You have summed up the whole problem here. "A new threat..." presumes that there was an old threat. There was never a threat in this instance except that posed by law enforcement officers acting without getting sufficient information. Part of this is the fault of the dispatcher, some the fault of the individual officers, all combined to point out a law enforcement problem.
The discussion should be what to do about these officers and how to prevent these abuses in the future. Unfortunately some posters confuse the issue by entering these discussions blindly defending any police action. At least you and I are discussing the issues.
Yes, and I'm convinced that even though Officer Eric Hall shot the dog he's not the one to blame.
Has anyone else watched the video clip that includes the interview of Eric Hall? It's the first video link under Hall's picture at the newschannel5 webstie. If so what do you think about him?