Residents protesting a police officer shooting another resident's dog on New Year's Day staged a demonstration on Saturday outside the headquarters of the Northeast District, as the new commander there introduced himself to residents.
A Baltimore police officer chased a suspect through Stacy Fields's yard in the 5500 block of Bucknell Road, and when her dog Kincaid started barking at him, the officer shot him. The dog had charged, according to a police report, and the department said the shooting was justified. But Fields thinks it was unnecessary.
"He could have kicked him as easily as shot him," she said. "Every dog barks, especially at strangers in the yard."
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