{"id":387215,"date":"2026-07-05T19:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/387215\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T19:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:54:11","slug":"l-a-sued-over-police-shooting-of-dog-wearing-knicks-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/387215\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. sued over police shooting of dog wearing Knicks T-shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The fatal shooting of a New York Knicks fan\u2019s dog after her shouts over the team\u2019s thrilling win of the NBA championship is now headed to federal court.<\/p>\n

Marie Marseille\u2019s 100-pound dog, Jameson, a shaggy golden Saint Berdoodle, was killed on June 13 by an LAPD officer while bounding out of Marseille\u2019s Canoga Park apartment. Two officers knocked on Marseille\u2019s apartment door to check on her after a neighbor in the complex called police to say she could not get a response after hearing exclamations of \u201cOh my God!\u201d coming from Marseille\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n

Body cam video from the officer shows the large dog, wearing a Knicks T-shirt, barked loudly at police when Marseille first opened her door. She was asked to secure the dog, but when she reopened the door to step out, Jameson pushed past her. Though his tail was wagging, the dog immediately bounded down the hallway toward an officer, who fired his service pistol four times, killing the dog.<\/p>\n

The police department has said that it does not comment on pending litigation. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the department would launch a full investigation into what led to the deadly shooting, according to Fox11<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Videos of the incident circulated widely, drawing criticism and outrage over the pet\u2019s death. A GoFundMe account set up for Marseille<\/a> \u2014 initially to cover death expenses \u2014 has now raised almost $250,000. <\/p>\n

The GoFundMe account was revised to say the family now intends to use the money \u201cto establish the Jameson Marseille Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals through advocacy, education, animal encounter training, rescue support, veterinary care initiatives, and direct assistance to animal welfare organizations.\u201d California incorporation records with the secretary of state on Saturday showed no such entity has yet been created.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, federal court records show, attorneys for Marseille filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, seeking damages for what the suit contends was undue use of force.<\/p>\n

\u201cJameson never bared his teeth, growled at either officer, or otherwise displayed any attempt whatsoever to attack,\u201d the lawsuit stated. It seeks unstated \u201cexemplary damages\u201d from the city, \u201csufficient to punish and make an example\u201d as well as attorneys\u2019 fees. <\/p>\n

Marseille, a nurse, and her son Jeremiah Garcia are represented by trial attorneys Brett Greenfield and Falamak Abromson at the Woodland Hills-based 818 Law Group. They did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

On June 19, the police department released body cam videos from the officers involved in the incident, though an internal investigation remains ongoing. The videos showed the officers expressed fear<\/a> that the loudly barking dog would attack, though Marseille had assured them he was not aggressive.<\/p>\n

Mayor Karen Bass said she asked the president of the Police Commission and the city police chief to review the law enforcement agency\u2019s policies on using force against dogs, \u201cto increase safety for everyone \u2014 officers, Angelenos and their pets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fatal shooting of a New York Knicks fan\u2019s dog after her shouts over the team\u2019s thrilling win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156136,1052,156135,1409,339,2899,7337,11071,147178,156134,48,52,51,45458,47,50,49,63,147179,590,609],"class_list":["post-387215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-apartment-door","tag-attorney","tag-body-cam-video","tag-city","tag-death","tag-dog","tag-federal-court","tag-force","tag-jameson","tag-knicks-t-shirt","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lapd-officer","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-marie-marseille","tag-police-department","tag-police-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}