The owner of a 1-year-old Great Dane named Lucy has filed a federal lawsuit against a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer and the City of Jacksonville, alleging civil rights violations following the dog’s fatal shooting in 2022.
‘Maybe justice will be served’: Jacksonville owner of dog fatally shot by officer in 2022 sues city, JSO
The boy’s mother, who called 911, claimed Lucy had chased her son. However, Lucy’s owner, Kimberly Barus, stated the dogs were confined within her yard at the time, barking but not posing a threat.Bodycam footage shows moments before Jacksonville officer shoots, kills family’s dog The lawsuit cites that the officer violated Barus’s Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. It also alleges that Officer Lampkin failed to notify animal control and allow their trained personnel to handle cases involving alleged animal aggression.“Despite how we all feel about our dogs, the law does not treat them as part of our family. It treats them as property. Because of that, the officer destroyed this woman’s personal property, in this case, a canine,” Friday said.
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