Closing Arguments In Trial Of Officer Accused Of Slitting Dog’s Throat
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Attorneys wrap up closing arguments in the trial of a city police officer accused of slitting a dog’s throat last summer. The case drew outrage from animal owners across the city.
Bolger’s defense attorney, Steven Levin, told Judge Melissa Phinn that his client only cut Nala’s throat after she strangled herself on a pole that’s commonly used to control animals and that Bolger did it to put the dog out of her misery.
He’s facing several charges that include animal cruelty.
“Counts and two must fall,” Levin told the judge, “because the state can’t prove that Officer Bolger made the cut that killed the dog.”
“I have a lot of problems with a lot of the things I’m hearing,” said Sarah Gossard, Nala’s owner.
Gossard is Nala’s owner. Last summer, the Shar-Pei was spotted roaming the streets in Canton. She had bitten a pregnant women who was trying to rescue her from traffic.
That’s when Bolger was called to the scene. As another officer subdued the dog, witnesses say Bolger sliced Nala’s throat.
Prosecutors and Gossard called it an unnecessary killing.
“It makes you question if you’re in trouble or you need help to call authorities because if something like this can happen if maybe they’re having a bad day or they’re going to react on a whim,” said Gossard."
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