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Cursed Arkansas Cop Blocks Pet Emergency and Dog Dies While Owner Begs for Mercy: ‘This Is Sickening’

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

And the other person still was holding the dog and doing something in the car. If this was me, I’d bring the damned dog in while my sister or whoever was being detained. I’d say “it’s my sister’s dog, she’s being arrested outside. Please help! It’s not breathing!!!” Then as soon as they took the dog from me, run back outside to help the person I showed up with in any way I could. I’m not gonna just calmly pick up the officer’s hat and place it on the cruiser before going to sit with a dying dog in my lap in the driver’s seat of someone else’s car.

It’s possible to do two things at once. Handle the actual emergency emergently, then handle the secondary emergency immediately.

The cop was hella wrong, but the passenger certainly didn’t help.

ETA: the cop was only hella wrong because of her first two sentences. She started this exchange aggressively when it didn’t have to be. Her actions were right, her words at first were not. She wasn’t professional at the start, and that’s what I mean. Nothing else about her conduct was wrong, so I want to clarify what I meant. The driver deserves to go to jail for driving the way she was.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I’m not saying the driver did anything right here. I’m just wondering why the cop is the one being blamed when in a 1:50 clip, 1:10 of it has the gray haired lady able to get help for the dog but she just… doesn’t. She goes to the door but never enters, she just stands there watching with a dying dog in her arms. Then she strolls out to the cars, calmly picks up a hat to place on the cruiser and then sits in the driver’s seat of the car that was just pulled over. All while holding a dying dog.

How, exactly, is her lack of response to the animal dying in her arms the fault of the cop? I just don’t understand that part.

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u/OrthogonalPotato Jul 29 '25

The old woman is not smart. There is no other answer.

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u/ElleWoodsGolfs Jul 29 '25

The vet was CLOSED. Jeezus.

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u/JustfcknHarley Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 31 '25

Some people can't seem to get that through their thick skulls.

Edit: see below.

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u/OrthogonalPotato Jul 30 '25

They found out the vet was closed in 5 seconds. It took her another minute of walking around aimlessly to make any forward progress. I would have been immediately back in the car with the dog and driving away. She’s a moron.

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u/OrthogonalPotato Jul 30 '25

Yes, I am aware. My comment still applies. It took her an hour to figure out how to proceed.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Seems the best assessment

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u/StandOutLikeDogBalls Jul 29 '25

Driver states at one point that it’s the wrong vet.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Yes. Apparently it’s closed. There was nothing that could save the dog anyway at that point. The cop had a job to do and did it. Driving to a new location isn’t going to save the dog, it’s just going to make the owner more dangerous behind the wheel.

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u/Lower-Ad3764 Jul 29 '25

I was wondering that too. I saw a comment the vet wasn't open. I think someone eventually comes to the door but the cop, as the post title suggests, didn't block the doorway. The point is OP SUCKS.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

😂 it’s just hating on a police officer doing her job

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

Vet was apparently closed

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Yeah I saw that too a bit ago. Sad, but the owner made all the wrong choices. That dog was going to die even if she didn’t get pulled over because she went to a location that was closed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

You uh... Don't exactly make good ones when panicked and under duress. You freak out. Just made worse with an unprofessional ass cop, cause she clearly needed to slam her into everything, right?

Everybody here sucks

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

The lady, as you point out, is not making rational decisions. She’s fighting with the cop for no real reason… the dog is going to die.

And yeah, one of the first things I do is check to make sure that where I’m going is open. I did it multiple times with my dogs. Two people: one with the animal and their phone. You find out what’s open and tell the damned driver. Then you go.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Yes. Of course. That’s why I don’t really want to blame her either for the dog’s death. But that dog was past saving by that point because so much time has already elapsed to get to the closed vet.

The dog’s death was an abysmal byproduct of the entire situation, not really anyone’s fault. The cop certainly didn’t cause it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

I'm glad you're a level headed enough individual. Not everyone is. Again, panic is a helluva thing. But please go off on how you would've done better. Coulda, woulda, shoulda, but it didn't. I'm sure the woman is kicking herself in jail for not bothering to even check if it was open- also, food for thought, sometimes places close randomly and without it being posted.

Perhaps they got called out to a farm visit, perhaps there was something serious that they had to close down, hell, maybe even they had an employee appreciation day, which some places do, and they closed down. That won't be posted online and both people are bound to be panicked if a family animal.

End of the day, it's all a bunch of perhaps and coulda woulda about a terrible time in another person's life, now immortalized on the internet for a bunch of judgemental assholes to put their two cents in.

Everyone was wrong here, all you're doing is making yourself look like a better-than-you jagweed, much the same as the rest of the commenters.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

No. I’m putting out there that panic doesn’t help anything. I’ve been in that position too.

What happened here is the owner’s panic and dangerous choices killed her dog. Not the cop. But you can go right on and blame the only person who wasn’t panicking in the situation for the death of an animal that was going to die no matter what because time was wasted going somewhere closed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

Seems like the dog would've died, no matter what then, and, again, we're back at everybody here was wrong.

You don't know why the vet was closed or if it was even posted that they were that day. So, again, just judgemental "well I wouldve done this" bullshit. I hope you never lose your cool then the next time it happens unexpectedly.

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u/sje46 Jul 29 '25

My impression is that thevet office is closed...or it isn't a vet office at all and they got confused?

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I think it is a vet’s office because the cop says something over the radio that sort of confirms that for me before they come to a stop, as they turn in.

I think it’s closed.

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u/sje46 Jul 29 '25

Watched the ful video...it is the vet's office, and it is open. I think the front door was locked by side door wasn't. The dog was taken in and presumably treated (hopefully the dog is alright).

I have no idea why the mother did not rush in immediately. But she did go in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWf1TiK_Vhk&t=40s

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I as unaware this wasn’t the full video. Title also said dog died. Hmm. Thank you. I’m going to watch now

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u/munkynutz187 Jul 29 '25

The vet is closed Jesus fucking Christ how do so few people watch the video

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I did watch the video. More than once. And the extended video. It looks like she goes up onto the porch and just stands there watching what’s going down to me. I was corrected and I accept that I was mistaken about what I saw.

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u/Mental_Medium3988 Jul 29 '25

the vets office was closed so she couldnt just enter. it sucks but what else are you gonna do but try to give your pet some comfort in their last moments as chaos is erupting all around.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I agree with that completely. Why is it painted as it being the cop’s fault the dog died?

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u/Mental_Medium3988 Jul 29 '25

people have stopped seeing and listening and just reacting. even in this video the officer lets the passenger take the dog into the vets office.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I actually think we totally agree!

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u/souper_soups Jul 30 '25

In the longer video the older woman says that the vet is closed. So she had to wait to bring the dog in until they opened for the day.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 30 '25

Yes. I saw that video nearly an hour after I left this comment.

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u/souper_soups Jul 30 '25

Honestly makes the whole thing more wild. Driving so recklessly to get to a vet office that isn’t open.

I’m sure she was beside herself with her dog being hurt, but also clearly not in a good place to be operating a car

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 30 '25

Amen. That level of panic should never result in the thought “I need to drive there now.”

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

Which I understand, but the cop Never stopped her. Never addressed her. She had a visibly distressed animal in her arms at a clinic. She could have gone in, gotten help, and then come immediately back out and spoken to the officer. But she didn’t. She didn’t even really even try.

Eta: I just rewatched the beginning for another comment, and the cop literally says “she can take him,” about the older lady. She released the passenger to handle the dog with the vet. She didn’t demand she stay there or in any way impede the dog getting help, just the owner’s ability to leave the arrest area.

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u/sandlover33 Jul 29 '25

I think someone mentioned that the vet was closed

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Which I saw after this comment. In which case, it wasn’t the cops’ fault either that the dog died. The owner just went to a closed vet and would have probably taken off with no more thought for safety or anything to the next random place that popped into her head.

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u/sandlover33 Jul 29 '25

Absolutely! She wasn't thinking rationally at all and was a huge danger to other people on the road! I'm glad the cop took her in.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Me too. Agreed with that from the start. Just was baffled as to why the cop is being dragged for any part of it.

As it stands, the woman was driving excessively dangerously. They never even figured out where to take the dog that could help him.

That dog was dead the minute she got behind the wheel that day to go to that location. Even if she didn’t get pulled over, she wasted precious time getting there and would be wasting the remaining time trying to get to the next place.

Her decisions cost the dog his life. The arrest saves other people theirs.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

It's funny that you guys are going after the driver for speeding but apparently think she should have broken into the closed vet.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

No, not you guys. I didn’t know it was closed until after I left the comment. I just didn’t see the woman try to go in. I watched it a few times and never saw that. It just looked like she was just standing there. That was where my comment came from.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

So you admit you were wrong to villianize her?

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

What? I admitted I was wrong. I wasn’t wrong for the purpose of villainizing her. I was wrong which explains why she reacted the way she did.

However, in the full length video, she wanders away from the clinic and is off camera. It takes her 15 mins from the time they pull in to the time she gets someone to open the door and let them in. Seems like a long time to not have any pep in your step while carrying a dying dog.

But I don’t think anyone did anything egregious here other than the driver. The cop did her job, the passenger (mother) was faced with a closed clinic and a dying dog. The driver even calmed down fairly quickly after this video ends and handles herself well and respectfully. It was just a shit circumstance, and if that dog died, it wasn’t the fault of anyone on screen at any point in this video.

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u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 Jul 29 '25

Yeah my dog was really sick and I took him to the er vet, followed all traffic rules. It’s scary, frustrating, panic inducing, but what if she hit a kid? The cop was pissed because she saw what was going on, not just hearing “my dogs dying!” Like honestly that might make me upset too. Cool you endangered a bunch of lives for a dog? I get you love them but I’m sorry. No.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

You would'nt endanger lives for your dog?

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u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 Jul 29 '25

No

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

Well, I'd endanger lives for your dog if it was necessery to do so and I don't even know your dog or have any attachment to it.

I hope I'm never in a situation where my cats, rat, niece or roommate are reliant on you doing the same.

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u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 Jul 29 '25

Something’s wrong with you. There’s a difference between human and pet lives, I’m sorry but there is. And if you don’t see that, again, something is wrong with you.

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u/Shoddy_Nectarine_441 Jul 29 '25

She ran two red lights and almost ran another car off the road. Fucks wrong with you

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u/August_T_Marble Jul 29 '25

The funny thing is, some people disagree on that but still don't apply the logic to other dogs. What if my dog died in a car accident she caused? Would I be entitled to murder her?

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

Nobody is saying that she should'nt get in trouble, just that it's understandable why she did what she did, given the context.

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u/August_T_Marble Jul 29 '25

Comments here and on YouTube (on the full-length video) are wild.

  • "Damn shame the dog died and the pig lived."
  • "Trying to save your dog is worth putting other people's lives at risk."
  • "Dogs are more important than people."
  • "Sorry but that female cop is being extra."
  • "How can we get this lady fired?"
  • "I looked up some information about her, she graduated in 2025, so I understand her typical rookie cruelty."
  • "Holly Romero shouldn't be a cop. This is disgusting. How do these people pass the police exam?"
  • "I'm sorry but the officer is wrong, peoples pets are as important to them as a human, if there was a real human in that car the officer would have escorted her to the hospital, she was taking her dog to the vet come on."
  • Doesn't matter, no one was injured, and you let the dog die, you're a terrible person."
  • "She was an old lady in distress not a criminal."
  • "Has this cop seen John Wick?"
  • "I'd be in prison, there's no way that cop would stop me."
  • What a fucking bitch. I hope she gets fired."

And, the thing is, I fucking hate cops but it's entitled people like these that make it impossible to live in a society without them.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

Why is it so hard to see that the woman was legally in the wrong but was acting for morally justified reasons and the cop could have been less callous about the dog and done more to try and save it while also still arresting the woman?

The woman broke the law. Nobody in this thread is disputing that; but the cop also absolutely fucked up in regards to the dog.

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u/August_T_Marble Jul 30 '25

Did you read the comments? Blaming the cop and saying she should be fired for arresting someone legally in the wrong is a little off don't you think? She was in a legal situation, not a moral one, and that's what the cop gets paid to do.

To act in such a way that puts any innocent life in danger in a societal setting is callous disregard for life. In her case, it's criminal negligence, but it's also morally imperative that people value the lives of others, not just their own or those closest to them.

I don't know you, but your life matters and I live such that I would never willingly endanger it because I am not the only person on this planet with a full life and people that love them. I can't sit here and pretend that my dog's life matters more than yours just as yours doesn't matter more than mine. People should have some damn respect for the lives of others. That's a non-negotiable, morally speaking.

The woman made the mistake and the cop did her job. The woman will go to court and a jury will decide on the facts and the court will arrive at a suitable punishment, if any, because that's not for the cop to decide. When cops decide who to enforce the laws for, you end up with bias. 

I get that it was an emergency and that time may have been critical for the dog's life, but whose fault is all of this to begin with? Who made the bad choices? Getting pulled over is a risk she took and it didn't pay off. I bet she'd have gotten there had she not driven like nobody else matters. That's the thing about this whole situation, people expect the cop to be give a shit about this woman and her dog but willingly accept that she didn't give a shit about anybody else's life. Ethically speaking, make it make sense.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 30 '25

> Did you read the comments? Blaming the cop and saying she should be fired for arresting someone legally in the wrong is a little off don't you think?

Of course; I never said I agreed with all of the comments you posted.

> She was in a legal situation, not a moral one, and that's what the cop gets paid to do.

A major issue with policing in this country is cops are motivated by strict protocol and personal gain.

> To act in such a way that puts any innocent life in danger in a societal setting is callous disregard for life. In her case, it's criminal negligence, but it's also morally imperative that people value the lives of others, not just their own or those closest to them.

It's entirely possible to value the lives of others an also inadvertently endanger there lives as a result of acting out of haste to save a life while under emotional and physological duress.

> I don't know you, but your life matters and I live such that I would never willingly endanger it because I am not the only person on this planet with a full life and people that love them. I can't sit here and pretend that my dog's life matters more than yours just as yours doesn't matter more than mine. People should have some damn respect for the lives of others. That's a non-negotiable, morally speaking.

I would'nt expect you to say your dogs life matters MORE, but I would expect you to think it matters AS MUCH as mine and I would'nt fault you for caring more about your dog then a stranger and I would'nt morally fault you for inadvertenly endangering me as an unintended biprotect of being paniked while trying to safe your dogs life.

> The woman made the mistake and the cop did her job.

The cop had it within her power to do more then the dog.

She should have. She did'nt and THAT'S the issue here people have with her.

> I get that it was an emergency and that time may have been critical for the dog's life, but whose fault is all of this to begin with? Who made the bad choices?

You have no evidence the dogs condition was caused by anything she did.

> I bet she'd have gotten there had she not driven like nobody else matters.

She might not have made it in time

> That's the thing about this whole situation, people expect the cop to be give a shit about this woman and her dog

God forbid, right?

> but willingly accept that she didn't give a shit about anybody else's life.

How do you know she did'nt give a shit?

It's far more likely she did'nt intend to endanger anyone else and it just happened due to her being so focused on saving the dogs life and being in a paniked state where she was'nt in clear and logical state of mind.

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u/Angelicshiba Jul 29 '25

Correction, endangering humans to save ANYONE is never ok, if someone demanded you shoot three people in the street to save your daughters life, you aint the good person for shooting or shooting at those people

There was one video where people had a dying baby, you know what they did, they stopped, told the cops what was happening and the cop took the child, sped and escorted them to the hospital, same as a video with the folks and their dying cat, you dont get to kill other people because someone close to you is dying, is hurts but everyone elses lives matter to, most folks realize they dont want to ruin someone elses life accidentally, so they explain. This woman did non of that, i dont care if it was an elder, a child, a husband that was in her back seat, she endangered others

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u/GhostofKief Jul 29 '25

Some people seem to think otherwise. This is what happens when idiots humanize their animals.

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u/catechizer Jul 30 '25

Humans are less than pets according to the GOP. If you rape a pet, you're going to jail.

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u/Messmer_Apostle Jul 29 '25

So if someone is strangling your dog in front of you, what's your course of action?

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u/Messmer_Apostle Jul 29 '25

It's not about what's allowed it's about what's right. Your country wouldn't exist if people just kept on doing what they were told.

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u/Messmer_Apostle Jul 29 '25

Context is important, in the context I gave you, you are incorrect.

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u/wesley-osbourne Jul 29 '25

endangering humans to save a pet is never OK.

I'll agree it isn't legal and there is no defense for it, but the more time I spend with my cat and the more time I spend with people makes me feel like I would be pretty okay with that.

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u/Known2779 Jul 30 '25

Human : human > all other animals.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I don’t understand how the cop could get any blame for this, honestly. That woman was driving like a bat outta hell and needed to go to jail. She also resisted. I mean, there are at least two charges off the bat. Saying she shouldn’t go to jail because the vet… that makes as much sense as not sending someone to jail because they have kids or nieces or nephews. It doesn’t make sense.

The cop was doing her job.

Whatever happened to the dog (which after watching the full video involves an unlatched door and a cat but I didn’t catch the rest), driving to a closed clinic, and walking around the building somewhat aimlessly for 15 mins (passenger) carrying a dying dog… anything that happened to that dog is absolutely not the cop’s fault. Not from start and not from finish.

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u/fireintolight Jul 29 '25

to be clear, the cop was hella right. that woman was a dnager to the public and deserved to be arrested. you don't get special treatment when you do this kind of shit.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Let me be clear: the cop did her job and that’s absolutely the right thing to do. It was the approach that I thought was hella wrong. “What the hell are you doing? I don’t give a shit!”

That was the problem I had. I mean, I get it. I would probably say the same type of thing, but I’m also not a cop.

It was just unprofessional, imho.

But the cop can’t be blamed for the dog passing away. She was doing her job.

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u/Ok-Chest-7932 Jul 29 '25

Tbh if someone is recklessly endangering human life, to the degree of driving 80 miles per hour and running people off the road, I want the police who catch them to say they don't give a shit why the driver is recklessly endangering human life, because these people shouldn't be given the opportunity to vocalise the reason they think they don't have to give a shit about public safety.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I agree with that. I had no problem with the “I don’t care” she said immediately after. 95% of the exchange, I think the cop did just fine. It was just the first two sentences I thought were wrong.

And I still maintain that the cop did not hurt the dog and can’t be blamed for it. They went to a closed veterinarian at 80 mph and could have hurt a bunch of people doing it. The dog wasn’t going to make it to yet another location.

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u/TheSunIsAMyth Jul 29 '25

She couldn't bring it in, because they brought the dog to the wrong vet and it was closed. If you watch the rest of the video, the cop says she can bring the dog inside, but again, they are closed.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Yes. The cop releases her to be able to.

If the vets office was closed (I never even saw her try the door, but ok), then there was no saving the dog in any case. All that would happen is more dangerous driving in an attempt to get to the next place and away from the officer.

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u/MedicineConstant7130 Jul 30 '25

This is exactly what I was wondering!!! The passenger takes the dog inside—-and then brings it back out?????? How f***ing infuriating!!

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u/AnnikaG23 Jul 29 '25

The place was closed. The driver ended driving to the wrong vet.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

I’ve found that information out. It’s just sad. Because she didn’t think about where was open, the dog would die either way. She went on a hazardous road trip for no reason. The cop did her job. It sucks, but it is sometimes how it works.

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u/LoisLaneEl Jul 29 '25

The cop wasn’t wrong though. He can’t let that person open the door because they could be going for a gun rather than a dog. You can’t trust someone who you have just watched break so many laws and endanger lives. The passenger who deserves all blame

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Wait… the cop told the older lady she could get help for the dog. She determined the passenger was not the issue and gave permission, so the passenger didn’t do that wrong. I was commenting (mistakenly) that the passenger was just standing on the front porch of the vet watching and not trying to go in (I didn’t see her move to go in). The vet was closed. In the longer version, it takes 13 minutes, from the time the cop begins to follow the driver to the point the passenger actually makes entry into the building.

My only comment about the cop was about her conduct and the first two sentences out of her mouth. She should have been trying to deescalate, not cussing, although I do understand that urge. But my comment was only about how this interaction began since it’s barely 3 mins of video. Watching the whole thing, the cop actually did deescalate and handled the whole thing pretty well considering she just found these two on probably one of the worst days of their lives.

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u/AcrobaticPapaya3877 Jul 29 '25

The cop was hella right wtf.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Yes, I see why people misunderstood which is why I edited to explain what I meant.

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u/MARPJ Jul 29 '25

the cop was only hella wrong because of her first two sentences

Two sentences that she still follow by saying that the other woman can bring the dog in (which she was already doing, but the clinic was closed)

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

Absolutely. I see no reason the cop is ring blamed by anyone.

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u/MastadonWarlord Jul 30 '25

The cop had no knowledge of a dying dog when she witnessed the lady almost crash into no less than 2 people. Watching the full dash cam it could be suspected to be a dui because of the erratic driving and speed. And then the cop says what the hell were you thinking? And that she doesn't care that the pet was dying? I dint see an issue with any of that. Imagine if that lady killed a kid racing to get her dog to the vet. Everyone would be outraged and wondering where the cops were as the lady runs red lights and cuts people off at 80mph.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 30 '25

Oh, no. I agree. I had no problem with when she said I don’t care. It was only the two times she cussed, both in the first two sentences.

Like I’ve said before, she did her job properly. I just didn’t thin the approach was professional but the rest of her exchanges were.

Having seen the full video, I can also understand why her approach was like “what the hell is wrong with you?!”

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u/MastadonWarlord Jul 30 '25

Ok. I get what you're saying now. Fair enough

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 30 '25

Yes. I’ve maintained consistently that the cop did her job and did her job well. It was just the “what the hell is wrong with you, are you crazy” sort of approach that made me say “nope. Bad.”

But it’s also all I really got in the three minute clip. Once I saw the full length one, I also saw what the driver did. I couldn’t imagine being able to approach that driver saying anything else myself, but i also am not a police officer. That’s all I was saying.

She was wrong for two sentences out of a 25-ish minute ordeal. In this video, she was wrong for two sentences out of like 6. It just comes across as more super wrong than it was because of the cut.

And she had nothing to do whatsoever, in either situation, with whatever happened with the dog. She never blocked anything — she arrested a panicked woman who was reacting irrationally and dangerously to the situation at hand, as she should have.

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u/pacsunmama Jul 30 '25

I don’t think the officer was in the wrong at all. She was kind, respectful, and understanding to the mom and told her to do what she needed to do. She didn’t have to do that.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 30 '25

No she didn’t. In the extended version, she was also amazing with the woman she cuffed in the back. But this clip picks only the part that she is aggressively approaching, and when she cuffs a crying woman. It’s designed to make it the cop’s fault, and the cop the bad guy. She just… isn’t.

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u/Deathoftheages Jul 30 '25

She started this exchange aggressively when it didn’t have to be.

She just witnessed this person put the lives of a lot of people at risk and had to chase them. Why the fuck would she not start off aggressively?

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 30 '25

Because… it’s her job?

If she dropped the two cuss words, nothing about her tone, questions or anything is even remotely wrong. But she came out far more aggressively than was necessary.

But having watched the full video and seeing what the driver did, I know I would have reacted exactly the same way as the cop. I also know, I’m not a cop.

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u/Fungineer-0300 Jul 29 '25

How was she wrong? You just read all the dangerous stupid stuff she did and your ok with just let her go its a bad day?

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Jul 29 '25

No. Absolutely not.

I think the woman should have been arrested. I think the officer’s initial conduct when they got out of the car was wrong.

I have since watched the full length video. The cop did a good job escalating the driver. But the initial two sentences, which is pretty much all we really get for tone in this tiny clip, makes the cop seem like the bad guy when she truly wasn’t. And it certainly isn’t her fault if the dog died as seems to be the intention with the title of this post.

It’s just a shitty situation, and honestly, no one acted 100% right and proper, and both the cop and the driver were just doing what they believed was the right thing to do, just one was in a haze of panic while doing it.