Damn shame the trigger happy cop didn’t have to shell out more than 2k.
Glad the family is getting a payment, but the cop, not the city, should have to pay.
His $2K fine is NOTHING. And what an idiot - shooting a dog whose tail was wagging!
All these payouts should come out of the police’s budget.
Only then would there be any accountability for their actions.
Protecting themselves from being licked and drooled on. What idiot would shoot a Lab wagging its tail?
sound like the police officer was in the wrong here. The police officer and supervisor should be fined more
Wouldn't that be "Chicago taxpayers" who have to shell out the cash?
Why a “federal” jury?
Oh well, this is better than the usual result.
The dog killing is bad, but what is worse is that they tried to frame the 2 kids afterwards to cover their own behinds. Better to send some innocent citizens to jail and possibly give them a criminal record than admit you went to the wrong house and apologize. People wonder why I don’t trust Chicago cops!
Thugcop kills a family pet for kicks, pays a pittance, and the taxpayers get screwed. I’d be upset, except most of the idiots in Chicago vote Marxist, so my givead@mn is broken in this case.
Cops...... absolutely worthless. Give me my full 2nd admendment rights and you can do away with the lot of them. Totally useless in my opinion.
Sure there may be good ones but whats the point? They do not protect you, and the good ones, who really do try to serve and protect are usually hamstrung by politics.
Our militarized “Law Enforcement” is the standing army our Founders feared.
I believe many owners would rather they be awarded a free shot at the officer that shot their dog.
I can’t argue with the verdict except to agree the officer should of had to pay more.
Ok. How many people can name a time that cops did something for you that would be worth paying them for?
What’s $300K more?
Cook County Taxpayers May Be On Hook For $108 Billion In Debt
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/06/22/cook-county-taxpayers-may-be-on-hook-for-108-billion-in-debt/
How many people that are law abiding citizens, veterans even, feel uncomfortable around cops (TSA, etc). I mean in a way that you think you could be arrested and set up even if you broke no laws. Am I being paranoid or is it to the point we’re already in a police state? I understand it’s been them against the bad guys for ever, but are all citizens now the bad guys?
Very good!
In cases like this, the officers should be PERSONALLY liable for their actions, rather than the tax payers paying for their malicious acts.
If the officers are personally accountable, I’d bet the farm they wouldn’t be as quick to do suck things. The officer that did this should be selling his house in order to get cash and compensate his victims.