Sick Fuckwad: Officer charged with killing dog set out to 'gut' it, witnesses said

A Baltimore police officer slit the throat of a dog officers had under control and now faces felony animal cruelty charges, the department said Wednesday.

Police Deputy Commissioner Dean Palmere called the killing "outrageous and unacceptable" and said internal affairs is investigating the incident, which took place Saturday morning in Brewers Hill.

Baltimore City Councilman Robert W. Curran, council liaison to the Mayor's Anti-Animal Abuse Advisory Commission, said there was no reason to have killed the dog if it was restrained with a dog-control pole, as police say it was.

"It's pretty astounding that our public safety officers would ever have done this," Curran said. "If you're on the pole, usually, you're pretty much at bay, you're not a threat."

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