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Aiming and firing a shotgun is not a "mistake". It is a deliberate act which the shooter initiates. The "mistake" may be in judgement, temperment or thought processes of the shooter. For this the shooter should suffer the consequences and they should be severe.

I think Officer Eric Hall is taking all the heat when the really big mistake was made by the THP dispatcher who issued an all-points-bulletin for a robbery suspect based on an anonymous cell-phone call reporting money flying out of a car. Nobody witnessed a robery, but a dispatcher reports the description of a robbery suspect. The high-stress felony stop scenerio was wrongly initiated by the THP dispatcher!

IMO, another big mistake is that the senior THP trooper failed to remain properly in charge at the scene. The trooper wandering around with a flashlight (probably the Lt.) clearly could have closed the door.

If you look at the all video and read all the stories at NewsChannel5.Com - Nashville, Tennessee maybe you will conclude, like me, that Officer Eric Hall is taking all the heat for mistakes by the THP. Three seconds isn't a whole lot of time size up the dog's intentions.

"...maybe you will conclude, like me, that Officer Eric Hall is taking all the heat for mistakes by the THP"

I think he is taking the heat for every gripe and fear these people have had with government since they were born.

They are railroading him in a merciless frenzy of lynch mob mentality, that makes Officer Hall look like the model of restraint.

Three seconds isn't a whole lot of time size up the dog's intentions.

I'm glad this poor excuse for a "law enforcement officer" didn't have three seconds to size up my intentions (or yours on those of anyone else). His thought processes are defective. He should never again be allowed to be judge, jury and executioner of anything. If other parts of the Tennessee law enforcement community share the responsibility for this travisty then they should suffer the consequences.