Video: As family shrieks, police kill dog

First you have to have a lawsuit to get a federal or state judge to give you clearance to sue a governmental entity. They have to decide wether gross negligence exisists so that the suit can proceede against the governmental body. Its a long and ugly process. At the core it is still a soverign immunity question as a barrirer until it is lifted.

Insofar as I recall, policing agencies teach their officers to control a situation at nearly all costs in order to preserve their own lives in a perceived threatening situation. A charging dog coming from the posession of the suspects in question is always a red flag if that dog is larger than about 25 pounds or a known fighting breed. The officer had two seconds to make a decision on the fly and it seems to have been an ill one in hindsight ... but im sure that a human running at him a that point would have fared no better.
 
I still think the government/police will offer a settlement if just to remove the negative press...They can't be totally absolved given the false pretenses that precipitated the situation...Lots of procedural mistakes were made leading up to what happened...
 
I do agree that the cops were being starry eyed small town dipshits with visions of award ceremonies and plaques in thier heads and gave rational proceedure a backseat to testosterone glory syndrome. It sucks what they did ... and the county will probably cough up 'bad press' hush money and agree to certain guidline changes within the department. ... all just for show until it no longer is the news article of the week.
 
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