Stilletta's Truth

What I'm about to write will be the complete truth from my perspective. As much as I wish not to write my spirit and heart will not let the truth go unheard.

The Event

On Monday July 27th at just pass 3:30 in the afternoon on a perfectly clear and sunny day on a small quiet street where people work out, people cross back and forth, heavy machinery operates on the street and people walk their dogs something happened that should have never happened....

Below is arial image of where the acident happend. The blue arrow is the deptuties route, The red is where she was hit and ran over, the yellow is coworker in a high viz shirt attemtpting to slow down the officer. And Im in the green or right next to the yellow if not visible.

She had gone across the street to smell things and go to the bathroom as almost all of the grass and bushes had been cut down. And I was talking with my coworker about work that needed to be done in the yard. I heard a cars low humming from down the street so I called her over to me. She was less than 25 feet away from me and she looked up and started trotting over to me. As she started trotting across the street all I could hear was the rev of the engine. My eyes got wide and I looked at my coworker in a high vis lvl 2 Osha approved safety shirt attempting to wave the officer down to slow down, then at the pathway to her to stunned to move and not wanting to confuse her or make her stop as she was already in the street. The engine shifted gears and kept going. She was then struck and ran over by Sheriff Deputy Brandon Figarelle as he drove down the middle of the road. After hitting and running over her he pulled off to the side of the road and went straight to the front of his vehicle as I ran over and picked up my now dying and suffering dog.

He sat there in front of his vehicle for several minutes talking into the phone and taking both pictures of the front end and the wheel well of his car. Only after having taking the pictures and 7-12 minutes later did he finally approach us. I said the hardest words I have ever said in my entire life. Can you please put her out of her misery... Her gums were white, her rear leg snapped and broken bleeding everywhere on me, her eyes shaking, and her whole body compeltely stiff. The officer automatically backed away and answered, "No, I can't do that, go to the vet."

So in a state of shock my co-worker drove me to the vet putting other people's and our own lives in danger. When we got to the vet thanks to my coworkers family they were ready for us. And I had the smallest bit of hope as they said there was a chance of her surviving. So I went ahead and got the x-rays... Then the internal bleeding kicked in. She started taking big breaths as she was fighting for her life. And I knowing it would be the last time I could talk to her on this earth said "I love you and it's okay for you to go now" as i stroked her face right under her ear.

After this had happened I went back to the scene to give our statements. No one was there and so they had to call in the state patrol. When he got there he told us that it was just property damage and that nothing would come of it. Despite both my co-worker and I claiming that the officer had accelerated towards the dog and that he was going way to fast. I even told the officer that something wasn't right and that something fishy had been going on with the whole situation that occurred. Despite this he did 0 investigating...

The Aftermath

At first being in a state of shock I thought the officer might have been distracted looking at his computer or his cell phone while driving. That didn't totally sit right with me, but it's what I told myself to be okay with it.

Then after I posted what happened I read the sheriff's statement. This made me both upset and angry as he put both the account of me and my co-worker aside saying we didn't know what we saw. Not only did he put our account's to the side but he posted that she ran out unexpectantly into the street. She was walking across the street and even looked up briefly because of the accelaration of the engine from the officer flooring it down the road. But she was not running and she was struck on the drivers side fender of the officer's vehicle and ran over. If the officer had done what he claimed he did she wouldn't have been struck.

The officer stated that he hit the brakes in an attempt to avoid the dog and then struck her. Both myself and my co-worker saw no breaks applied. If he had been driving on the correct side of the road she would've been fine.

I do believe that because of his post the truth has been revealed. However, I will not post what I believe the truth to be yet. Instead I would love to hear from you the community what you think the deputy who hit and ran over my dog ultimately killing her did.

Where she was struck on the deptuties vehicle.

A Couple Questions

When driving where do you look when accelerating?

How fast do you think you should go down a street that is less than .2 miles long with 11 blind spots, where people walk across and work out up and down the road?

Should officer's be given special privileges while driving?

If you didn't know what you hit what is the first thing you do when you get out of a vehicle?