A disturbing video of animal abuse in Rome , New York, has left the community shaken and outraged.

The clip, which is hard to watch and has been widely shared on Facebook , shows a man on the corner of West Dominick Street physically hurting a dog .

In the video, the animal cries out and struggles to pull away as the man repeatedly strikes it.

At one point, he can be heard telling the dog to be quiet, saying, "I'm not playing with your $%#$% ass." He is also seen punching the dog while instructing it, "Do it again."

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The footage was captured by a security camera owned by Heather Steele , who shared the video online and immediately contacted the Rome Police Department to report the abuse. "By the time they got there, he was gone," Steel

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