A fiendish New Mexico sheriff’s deputy has been placed on leave after video emerged of him fatally hurling an adorable baby bunny against the side of his car while smiling.
Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy Alejandro Gomez, 27 was seen in cell phone video recorded by other cops pleading with a fellow deputy to hand over the sweet baby rabbit the group had found in the dirt outside of Hachita, New Mexico last August, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
In the video, posted to Facebook Monday, a group of officers are pulled over to the side of a dusty road where they find a baby bunny about the size of a grapefruit.
An unidentified deputy carefully caresses the rabbit and resists handing it over to the increasingly agitated Gomez.
“Promise you’re not going to kill it,” the deputy said, shielding the bunny in his hands, “Swear to God.”
“I swear to God,” the 27-year-old replied. “Give it to me right now.”
After resisting, the animal-loving deputy finally relented when Gomez threatened him with a stun gun.
Video showed the light of the gun, indicating a target, illuminating the side of the law enforcement officer.
Gomez then takes the rabbit in his right hand, looks directly at the camera, and hurls the helpless creature into the side of the car.
The videographer of the animal snuff film, an unidentified corporal in the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, laughed hysterically at the brutality.
The 27-year-old is charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon upon a peace officer and one count of extreme cruelty to animals, which is a fourth-degree felony, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
Both the sergeant and the corporal who witnessed the rabbit killing and Gomez threatening his fellow deputy are still employed, with neither being placed on leave despite their failure to intervene, the State Police said, according to the report.
