A recent incident at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa has escalated after a video showing a security K-9 biting a woman went viral. The woman, identified as 19-year-old Amirah Walls of Milwaukee, has now hired a civil rights lawyer due to the severity of her injuries. According to CBS 58, the conflict began as a verbal altercation that later turned physical last Friday evening.
Footage captured by bystander Jessiano Ortiz and posted on Facebook, now with nearly three million views, depicts the K-9 repeatedly biting Walls’s leg as security personnel attempt to release the dog’s grip. Bystanders can be heard in the video expressing shock and confusion, saying, “the dog bit her,” and “I thought they trained them — he ain’t letting go,” as reported by CBS 58. Despite the handlers’ efforts, the video ends without showing the dog being taken off.
The Wauwatosa Police, who arrived post the incident, said, “Security advised the fight ended and all parties left the property,” and claimed that “Mall security did not request any police enforcement for the disorderly behavior,” with no immediate mention of the dog bite as per CBS 58. The incident was reported to authorities the next afternoon by the individual bitten by the K-9, a fact mentioned in the report…