48-year-old Ezra Johnson, pastor of the Greater Bethel Church of God in Christ in Union City, TN, left his dog inside his car as he went shopping inside the Opry Mills Mall in late September. Officers responded to a call for service regarding a dog locked inside a vehicle. Mall security opened the vehicle, and officers estimated the inside temperature to be over 100 degrees. The dog did not have water, had a muzzle on, and had been inside the car for over 20 minutes. Johnson told officers that he was in the mall shopping. Johnson was cited for animal cruelty and was booked on the citation this week.
Ezra Johnson of Country Line Road in Union City, TN, was booked on the citation of animal cruelty on September 30th.
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Should’ve made him sit in the car for an hour & taken the doggie somewhere cool. What a complete jackass.
People always giving their opinion and sharing information about stuff they know nothing about. Just because this is what this website claimed happen doesn’t mean that’s what actually happened. He is not a jackals nor do you have the right to try to proclaim him to be one.