruelty investigation has resulted in the arrest of a now-former McNairy County Sheriff’s deputy, who is accused of shooting multiple dogs to death while tasked with ensuring the animals were okay.

Summary

Former McNairy County Sheriff’s deputy Connor Brackin, 24, has been fired and charged with seven counts of aggravated animal cruelty and eight counts of reckless endangerment after allegedly shooting seven dogs during an animal welfare check in Bethel Springs, Tennessee.

Brackin, who had been on the job for less than a month, reportedly released one dog to the welfare caller before killing the others for unknown reasons.

Following a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe, Brackin turned himself in and was released on bond.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    891·
    15 hours ago

    Cops kill thousands of dogs a year in the U.S. and almost no one outside those of us who have issues with cops in general already seems to give a shit.

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
      6·
      11 hours ago

      I give a shit and I believe a lot of others do as well but what practical difference are you expecting that to make? There’s not exactly a feelings poll taken before a cop shoots a person, much less a dog.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        91·
        11 hours ago

        But I’m guessing you give a shit about other police violence issues too. My point is that we aren’t seeing any major pushback from things like animal welfare and rescue groups on it, groups that normally wouldn’t even wade into the police violence arena.

        They don’t need to take an anti-police stance to push back on it either. They could even do things like try and push for some sort of education for cops on the subject. I doubt that would work, but the fact that they aren’t even doing that is what is so depressing to me.

        In fact, they don’t even need to go that far, they can just let people know that cops kill thousands of dogs every year for no reason and let them connect the dots for themselves, but they don’t even do that.

        • krashmo@lemmy.world
          5·
          11 hours ago

          That’s fair. We seem to have largely given up on police reform in general. I guess they wore us down and we’ve accepted it.

        • anon6789@lemmy.world
          2·
          11 hours ago

          Rescues have no guaranteed funding. I have not encountered one anywhere in the world that gets a single cent of public money. They also get free help rescuing animals on occasion from police. Even the hint of going after them politically I can guarantee would get them a Bud Light style boycott and nobody wants to be the private business or donor that supports the shelter that hates cops. They don’t have time or resources to deal with that. Drama is the last thing a rescue needs.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            21·
            11 hours ago

            Right, but like I said, they could do it without criticizing the police by doing something like offering officers education on how to deal with dogs they think are being too aggressive.

            • anon6789@lemmy.world
              3·
              11 hours ago

              I don’t disagree that what you’re saying shouldn’t be controversial, but after the crying they’ve had about athletes taking a knee, a one-off promotional beer can, and whatever other snowflake stuff I’ve repressed memories of, it just sounds extremely risky.

              Lethal response training as a whole definitely needs work, but it’s something beyond the abilities of volunteer vets and animal handler. It feels like a psychological issue more than an educational one I obviously care about the animals, but shooting people is a greater priority, and reducing that should in turn help the doggos also.