06: SoCo Sheriff’s Dog Bite Controversy

In this episode of The Bohemian, reporter Will Carruthers discusses his coverage of a recent incident between a Sonoma County Sheriff deputies, a Graton resident and a police dog named Vader.

On Saturday, April 4, a Forestville man called 911 to report that 35-year-old Graton resident Jason Anglero-Wyrick had threatened him and his family members with a gun in multiple incidents throughout the day.

Approximately 20 minutes later, around 5pm, Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at Anglero-Wyrick’s home, according to a Monday, April 6 Sheriff’s Office press release.
The deputies were told that Anglero-Wyrick is on parole for assault with a deadly weapon, the release said.
Relatives told officers that Anglero-Wyrick was sleeping inside the house. Eventually, Anglero-Wyrick and Naustachia Green, a 35-year-old woman, walked out of the house and approached the officers. Green, with her arms outstretched, stood between Anglero-Wyrick and the deputies, who had their guns drawn and repeatedly ordered Anglero-Wyrick, an African-American man, to crawl towards them.
What happened next has become the subject of disagreement online. The account included in the Sheriff’s press release differs drastically in tone and chronology from an 18-minute video filmed by Anglero-Wyrick’s 15-year-old relative.
The differences have led many online commenters to openly criticize the Sheriff’s account.
“Lies. The video says different,” one man wrote below the Sheriff’s online press release days after it was released.
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