policedog handler filmed cruelly swinging his K-9 against a car has resigned after an investigation.James Hampton was filmed hauling K-9 Zuul off the ground by the neck before swinging him by a lead around his back and then slamming him into the side of a patrol vehicle.
Someone can be heard in the shocking minute-long video, saying: "We're good, no witnesses." Others out of shot discussed switching off their cameras, ABC News reports.
Hampton is then recorded trying to lift Zuul into the vehicle by the lead, shouting at him and striking his head. The clip went viral and led to a protest for action from animal rights charity PETA once it was broadcast by WSOC and other local news stations last month.
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