Baltimore Cop Charged After Admitting He Choked Puppy to Death, Sending Picture to Girlfriend

A cop killed a dog and
something else happened. Baltimore police officer Alec Taylor was
off duty when,
via the Baltimore Sun:

Taylor’s girlfriend told police she received a text
from Taylor on February 26 telling her that he killed… [her]
seven-month-old dog, named Rocko, after it defecated on the carpet.
He then sent her a picture, according to a news release.

She told police Taylor said he was tired of cleaning up the dog’s
mess and that he had beaten it with a mop before throwing its body
in a parking lot dumpster. Police said he later told investigators
he used a mop to force Rocko from behind the dryer and then used
his hands to choke the dog.

Who the fuck is in charge of hiring at the Baltimore police
department? The arrest was made by the Montgomery County police
department, who charged Taylor with animal cruelty and abuse. The
Baltimore police department insisted in a statement that it took
animal cruelty seriously, although Taylor was merely suspended
without pay and not fired right away for being the kind of
sociopath who kills a girlfriend’s pet and then sends her a picture
(because his job is
like a right!).

h/t CPA

As a sad sign of the times, the Sun’s sidebar included

this related story from just a month ago, where a cop in
nearby Arundel shot a dog while canvassing a neighborhood and was
put on “administrative duty” while the department promised a
“thorough” investigation. Our own related stories, below.