A disturbing video has surfaced showing a Suffolk County police K-9 lunging at a dark-skinned bystander during a funeral procession in the Bronx, reigniting suspicions about racial targeting by police dogs, according to multiple reports.
The incident took place on July 31 as a line of police vehicles, including K-9 units, traveled through Parkchester for the funeral of Officer Didarul Islam, who was killed in a mass shooting in Midtown, New York City earlier that week. As mourners gathered and the procession came to a pause, a trained police dog escaped from a Long Island police SUV and bolted through the crowd.
“A handler should be able to control a police K-9 by voice command alone. Absolute incompetence,” one viewer commented, echoing concerns about the lack of control displayed in the footage…