He said the officers could have deescalated the situation and none of this would have happened. They have no remorse whatsoever for what they did,” Rohrer said. “‘Every one of you should be hunted down and killed, then all of your family members including husbands, wives and children because you don’t deserve to live in this world,’” Burton read. She read some of the posts in court on Wednesday. Police attorney Laura Burton wanted some video withheld, claiming social media attacks have been relentless on the department and have also have been aimed at the two officers involved.
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Rohrer said his dog helped him through his PTSD from his tour is Afghanistan.ĪLSO READ: Charlotte approves $4 million to upgrade CMPD stun guns, body cameras “They have no idea what they took from me. Rohrer said she became disoriented for days and was later hit by a car. That’s when Taylor used a stun gun on the dog. > In the interest of transparency, Channel 9 has the full two-part video provided by the Gastonia Police Department below. “I hope that this situation sheds some light on that.” Police special operations group breaching the door. “It’s very important for the public to know that stuff so that this never happens again,” Rohrer said in court in December. Security guard officer watching video monitoring surveillance security system. He said he wanted the public to see how he says police treated him. He lived through it and he’s already seen it, but he claims it’s like seeing a horror movie. Now that a judge ruled in favor of Rohrer, police had to send that footage to him. PREVIOUS: Veteran urges Gastonia police to release video of his arrest, dog’s tasing The dog died in a crash a few days later.įor months, Rohrer had been petitioning to have the video released. Joshua Rohrer said police officers shocked his service dog with a stun gun during an arrest in Oct. After an Army veteran spent months urging them, Gastonia police released the body camera video of his 2021 arrest Thursday morning.