Detroit To Pay $100,000 After Officer Fatally Shoots Dog
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The city of Detroit will pay a man $100,000 after a police officer fatally shot his dog last year while it was on a leash outside his home.
The city agreed in November to settle the lawsuit in U.S. District Court brought on behalf of Darryl Lindsay, whose dog named Babycakes was killed, according to a Detroit Free Press report. Lindsay's lawyer Chris Olson says City Council approved the agreement this week.
According to the lawsuit, Detroit police surrounded the house in January 2015 to question Lindsay but he wasn't charged with a crime. The dog was on a leash beside the home and the lawsuit says video from a police dash camera recorded the shooting.
Lindsay says he asked officers if he could bring the dog inside before it was shot.
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