The officers also tried to warn residents that a police dog named Loki was present, but their attempts to do so in Spanish were nonsensical, according to court records.

“Pedo policía pedo la madera,” officers repeatedly said, which a translator later found meant, “Fart police, fart the wood.”

Eventually, the officers entered the home and arrested the man they were looking for. After that man’s arrest, the officers entered the bedroom where Guerrero-Salmeron was and commanded the police dog to bite the man. The dog bit Guerrero-Salmeron, who was unarmed, on the arm for about 15 seconds as he held up his tourist visa and ID.

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    13 hours ago

    Yeah if it bites through the tendons, you’re going to need all of that money in America.

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      I don’t think I’ll be staying in US after that just stop the bleeding then back to europe and go get free treatment in a French hospital and paid leave and I can enjoy a lot of glasses of wine at the café at the Harbour.

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        It’s Auora and should probably be considered another country in-itself. It was disowned by Denver and the rest of Colorado years ago.

        Regardless, it has a really shitty history of police behavior and this was likely fairly low on the scale of what Aurora would consider violent behavior.

        Aurora’s only function is to catch the off-gassing from Commerce City so it kinda puts the “fart police” in better context. It’s also probably why the police there are also a little “special”.