Canton Police Outrageous Excessive & Unjustified Force Dog Attack - Back The Blue
CANTON ‒ Videos released by police and on social media show a city police dog attacking a man on the ground Thursday evening, as a gathering crowd screams criticism at Canton officers for allowing the dog to jump on the man.
"Why you let that dog on him?" a woman yells. "Are you (expletive) serious? Why you let that dog bite him?"
Canton police on Friday afternoon issued a statement that said an internal investigation has been opened into the incident that occurred at 8:45 p.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of 16th Street NW. The department said K-9 officer Nicholas Casto has been placed on paid administrative leave, pending the outcome of the investigation. Casto has been with the Canton Police Department since 2014, state records show.
Mayor William V. Sherer II released a statement on the incident.
"I take these occurrences very seriously," he said. "I understand the community will have questions, and I will ensure that my office will be forthcoming with information as it becomes available.”
Responding to media requests, the Canton Police Department on Friday afternoon released Casto's body camera video and the narratives written by each officer who had responded to 16th Street.
According to the officers' reports, members of Canton's Coordinated Response Team, which is a special investigative unit, stopped a four-door sedan that had failed to use a turn signal when it pulled in front of a house
Officers, who had been in unmarked vehicles, said the two occupants of the vehicle started trying to exit the car immediately, and the driver began to argue with them and saying they could not search his vehicle. One detective said he spotted an open liquor bottle in the rear seat of the vehicle. Since the occupants were underage, officers advised them they would be searching the vehicle, where officers said they found a loaded handgun under the driver's seat.
As officers started to detain the two occupants, people began gathering in the road and sidewalks.
Officers wrote in their reports that the crowd began yelling and became combative. One officer wrote that several people became “aggressive in their motions as they stepped towards me and in their verbal responses.” Another officer said he was concerned because the handgun found in the car had not yet been secured and they had not yet completely searched the vehicle.
They called for additional officers to help.
#backtheblue #policeaccountability
The video released by Canton police shows a bystander signaling to Casto and his K-9, whose name is Scooby, as Casto talks with bystanders about their dogs. Scooby's rapid barking drowns out anything the bystander may have said.
Casto tells the man that he is under arrest for taunting the dog and three other police officers approach the man to handcuff him.
While handcuffing the bystander, the three officers and the man fall to the ground with two officers landing in a bush.
Officers said in their reports the man had continued to pull his hands away from them while his hands were behind his back.
Canton council members alarmed by video of police dog attacking man
At least two Canton councilmen are asking the city's administration for more information.
Councilman Frank Morris, D-9, said what he saw on the video posted to social media is "alarming."
"What I saw was the police taking a man in custody who was on the ground handcuffed, not appearing to be putting up a fight, and then all of a sudden the police dog was let loose on him. And I felt that it was quite disturbing," Morris said.
"You can clearly see in the video, he’s biting him, he's biting the gentleman," Giavasis said. “Like everybody else, I'm a little bit shocked by what I saw.”
He said he did not know what happend to cause the officer to put the dog on the man who was on the ground.
Multiple charges filed in Canton police dog attack
Police arrested three people during the incident, where multiple officers were exposed to pepper spray during the arrests with at least one taken to Aultman Hospital for treatment.
The 43-year-old bystander whom police said taunted the K-9 was taken to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital. He then was booked into the Stark County Jail on charges of obstructing official business, resisting arrest, assaulting or harassing a police dog and disorderly conduct, according to jail records. He also was charged with sexual imposition, which appears to be from a separate incident, jail records show.
The 19-year-old driver of the car that was stopped was arrested on charges of having a weapon under disability, a felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, obstructing official business and resisting arrest, county jail records show.
A third man whom police say was threatening officers was arrested on two charges of assault for pushing two officers to the ground and charges of resisting arrest, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct, according to jail records.
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To state the obvious: You're not making it worse for cops, Rick. Cops are making it worse for cops.
@1526shrkattk
Ай бұрын
Good. After watching these videos do you think we should make it easier for them?
@catsspat
Ай бұрын
Indeed, if truth hurts them in some way, then they're in the wrong.
We investigated ourselves and found the dog heard an acorn
@JoeC88
Ай бұрын
🤣👍
@justinefeist1864
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@charlesellis792
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@LoganPEade
Ай бұрын
😂👍
@wallebo
Ай бұрын
Clever, funny, apropos!
We need to end qualified immunity!!!!!!!!!
@SarahLikesHorses
Ай бұрын
💯
@wldtrky38
Ай бұрын
Exactly.
@h4ppychap
Ай бұрын
@fionnmaccumhaill3257...and how the fuck is that going to help? Ignorance must be your strong point.
@bakishamilshamil4240
Ай бұрын
LOL lol you are useless eater
Sometimes I wonder if my disdain for cops is too excessive. Then I see this. Pretty much answers my question.
@rarefruit2320
Ай бұрын
Every time I have an interaction with them I’m reminded. I live downtown and they’re everywhere! There are more cop criminals than regular criminals
@williamharshman9572
Ай бұрын
It's so bad that the cartel has better manners than our Police officers today.
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
It's official , i loathe them !
Walked on his property and proceeds to use a dog to attack him. Wow
"No one who seeks a position of power should be allowed to have it." -Plato
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
Amen , we had a man who was talked into running for governor , at first he said ok and about a week later he said he didn't want the job, man we coulda used him !
There’s one solution, street justice !!
@rarefruit2320
Ай бұрын
That’s the only justice system we have
@ned6938
Ай бұрын
It sure isn't going to get fixed by using the courts.
But, if we didn't have cops, who would show up to a crime scene two hours after the fact and tell me there's nothing they can do, I'll never see my property again, nobody will ever be charged with the crime?
This is just as bad as "STOP HITTIN YOURSELF!" Emotional children with badges.
@firestarter3245
Ай бұрын
& dogs, & guns
@bradpotter6401
Ай бұрын
It's gang mentality.
@truthsoldier5757
Ай бұрын
Exactly emotional children
@bradpotter6401
Ай бұрын
@@truthsoldier5757 Emotional children in adult bodies with adult weapons, very dangerous.
Law enforcement is the biggest threat to the American public.
End qualified immunity today
I hate watching these PD abuse cases, but thank you for spreading the word.
Cops have no honor in this country. Sad.
@pablolasha238
Ай бұрын
There are police with honor. There are government employees with values. The idea is to create extremism because they worry about rational people. Don’t an algorithm or organizations control you. Stand for what is just.
@zman7357
Ай бұрын
@@pablolasha238 Nope. If they aren't held accountable than each one should be treated like the criminals they cover for. The honorable cops will understand.
@pablolasha238
Ай бұрын
@@zman7357 isn’t that what I said though.
@enmanuelmartinez709
Ай бұрын
What honorable cops? When they are all getting paid to violate our freedoms and liberties...they violate the Constitution from their inception into that cult
This is my city Canton Ohio. This isn't the first time they've done this shyt. The paper isn't telling the whole story. The cops stopped the guy because they didn't use their turn signal when parking
@michaelm1573
Ай бұрын
You own Canton? So you're responsible?
@Thoughtworld1984
Ай бұрын
Bootlicker
@darrelrhyne4332
Ай бұрын
@@michaelm1573what a dumb a$$
@amerikanviking
Ай бұрын
@@michaelm1573He might. You never know. The town I live in is pretty well owned by one person. They just bought about 60% of all of the property over time.
@benredacted8468
Ай бұрын
@@michaelm1573are you R3t@rdeaD?
Canton PD murdered a guy new year's eve 2022, a few weeks ago one guy died in their custody.
The FOP and Sheriff's Association is how we got here. Stop their protected union.
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
I think police unions should have a say in wages and benifits but absolutely nothing to do with discipline and if a cop gets paid leave during an investigation he should have to PAY BACK THE MONEY if found guilty !
The cops were looking for trouble when they got to the scene and did everything in their power to find it. A federal 1983 lawsuit needs to be filed.
@jessegarcia291
Ай бұрын
Criminal activity under the color of law.
Attend jury duty. Jury nullification for anything that relies on police testimony
@rarefruit2320
Ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏
@rickiecomeaux8287
Ай бұрын
Amen! I will take an officer's testimony as a lie until proven true.
@poncethegayboi
Ай бұрын
Yes
@williamharshman9572
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
@@rickiecomeaux8287 AGREED!
One a day a dad with nothing to loose. Is gonna go on a spree.
Wow this is horrible! The Dude was on the ground with his hands behind his back with 3 Cops on top of him. There was absolutely no reason to sic that K9 on him. Thanks Rick, love your commentary.👍
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
watch closely and you'll see the 2 cops quickly clear out of the way because they KNEW the cop was letting the dog in !
Outrageous
So, "talking to my dog" is now on the list of things cops will attack you for? Fits right in with classics like "looking at me", "honking", "walking away from me", "knocking on my window"...
Rick, he was obviously aggressively submitting. Weapnized submition.
Now it seems yelling “STOP RESISTING” is part of police training.
@wingatebarraclough3553
Ай бұрын
Actually has been for quite some time, a decade at least.
@eighthave
Ай бұрын
That they do it when no one is touching him and he isn’t moving with his hands behind his back in his own yard (I assume), I would think is the signature on the constitutional violation and the dog bite is adding the John Hancock flourish. They will probably bill him for the dry cleaning of their pants.
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
@@wingatebarraclough3553 You'd think judges would see past this lame ploy by now ! "But your honor if the officer "said" stop resisting , then he MUST have been resisting "
A trained dog and a mean dog are not the same. A trained dog never needs a choke collar.
Let me list the charges. Aggravated trespass, aggravated assault, kidnapping, cruelty to animals, use of a weapon to commit a felony, aggravated deprivation of rights, etc.
Criminal gangs don’t stop themselves. Let’s go voluntary.
@rarefruit2320
Ай бұрын
❤
Nobody cares until this happens to them. Its a shame. Its wrong but karma is a bitch. What goes around comes around and theyll never even understand why when they are on the bottom. Believe me nobody rides for free.
The guy is laying there on his stomach, hands behind his back, not moving a muscle and they are yelling stop resisting and let the dog attack him. They really are out of control!
All those thugs are guilty of assault and battery and endangering the public safety
I smell weed, alcohol, stop resisting all great phrases to escalate the situation for Tyrannical Sociopaths of the blue line gang.
@nobozos4040
Ай бұрын
Don't forget their favorite "I feared for my life"
The blue gang strikes again😡💩
FTP!!
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
With extreme predudice !
That is some seriously fccked up sht! They just let that dog use that guy as a chew toy as he was laying flat on the ground not even moving or resisting. The other two get up and get out of the way to allow it to happen.
Cops are LUCKY that people are just recording them, there is a breaking point where people will do more than just video them. Parts of St. Louis City LE does not pull this because the people will fight back.
@shanemooney6118
Ай бұрын
This was a body cam
@SwordFighterPKN
Ай бұрын
@@shanemooney6118 - Tell us my point went right over your head without saying it.
@shanemooney6118
Ай бұрын
@@SwordFighterPKN The point was you discussed the importance of people filming police on a video that was not from filming the police. It just didn’t apply is all.
@SwordFighterPKN
Ай бұрын
@@shanemooney6118 - Not point at all, thank you for confirming my point when right over your head.
@shanemooney6118
Ай бұрын
@@SwordFighterPKN So what is the point? You guys are always so obtuse and just word play. So what you mean don’t code it
Funded with no accountability 😢
Handcuffed on the ground. "Stop resisting!" What are they gonna do? Roll away?
@h4ppychap
Ай бұрын
He was not hand cuffed at the moment the dog was set upon him.
@NatorGreen7000
Ай бұрын
@@h4ppychap he looked as if he was holding his arms the way he didn't.
Rotten apples in a barrel you get them if you don’t throw them away all the other apples will become rotten and then the whole barrel Gotta go, nip it in the bud.
@calholli
Ай бұрын
The barrel has been rotting for 100 years now.
Taunting the dog, that’s a new one, which one, the two legged or the four legged dog ?
Thank you for your service against these Blu eLine caulk suckers
My favorite line is I’m not guna comment on an open investigation! To me it sounds like an excuse to not answer the questions and is a huge problem here but the judges and lawyers are a bigger problem.
The good news is that after the lawsuit this guy can afford to move out of the city.
"We investigated ourselves, and found us innocent." Really?
He's in the Curtailage!
Imagine if every citizen was armed and willing to take it to the same force that police are to violate your rights this stuff would stop almost instantaneously
@aevangel1
Ай бұрын
If every citizen was armed... we wouldn't need pigs.
@h4ppychap
Ай бұрын
@OnlyCowardFascistSilenceSpeech...that would need real men, not pussies!
Jesus! This is easily one of the most obviously egregious unjustified abuses of force I've personally ever seen!
But they would never get together to conspire and frame an innocent person so that one of their blue brothers could go free. Yep. They would never do something like that.
This is one of most infuriating videos that I’ve seen Rick post .. unreal..
Those cops would have gotten suspended here in Detroit no questions asked. Horrible behavior.
"taunting a dog" what law is that? Pigs should be careful about provoking, they are about to awaken a sleeping giant.
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
I think you're right , lots of people have had enough !
They tortured him and no one will ever be punished, that's literally the story of our Gov, they always been this way, ask the 1+ Million dead Iraqi citizens, u can't ask them.
@profilingmanipulation
Ай бұрын
👌 America is out of control. As is Europe. Free Palestine! 🕊❤
@howlinwulf
Ай бұрын
@@profilingmanipulationPalestine isn't a place but we need world peace
@russellweber4334
Ай бұрын
@@howlinwulfJesus Christ and his mother the Blessed Virgin Mary call the Holy Land, Palestine. Edward Said, a Catholic Palestinian was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, Palestine. It states that fact on his birth certificate.
@rarefruit2320
Ай бұрын
Free Palestine and the US 🇺🇸 🇵🇸
@bleirdo_dude
Ай бұрын
The Christ is fake news.
It all starts at the top Power Control Ego With a license to kill Over budget Over paid we investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong
that guy was smiling because he knows hes getting a new corvette
With ya 100% Rick, smh anyone that stands around and allows this happen is just as bad, the mayor anyone involved in keeping these tyrants on the job is evil and idk how they sleep at night. smh disgusting stop resisting my ass smh Lord help us
Sometimes you are your own justice system. I’m just saying men
He was so still on the ground I thought he was knocked out.
@GoToPhx
Ай бұрын
I thought the same! Thought he was cuffed and knocked out.
Those cops protected and served the shit out of that guy with the white shirt. I wish the cops themselves had to pay the lawsuit that will be paid out after this.
This is something you’d expect to see in Russia or North Korea - or 1930s Nazi Germany - but not in America. Shameful. The canine officer should be sitting in jail awaiting prosecution.
@wingatebarraclough3553
Ай бұрын
Not forgetting 1920s to 1950s USSR. Look at the blue stripe, remembering the NKVD, who perpetrated Katyn, the Terror and the Holodomor, were called "blue caps".
@gcflower99
Ай бұрын
@ProudCapitalist-ko9ff: I think you meant: "The K-9 handler should be kneeling in prison being processed"!!
@user-gx2yy1df6f
Ай бұрын
@@gcflower99 In get it ! i agree !
I dont know why I watch these. They just piss me off to no end. Lol
They put on a discusting act and scream stop resisting when the guy isn't resisting, is clearly cuffed hands behind his back, so they can be "justified" in allowing their dog to bite and maul the guys its discusting!!!!
@priestessofkek2406
Ай бұрын
He isn't even cuffed, he's waiting patiently for them to cuff him, but doggy boy has to get his dog in and yell a few gratuitous "stop resisting" s first.
*Yes Ohio. If we must have police, they need to sit their asses at the station until they're called. What they do is on par with a firefighter driving around starting fires so they feel needed.
America needs a hard reset.
Stop agressing...STOP AGRESSING
End qualified immunity
The law of the land says we're allowed to have guns. Why are we being disarmed and arrested for having them?
@wafflestomper9829
Ай бұрын
Because cops want to be able to treat people this way and walk away from it.
He was being placed under arrest for....taunting the freaking police dog. Wow! When the hell did that become a charge? Absolute, complete insanity.
FTP. Send them packin.
The trusty ole STUH-OP RUHEEE ZISTEEN!
Also. I know all about the lying. Here recently, I was arrested for "evading with a motor vehicle." Mind you, he (the lying scumbag officer) lied on his report. He claimed I "took off on him at a high rate of speed" (false and shown on dashcam), "turned at a too fast speed" (flase and shown on dashcam), and "turned off my lights to avoid him detecting me" (also false, I did turn off my vehicle as I pulled in my driveway, but I did so as per normal when I pull my motorcycle into my driveway. My lights turn off with the vehicle, and I was parked less than 3 feet from the street. How could I avoid detection from there?) He also claimed I was "drunk" when I was not and he conducted no field sobriety test nor breathalyzer or blood draw. He claimed I was "combative and non compliant" (false, the record shows that he was the only one yelling, I asked for a field sobriety test or breathalyzer, and questioned him as to why he was so combative. The only thing I did was call him a "pig" when I was already handcuffed and in the squad car on the way to the jail. I had not been marandized nor had i any clue as to why I was being arrested. All he told me was that I "ran a stop light.") So... yeah. I know completely how this works. The new justice system is, "Cops can do whatever they want. Point the finger at you and you're automatically guilty. You will bow to King George in the courtroom. And there is absolutely nothing you can do, nor will you, about it."
@bradpotter6401
Ай бұрын
The cop won't care that all his BS charges and lies are thrown out of court. He knows he got to mess with you and drag you through the court system. It cost you the humiliation of being arrested and jailed plus all the time out of your life and loss of money while going through the "process." Pigs are vindictive SOBs and they have absolutely no qualms about lying on their written reports to get their petty revenge on a citizen that didn't lick their boots.
@wafflestomper9829
Ай бұрын
Man, that sucks. I'm sorry that happened to you. I couldn't imagine the rage inside. And cops wonder why less and less people cry when the white glove parade rolls down main street.
Do none of these "trained" officers know the 4th Amendment? These people were on the curtilage of the home, meaning any arrest without a warrant is an illegal arrest.
MAN the USA has gone to shit
@wingatebarraclough3553
Ай бұрын
Cultural and philosophical Marxism
Gang violence is getting out of hand!!!! Dam blue line gang!!!!
A state trooper in Ct was giving out a ticket to a driver and was struck and killed. The ticket was for a seatbelt violation. This was on a state highway. Maybe he needed a quota? How sad.
@bradpotter6401
Ай бұрын
The biggest cause of police deaths is traffic "accidents." That's because they pull people over in dangerous places and they ignore traffic laws and drive recklessly.
I'm sorry if that's my family member and I see this the courts aren't going to have to worry about charging the cops
5 words that cop's love to say HEAR'S THE DEAL AND STOP RESISTING. Lower the standards and this is what we get
Keep fighting for “We the people “
Was in position to be cuffed, but took him to the ground claiming resistance ... Pathetic cops abusing the public!!!!
We all need to write to Congress and DOJ. Flood the Mail with letters asking Congress to investigate and that the discuss these offenses with the DOJ.
I forgot what movie it was, there were tyrannical cops arresting people in front of their homes, the whole hood came out and dispatched a bunch of them while the others fled.
We need cops so they can enforce unconstitutional 'laws' or mandates
All cops are bad. There's no such thing as a good enforcer. The whole "good/bad cop" question can be disposed of much more decisively. We need not enumerate what proportion of cops appears to be good or, listen to someone’s anecdote about his uncle Charlie, an allegedly good cop. We need only consider the following: 1) Every cop has agreed as part of his job to enforce laws all of them. 2)Many of the laws are manifestly unjust, and some are even cruel + wicked. 3)Therefore, every cop has agreed to act as an enforcer of laws that are manifestly unjust, or even cruel + wicked. Thus, there are No Good Cops. Dr. Robert Higgs
compound interest the hate. Rick, you're on point
Rick is right , why should cops care ?, it's no skin off their SNOUTS !
This was 1 of the MOST OBVIOUS demonstration of the "stop resisting" excuse for excessive force AND cop dishonesty & criminal behavior ive seen. Yelling stop resisting to hopefully bolster their case & justify their actions is common, but the cam caught their deception. He was not resisting AT ALL, & the dog was sent to attack after he was down w/ hands behind him, even IF he resisted before, & as stated, the cops came to them, yet claim they were the aggressors.
Thanks Rick.
Thanks, Rick 👍
Rick I'm a 4'11" women. I have had german shepherds and boxers all my life. Never ever were any of my dogs out of control!! I hate spiked collars. They need to be outlawed! This is just despicable and I also feel bad for the dog. Scumbags
What seriously sucks about cops that use their k9 partner in this way is that the k9 officer will be the one who receives the punishment, not the human cop. The cop will blame the k9 for what he is commanded or allowed to do against the perp. Cops misuse the k9 officers due to their bruised feelings their hurt pride, and perceived tarnished public relations. Any person who is educated in dog basic, guardian/security, agility, search/rescue, tracking, service/medical aid, and both military and police k9 training knows that the dog is only as useful and successful as their human handler. If that handler is inept or uses the dogs training in a negative manner than that dog will fail. That failure shouldn't be put on the dog that is trained to obey and has given their loyalty along with their trust to their handlers/owners/partners/families. The follow their "pack leader" and will almost always follow what they are commanded to do. There is that small percentage of times that they might turn on their handler but when that happens there is a simple reason that they have done so. When that happens there needs to be a detailed investigation into why it did, why it happened at that moment, and if the dog should be separated from the handler it turned against. No matter the breed of dog they were not meant to be born aggressive or dangerous. They become or are made that way due to the humans who were and are in charge their lives. Those humans that are responsible for them. They didn't choose to be a part of our lives we sought out and chose to add them to our lives. Cops need to have additional testing both mental and physical medical testing before they are given the privilege of becoming a part of the k9 departments. They should also have mandatory testing they have to take during the time they are apart of the departments. The k9 officer also should be tested and refresh their training while they are still able to procreate in the departments. Those needed steps should be placed in a 3 month set roster for the public safety, and the k9s safety and health. also for the cops safety and health but to keep them in compliance for their actions and the actions they commanded or allow their k9 to do.
"Stop resisting!" The cops automatically say that when they want to administer a beating to a victim.
Cops say stop resisting when they are abusing someone. Criminals say I can't breathe when they are resisting arrest. The only difference between the two is, one wears a uniform.
I am actually stunned this time! This is one of the worse things I've seen so far
Earning the hate . This is disgusting ... Thanks Rick 🇺🇸
They do this to train the dog on live bodies right
Promotions all around million dollars in raises for them then higher 10 more they can train to be the same. Good luck America.
Same shit, different day! Back the blue 'til they do it to you! Thanks, Rick. Keep on keepin' on!
I would wager a bet that when these guys have "arguments" with their spouses, they yell "stop resisting!"
To anyone wondering, Rick's background is in training and using K9s so I would listen to him on this.
I've seen this it is absolutely ridiculous
Wonder why people don't trust them or have any respect and get sued constantly
SMH, another cop 💩show.