Seems to me that the people involved in this story weren't doing anything illegal or immoral... wonder if they're going to be generally less paranoid about the police.
I don't do illegal or immoral things and experience has shown me that I need to be VERY paranoid about the police. It is naive to think that because you are a law-abiding citizen you have nothing to fear from the LEOs.
I think it is enough reason to be "paranoid" simply to be involved in legitimate things which overzealous police and prosecutors can stretch into criminal accusations or treating you like a criminal.
As for these bozos, they should apologize to the family and buy it a new dog.
Good heavens, they had reason to think this was the suspect car. They made a mistake. You think that's not going to happen? Two minutes later, they would have let the people go. No harm, no foul.
But their blasted dog attacked a cop. The cop defended himself. Dog's dead. Too bad, so sad, life goes on.
I'll put it simpler: dog no attack, cop no shoot. Dog attacked, cop shot. Bad dog! Good cop! Bye-bye, dog.
Dan