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Hawthorne police responded to an armed robbery on 137th Street, where a standoff ensued. Investigators said Rosby was interfering by blaring music from his car and walking within close proximity of armed officers. After Rosby put his 2-year-old Rottweiler, Max, in the car, two officers approached Rosby and handcuffed him. Moments later, Max jumped from the car and came to his owner's aid.
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The owner's emotional response to the killing of a "member of his family" right in front of him.
From our own Horace Boothroyd III:
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Gulden says Rosby, who has previously made a formal complaint about the Hawthorne Police Department using racial profiling, spent the night in jail and had his phone confiscated. Gulden adds that Rosby and his family are “very, very upset" about Max's death.
An interesting wrinkle to this story is that Rosby is already a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in March that accuses the Hawthorne Police Department of excessive force. That suit, which is published below, stems from an incident in July of last year in which police responded to a domestic dispute at Rosby’s home and, according to Gulden, attacked him without reason. Gulden says all the charges against Rosby in that case have since been dropped. He now plans to amend Rosby's first suit to include yesterday’s incident.
Thanks, Horace!