Petition: Police Have the Video. They Still Don’t Have His Name.

At about 6:12 on the morning of Saturday, July 25, 2026, Salem police were called to the corner of Wooddale Avenue Northeast and 32nd Avenue Northeast in Salem, Oregon. A witness had filmed a small dog sitting alone by the curb, and a man in a red shirt and a backwards baseball cap walking up to it, picking it up, and hitting it on the head several times while the animal twisted its head away from him. The footage was posted to Facebook and picked up by local news. The investigating officer watched it and could not identify the man. Police say the witness contacted them roughly an hour after it happened, and that the delay made it considerably harder to find him. The case is still open and nobody has been arrested. Please sign the petition urging Salem police to keep this investigation active until the man is identified.

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This is one of the rare cases where a reader can do something more concrete than sign, and it is worth putting the details where people can find them. Salem Police are asking anyone who recognises the man, or who was near Wooddale Avenue Northeast and 32nd Avenue Northeast that Saturday morning, to call their non-emergency line on 503-588-6123 and reference case number SMP26061387. Someone knows who he is. There is also a lesson in the timing that applies well beyond this case. The witness did the right thing by filming, and the video is the only reason there is a case at all. But the hour that passed before police were called is what let the man walk away, and officers said so directly. If you witness an animal being harmed, call while it is happening rather than after, even if you are also recording. Nobody knows where this dog is now, which is the part that stays with you: no name, no owner identified, and no way to know whether anyone has checked on him since. One Green Planet’s guide on what to do if you suspect animal abuse in your neighborhood covers exactly how to report something like this, and the appeal for information is reported by KGW.

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