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LOS ANGELES () — The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after a man was seen on video hitting a dog multiple times with a metal chain in a hallway of a downtown L.A. apartment building.
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“I think I saw red. I just couldn’t believe someone would do this to their pet and so openly in public, too,” a neighbor named Terry said.
The horrific abuse happened on March 18. Terry is the neighbor who posted the Ring camera footage online. That video instantly went viral and is now the subject of a police investigation.
Terry recounted the ordeal exclusively to Eyewitness News on Tuesday. Her Ring camera was rolling as she confronted her neighbor before calling the police.
“I was told that pets are considered as property, and when they prioritize cases, humans always come first and then animal abuses like this are deprioritized and delayed,” Terry said.
She said the neighbor seen in the video just moved in beside her less than two months ago. His callous behavior toward his dog prompted her to look back at her Ring camera archive.
“On the fifth of March I found a video of him grabbing the dog and throwing it against the wall,” Terry said.
Another video from Feb. 12 captured sounds of distress after the owner and dog walked out of the frame past Terry’s door.
“The amount of times that he had beaten this animal, to me, is egregious,” Terry said. “He is just taking out his anger on this poor dog.”
Animal Services is now involved, thanks to Terry’s persistence, but she said she’s disappointed with the investigation process.
“They were telling me it’s hard to prove an animal abuse case because pet owners in California are allowed to discipline their pets, but when you look at the video the dog isn’t doing anything that warrants discipline,” she said.
The discipline, Terry hopes, will next be for her neighbor.
“I feel that the law needs to intervene to prevent him from owning any further animals,” she said.
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