A law enforcement officer who fatally shot a family’s dog within 6 seconds of reacting to a documented criminal offense can be demanded unlawful seizure, the Seventh Circuit said Tuesday.
Steven and Kim Kailin called the Gurnee, Ill., cops department to report that their child had actually been the victim of a possible criminal offense. Officer Delante Greer pertained to their house to examine. He shot the family’s dog Timber on their next-door neighbor’s lawn within 6 seconds of Kim unlocking.
The Kailin family asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to reverse summary judgment granted to Greer and …