Police Dog Ordered To Attack An Unarmed Black Man In Front Of His 9-Year-Old Son
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Derrick Dunlap was pulled over in Texas because the light over his license plate was too dim — and the interaction was caught on video.
Body camera footage obtained by HuffPost shows a police dog viciously attacking an unarmed Black man in front of his 9-year-old son during a traffic stop in Denison, Texas, last year.
Derrick Dunlap, 54, was pulled over by Denison police on May 25, 2023, while his son was with him. Dunlap’s attorneys say police reported that he was stopped because the light over his license plate was too dim.
Footage shows an officer, identified by attorneys as Tyler Buchanan, get out of the police car and say “Here, here, here” to the dog as Dunlap’s child is heard screaming in the background.
The dog is seen repeatedly biting Dunlap, who is in a grassy area with his hands up, trying to get clear of the dog. Buchanan approaches him and shouts “Give me your hands” as he grabs Dunlap’s arm to pull him to the ground as the dog continues to attack.
“Why did you tell him to bite me?” Dunlap twice asks the officer while lying face-down as he’s still being bitten.