This page will highlight K9 Officer Abuses against Suspects and Inmates. 

I call into question that animals are used to attack humans. I believe that such acts violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Freedom of Religion. This passage in the Bible summons up why I believe it's unconstitutional to use dogs to attack humans. 

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it."https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-25.htm 

Patrol dogs are terrorizing and mauling prisoners inside the United States: Many men were prone or shackled when the dogs attacked. Several men said officers shouted racial slurs as dogs bit into their flesh, https://www.insider.com/guard-dogs-attack-prison-inmates-abu-ghraib-torture-trauma-2023-7?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=257160019f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_25_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-257160019f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D 

A traffic stop ended in a Gainesville Police K9 ripping out his eye. Terrell Bradley’s story is more than the police report, https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/07/28/a-traffic-stop-ended-in-a-gainesville-police-k9-ripping-out-his-eye-terrell-bradleys-story-is-more-than-the-police-report/ 

We Spent A Year Investigating Police Dogs. Here Are Six Takeaways: Reporting by The Marshall Project and our media partners exposes the damage police dogs inflict across the U.S., https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/02/we-spent-a-year-investigating-police-dogs-here-are-six-takeaways 

Like I was being eaten’: When police dogs bite, no one is accountable, https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/02/police-use-of-force-dog-bite-k-9-investigation-excessive-force-arrests-lawsuits/5879123002/ 

 Police and domestic dog bite injuries: What are the differences? What are the implications about police dog use?, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S157234610600059

The inherently dangerous nature of attack-trained police K-9s: While valuable to police work, these animals can pose a real danger to innocent bystanders, or lead to claims of excessive force when ordered to bite-and-hold a suspect,https://plaintiffmagazine.com/recent-issues/item/the-inherently-dangerous-nature-of-attack-trained-police-k-9s 

 K-9 officer put on leave after police dog attacks surrendering suspect, https://abcnews.go.com/US/k-9-officer-put-leave-after-police-dog-attacks-ohio/story?id=101609812 

K-9 Catch-22: The Impossible Dilemma of Using Police Dogs in Apprehension of Suspects, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3267314 

Time to Cancel Police Dogs, Experts Say: Police K-9s are “grossly, disproportionately” used against people of colour, inflict gruesome lifelong injuries, and often attack people who have committed minor crimes., https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xqzy/time-to-cancel-police-dogs-experts-say 

How they did it: 4 news outlets team up to reveal police dogs bite and maim thousands of people a year, https://journalistsresource.org/media/police-dogs-bite-journalism-tips/ 

Police Brutality Involving Police Dogs, https://www.piccutalaw.com/practice-areas/civil-rights-violations-workplace-lawsuits/police-brutality-excessive-force/police-brutality-involving-police-dogs/ 

Salt Lake City finds ‘pattern of abuse’ when police use dogs to bite suspects, https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/09/25/salt-lake-city-police/ 

Fierce K-9 bites are another use of excessive force by police, https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/opinions/k9-police-violence-lacy/index.html 

Opinion "Don’t overlook one of the most brutal and unnecessary parts of policing: Police dogs", https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/06/police-dogs-are-problem-that-needs-fixing/ 

Newly released video in reversed misconduct case shows Seattle police dog take down, bite teen who had hands in the air, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/newly-released-video-in-reversed-misconduct-case-shows-seattle-police-dog-take-down-bite-teen-who-had-hands-in-the-air/ 

Salt Lake City Suspended Use of Police K9s and Nothing Bad Happened, Study Shows, https://reason.com/2023/05/16/retire-the-paw-patrol/ 

LPD officers investigated for K9 attack on suspect, https://www.jconline.com/story/news/local/lafayette/2020/07/24/lafayette-police-officers-investigated-k-9-attack-suspect/5481294002/ 

When Can a Police Dog Attack?, https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/criminal-defense/when-can-a-police-dog-attack/ 

CA bill would prohibit use of police K9s for arrests and crowd control:The author of the bill said the use of law enforcement K9s dates back to slave catchers, https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/ca-bill-police-k9-arrests-crowd-control/103-d56d1c40-5d6c-4792-a23f-4a7b94042756 

Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence, https://www.aaihs.org/police-dogs-and-anti-black-violence/ 

Mauled: When police dogs are weapons, https://www.al.com/news/2020/10/when-police-violence-is-a-dog-bite.html 

When Alabama Police Kill, Surviving Family Can Fight Years to See Bodycam Footage. There’s No Guarantee They Will., https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-camera-footage-alabama-restrictions?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=922be4658a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_01_05_11_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-922be4658a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D