[Charles Martel]

They said the officer was being dragged by the car and feared he was going to go under it and be run over. They showed a photo of his shoes in the parking lot where he was pulled out of them.

Okay, that puts things in a different light.

[muawiyah]

Trick with the shoes is it takes an awful lot of force to yank you out of your shoes ~ just saw that on one of those Myth Busters shows ~ they had to almost demolish the imitation flesh dummy to bust him out of his shoes.

The officers shoes may be lying in the lot for some other purpose, or maybe those aren't his shoes.

More information is required, but this guy was off duty, not really a cop at that point, and subject to Wal mart rules. They have a stable of good lawyers and they always win ~ but will they back him up?