Video: Gastonia Police release video of encounter with Joshua Rohrer

Kara Fohner, The Gaston Gazette
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The Gastonia Police Department released video showing encounters between veteran Joshua Rohrer and a Gastonia police officer.

At the 14:16 minute mark the video shows the arrest of Rohrer. The video is more than an hour-long in total.

At the start of the video, Officer Maurice Taylor encounters Rohrer standing in the median at the Cox Road intersection in Gastonia near Target on Oct. 9, 2021. The Oct. 13 arrest starts at 14 minutes and 16 seconds.

Gastonia Police states "viewer discretion advised" in watching video.

Joshua Roher said he was "dead inside" when this photograph was taken after learning his service dog, Sunshine Rae, had been struck by a car and killed.
Joshua Roher said he was "dead inside" when this photograph was taken after learning his service dog, Sunshine Rae, had been struck by a car and killed.

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