1:15The rich decide who gets heard.
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Power always protects itself by making speaking up cost you something. What happens when someone speaks up in your line of work? Free Palestine
Zak George
I’m Zak George. I teach practical, humane dog training and produce evidence-based stories about where dogs, people, power, and institutions collide, including training ethics, animal welfare, public safety, police encounters involving dogs, K-9 handling, de-escalation, and accountability. Watch the series, compare the evidence, and help us make harmful patterns impossible to ignore. Support this work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zakgeorge University of Washington Applied Animal Behavior
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1:27These cops denied using excessive force. What do you see?
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Joseph Bratcher was stopped in Jacksonville. Police said he had driven dangerously and “was slow to follow commands.” He told officers he was scared and that he had PTSD. When he got out with his hands up, police still sent their dog Ghost to bite him. And then, while he was being attacked, police commanded him to crawl to them, and “bring the dog” to them
1:19Don’t be a cop to your dog, dude
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Are you being a cop to your dog? How does cop culture show up in your profession? Think about these statements “They should have just complied.” “The dog controls the pressure.” The person choosing to inflict pain gets to blame the one they’re hurting. Then obedience gets offered as proof that the pain was justified.
2:36I didn’t vote for regular Hitler or Super Hitler
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Imagine Earth is an apartment building that we all share. And most of it is on fire. Keeping the fire out of your room, or your apartment, but letting it burn throughout the rest of the building, is not gonna turn out well for you.
1:50They Could Order the Attack. They Couldn’t Stop It.
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They ordered their dog to bite. Then they couldn’t make him let go. Anthony Paredes survived about a minute with Tex the police K9 clamped onto his throat. There’s more. A federal court order documents TWENTY-TWO failed release commands across six earlier recorded incidents. And Tex was still being sent to attack people in our communities.
1:34Police Dogs Are Trained to Keep Biting While You Scream
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What are we preparing these dogs to do to people? And why have we accepted it as routine? Being suspected of a crime doesn’t erase your rights. The dogs deserve better, and so do the people on the receiving end. Should police ever use dogs to bite people?
1:29They begged him to let Annie live.
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Annie’s neighbors were begging an armed officer to let her live. He killed her anyway. His own police chief found multiple policy violations and no just cause. The department fired him... But Annie was already dead. The people who knew her were right there. They tried to protect her, but they had no chance, because one officer held all the power to turn that encounter into a death sentence.
1:16He’s Helping Them Cross… Right?
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A trooper ran over baby geese. And OF COURSE his boss defended him. Director Mike Hagar @arstatepolice cited the danger of stopped traffic when he defended this trooper’s actions. He said the trooper had been instructed to shoot the birds almost immediately after arriving.
1:28His police dog was killed. Then his next one was too.
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Clarification: My wording could make it sound like Wilford Deweese fired first. I should not have implied that sequence. His family says Officer LeBaron fired first, and LeBaron’s debrief says he began firing because he believed Wilford was going to shoot Jinx. The appeals court assumed LeBaron fired first for its legal analysis at the dismissal stage; it did not establish the shooting order as a fact. Thank you to Wilford’s family for bringing this to my attention.
1:29Why Did Police Shoot Lacy the Horse?
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Three horses got loose. Two came home. Police shot the third. Her name was Lacy. On October 7, a Shawnee, Kansas, police officer killed her in a field behind the police and fire stations. The city says she posed a traffic risk. Her guardian, Jenny Haynes, says that doesn’t make killing her necessary.
1:40Do You See What the Sheriff Sees?
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Do you see what the sheriff sees? On October 19 in Thomasville, Georgia, off-duty Thomas County deputy and school resource officer Zachary Daniel shot Bear, a one-year-old German Shepherd who had wandered into his yard. Daniel says Bear approached aggressively. Bear’s family disputes that he posed a threat.
1:17They Found 200 Million For Genetically Engineered War Dogs
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$200 million. For genetically engineered war dogs. Warhound announced the funding with plans to use Colossal biotechnology and Anduril gear and software. Colossal cofounder Ben Lamm calls it “the sci-fi future we were promised.”
1:47What Went So Wrong That She Felt She Had To Do This?
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What went so wrong on this loose dog call that a deputy felt she had to do this? We need a system that gives people and dogs the best chance of getting home safely, and demands answers when it fails. This happened August 4 in Uniontown, Washington. Three dogs had gotten loose. Town workers tried to catch them, but they reported being chased and called the sheriff.
1:21She Was Right Beside Them. Then He Shot Her Dog.
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Cops all too often default to shooting, rather than genuinely trying to reduce harm. This is a grown man carrying a gun. What opportunity did he give her to secure the dogs? What safer options were available before he fired? Was it worth risking a human’s life?
1:16What Actually Changes When the Officer Quits?
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Kohen Wiley was killed when a police officer fired into the car outside a Mississippi Walmart. Now that officer, Hunter Foster, has resigned... But Mississippi’s attorney general had already found his use of force justified. And, according to the Associated Press, he remained certified as a police officer on Friday.
2:26Guess who just interrupted a Trump rally?
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A cop killed both her dogs. Now people are calling her a “paid protester.” The woman being removed from Trump’s rally is Lydia Nikac @justice4bonnieandclyde Her dogs, Bonnie and Clyde, were shot and killed by North Carolina State Trooper Justin Maness in October 2024.
1:45There’s NO WAY This Was Justified New Body Cam Just Released. 
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The body camera and Walmart security video from the encounter that killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley has just been released. Police suspected two women had stolen diapers and baby clothes from Walmart. BUT Kohen’s mother denies stealing, and as of October 19, no charges had been filed against either woman.
1:28“Our texts sound like a clan rally”
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You can replace every officer in that group chat and still leave the system that empowered them untouched. Accountability has to mean taking power away from the institutions that enable abuse. Cut police budgets. Fund housing, care and unarmed crisis response.
1:33“Assault dogs” and “lots of Zionism” on Jerry Seinfeld’s family trip
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Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted Jerry Seinfeld’s Chicago show on October 9, 2026. Do you agree with them? His family once visited a training academy in the occupied West Bank that bragged about the “assault dogs” and “lots of Zionism” that were shown off during Seinfeld’s visit.
1:20This cop killed her dogs, and SHE could go to jail?!?
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Police killed her dogs. Now she’s afraid of being arrested for showing the footage. Lydia Nikac’s dogs were Bonnie and Clyde. On October 7, North Carolina’s Court of Appeals upheld restrictions on sharing the recordings. Lydia shared footage anyway. The legal risk for her is contempt of court.
2:01A “Certified” Trainer Can Still Shock Your Dog
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You should not have to discover AFTER hiring a trainer that the credential you trusted still allows them to shock your dog. New Jersey is considering giving CCPDT a formal role in dog trainer licensing, even though its policies still permit shock and prong collars in certain circumstances.
1:36A Cop Lured These Dogs Over with Food. And Then…
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Rocko and his companion had escaped their yard after getting sprayed with a skunk. This cop called them over with food... Then he shot him twice. According to the sheriff, Rocko growled and lunged. His guardian disputes that account.
1:25This cop shot his own partner while trying to shoot a family’s dog
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This cop tried to shoot a family’s dog, and accidentally shot his own partner... Then he fired AGAIN with people nearby. This happened in Columbus, Ohio on July 14. Authorities later reported that Rockc was surrendered and euthanized because of her injuries.
2:33We stole the Land. Why is giving it back so outrageous?
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We stole the Land. Why is giving it back outrageous? How do we keep talking ourselves into this flawed logic? Land Back means returning land and the power to decide what happens on it. Indigenous nations are rightfully demanding that US honor treaties it signed, and then broke.
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