Nashan Brown, the dogs

A man in the Bronx has been arrested for animal abuse after kicking a small dog belonging to his partner – who is now pleading for his three pets to be returned and defending his boyfriend’s horrendous actions.

Shocking security camera footage shows the man repeatedly kicking, whipping and hitting one of his partner’s tiny dogs as he was meant to be caring for it.

Nashan Brown, the dogs’ owner, said he was at work when the footage was recorded in his building’s elevator.

His partner was then charged and arrested by cops, with investigators later returning to the property to seize Brown’s three dogs.

‘Do I understand why people are upset? Yes. Do it look like it was excessive? Yes. Is he that type of individual? He’s really not,’ Brown said in an interview with NBC. 

Nashan Brown, the dogs' owner, said he was at work when the footage was recorded in his building's elevator

Nashan Brown, the dogs' owner, said he was at work when the footage was recorded in his building's elevator

Nashan Brown, the dogs’ owner, said he was at work when the footage was recorded in his building’s elevator

In the horrifying footage, the man can be seen carrying the small by the scruff of its neck

In the horrifying footage, the man can be seen carrying the small by the scruff of its neck

In the horrifying footage, the man can be seen carrying the small by the scruff of its neck

Brown described himself as ‘the victim of the situation’, and now is desperately hoping to get his dogs returned to him. 

The Riverdale resident claims he walked into the situation after being at work while his boyfriend was dog-sitting.

After one of he animals got loose on a walk, his partner madly rushed to save the dog as a neighbor started yelling, before the boyfriend dragged the poor creature into the elevator. 

In the horrifying footage, he can be seen carrying it by the scruff of its neck before then be seen repeatedly hitting it with full force.

The footage also shows him whipping the dog with its lead as another of the pets worriedly pins its ears back in the other corner.

The violence continues with the man aggressively kicking the dog as it helplessly cowers in the corner, before almost chasing it out of the elevator and kicking it on the way. 

‘Do I feel like he meant any of that? No. Do I feel like he’s sorry and he’s hurting right now? Yes,’ said Brown. 

The video has been viewed thousands of times on social media after it was leaked, and Brown said the situation is being judged by people unfairly.

The security camera footage shows the man repeatedly hitting the small dog with full force

The security camera footage shows the man repeatedly hitting the small dog with full force

The security camera footage shows the man repeatedly hitting the small dog with full force

The man appears to almost chase the dog out of the elevator, and kicks it on the way

The man appears to almost chase the dog out of the elevator, and kicks it on the way

The man appears to almost chase the dog out of the elevator, and kicks it on the way

‘I was crying yesterday. He asked me, “I’ll just leave out your life. If you don’t want me here, just say that”… He’s really, really remorseful and that’s what social media don’t see.’ 

Brown also said he is struggling to understand why the dogs were taken away from him after his partner’s arrest, with investigators arriving at his property with a warrant on Monday.

‘I wasn’t the individual that you said abused the dogs, you gave me my dogs back and then you come back three days later and take my dogs,’ Brown said.

Brown also claims his privacy has been violated after someone leaked the video to social media along with his address.

‘I have no dogs, I have no privacy. I’m getting no respect. I’m getting no help from anyone,’ said Brown.

The NYPD is now bringing animal abuse charges against Brown’s boyfriend.