Vindication In CT Cops Killing Family Dog Case - NY Fed Appeals Court Says Hartford Police Were WRONG!

Lorie Kramer

In 2006, Hartford, CT city police shot and killed a dog after entering a residential backyard, without a warrant.  The shooting of “Seven”, the Saint Bernard, took place in front of it’s 12-year-old owner. As the AP report states, “the girl needed hospitalization and antidepressants afterward.”  Link to that report here

Glen Harris, who is listed as the minor’s guardian, filed the federal lawsuit in 2008. That suit came to trial in May of 2012. An article here from the time of the start of that trial includes more details about the event. Harris lost that jury trial, the  verdict in favor of Hartford police and two of its officers.

Today, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision saying the police were wrong and entrance to the backyard was unjustified. A new trial has been ordered to assess damages.

Spread the word that we will not tolerate the continued unjustified invasion of private property, and the shooting of family dogs by over zealous so-called “peace” officers.  So glad this court stood up and overturned the original bad decision.