[dtel]

"From the beginning I have been posting a link to the story about the break-down in communiction from the THP dispatcher. The THP themselves concluded their own dispatcher screwed up. From that point on the communication to the Cookeville Police Officers was hopelessly inadequate. Think about it, the THP troopers, given flawed information, locate a car matching the description of the robbery suspect then ask for help from the Cookeville Police. The Cookeville Police then join in the felony stop based on information that is at least as bad. Now you want hold Cookeville Police Officer accountable for not knowing what was going on?"

So, we give you this. The dispatcher screwed up.
Now how do we get from there to an officer of the law, with four other officers present, and the bad tourists handcuffed and kneeling on the pavement.
At this point one would think the situation defused, now all that is left is to secure the two dogs.
Instead they let one jump onto the highway and promptly shoot it within three seconds.
Betcha they shut the effing door so the other one didn't get out.

[delacoert]

Now how do we get from there to an officer of the law, with four other officers present...

Not that it really matters, but I thought I saw that there was a total of four officers present.

At this point one would think the situation defused, now all that is left is to secure the two dogs. Instead they let one jump onto the highway and promptly shoot it within three seconds. Betcha they shut the effing door so the other one didn't get out.

I agree, someone could easy have shut the door... should have shut it. From the video, it looks to me that the Hall was in the least likely position to be able to shut the door (what he says in the TV interview sort of confirms that). What I see in the video is that one of the THP troopers (probably the Lt. in command) could have easily shut the door - he was just wondering around holding a flashlight. As I said before, IMO the Lt. probably failed to retain control of the scene.