Chop was a Rottweiler. He lived with his family in a quiet neighborhood in El Paso.
On September 9, Border Patrol agents showed up at their home to see if migrants were there. When the family’s son answered the door, he permitted the agents to search his home, saying he had nothing to hide.But he asked if they could wait first while he put the family dog, Chop, a Rottweiler, away in the bathroom before they walked in, as the dog could be aggressive. He did so. But when he went out to his pickup to retrieve the ID agents had requested, the same agents opened the bathroom door and shot Chop.
What’s more, none of the Border Patrol agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. And never mind the detail that, it turns out, Border Patrol terrorized legal citizens and murdered a family member while following a false lead.Border patrol issued the following statement:…