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How a Dog Bite Attorney Can Maximize Your Compensation

A skilled dog bite lawyer in Los Angeles can help you maximize your compensation if you’ve been injured in a dog bite incident. They will thoroughly investigate your case, gather the necessary evidence, and negotiate with insurance companies to ensure you receive the total value of your claim. With their expertise, you can seek compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages, and more. Don’t navigate the legal process alone—consult an experienced dog bite lawyer to protect your rights and pursue the justice you deserve.

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Dog Bite Lawyer Los Angeles | Theory Law APC

When looking for a dog bite lawyer in Los Angeles, it is important to make sure you find the right one. Theory Law APC is a top-rated law firm that specializes in personal injury cases, including dog bite cases. We are experienced attorneys who understand the complexities of these cases and are dedicated to getting the best results for their clients.

At Theory Law APC, our goal is to ensure that victims of dog bites receive the compensation they deserve for their injuries. we have a deep understanding of the legal issues surrounding dog bites, including the liability and negligence of the dog owner and any other responsible parties.

When a dog bites someone in Los Angeles, the victim may be able to recover damages from the owner or other responsible parties. However, it is important to note that there may be other factors that can complicate the legal process, such as the breed of the dog or the circumstances of the bite. An experienced dog bite lawyer — Theory Law APC can help determine these factors and advise the client on the best legal course of action.

In addition to their experience in dog bite cases, Theory Law APC also provides expert legal advice in other areas of personal injury law, such as car accidents, slip and fall accidents, and medical malpractice. our attorneys have extensive experience in these areas and we can help our clients get the compensation they deserve for their injuries.

If you or someone you know has been the victim of a dog bite in Los Angeles, contact Theory Law APC today for a free consultation. Our team of experienced attorneys has the knowledge and experience to handle these cases and get the best results. Don’t delay — get the legal help you need today.

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Dog Bite Injury Los Angeles attorneys: Dog Bite Rule

Los Angeles follows a strict liability dog bite law, where a pet owner can be held responsible even without proving the owner’s negligence. According to the statute, the dog’s owner is accountable for the damages or losses sustained by the victim while legally in a public or private place. This is whether the former savageness of the animal or if the owner knew of such ferociousness.

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Perry Mason (1957) Headcanon

It is an open secret among lawyers and judges that District Attorney Hamilton Burger is Obsessed with Perry Mason.

At the end of Season 3, Episode 4, "The Case of the Blushing Pearls", Hamilton sends Perry a citation for burning garbage without a permit, and in Season 7, Episode 6, "The Case of the Reluctant Model", he sends him a bill for 20 cents. Since Perry is always so careful not to do anything that could actually get himself in trouble, anytime Hamilton gets an opportunity like that, it makes his whole year. He was blushing, giggling, kicking his feet while writing those and you cannot change my mind. His secretary/assistant/whoever saw the look of manic glee in his eyes as he handed them an envelope to mail, and they just knew who it was addressed to without having to check.

In Season 8, Episode 12, "The Case of the Wooden Nickels", Perry tells the judge that Hamilton was "making a gratuitous aside". A little later, when a witness stated he offered $60,000 to the defendant's family for the titular coin, Hamilton turns to Perry and says "That's well worth committing murder for, isn't it, Mr. Mason? Oh, excuse me, I withdraw the gratuitous aside"

I don't remember what episodes, I think they were season 1 or 2, but there was one in which Perry made several objections based on technicalities. I think it was a time when Della was on the stand? And in a subsequent episode, Hamilton made a comment about how he wouldn't stoop to petty technicalities or something.

If it were a video game, every time Perry Mason made an objection (or did anything really) he would get a pop-up that says "Hamilton Burger will remember this".

In Season 6, Episode 20, "The Case of the Golden Oranges", Hamilton is in his office when he receives a phone call from the City Attorney, "Tom". Part of the conversation (the side we can hear, anyway) is as follows:

"Dog bite case? Why would I be interested in that? … Who - Who is defending the dog?"

This shows that Tom thought this information was important enough (to Hamilton) to warrant calling the District Attorney and telling him. It also shows that dog bite cases are not something Hamilton would ordinarily concern himself with; he is only interested in it when he's told that Perry is involved.

Hamilton then seemingly drops everything to go and see this for himself. Then, in court, the judge addresses Hamilton and asks if he's there on business, and Hamilton says he "heard a familiar voice and thought I'd drop in", thus admitting that he has no reason to be there except that Perry is there. No one acknowledges this though. (I will say, Perry turned around awfully quickly when the judge said the DA was there.)

This man is the District Attorney of Los Angeles. Did he not have anything else to do? No appointments? No cases of his own? Did he just take the rest of the day off so he could go ogle Perry Mason?

Imagine being the prosecutor in this case, Assistant District Attorney Rice. He's just doing his job, minding his business, when his boss shows up to watch because the guy he has a homoerotic psychosexual rivalry with is also working the case.

In Season 4, Episode 27, "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather", a guy calls Perry from the courthouse during a hearing to hire him to defend his grandson at trial, and as Perry leaves his office, he tells Della "Apparently Hamilton Burger's winning a case". Perry, gentleman that he is, at least waits until he has plausible deniability before going to ogle Hamilton in court.

And, of course, Hamilton has something to say about it. "The marines are landing a little late, aren't they, Perry? … Or did you just drop by to watch me deliver my windup?" He wishes Perry were there to see him.

All this to say, Hamilton Burger is obsessed with Perry Mason and is not subtle about it.

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Tiptoeing through the possible “Sleeping Dogs” guest cast

Christopher Gorham as Alex Kilbride. Gorham played Harrison John in Popular, Trevor O'Donnell in Felicity, Neil Taggart in Odyssey 5, Jake Foley in Jake 2.0, Miles McCabe in Medical Investigation, Benjamin Barnes in Out of Practice, Henry Dunn in Harper's Island, Henry Grubstick in Ugly Betty, Auggie Anderson in Covert Affairs, Walsh/The Wizard of Oz in Once Upon a Time, Bobby in 2 Broke Girls, Ric D'Andres in Full Circle, Bob Barnard in Insatiable and Trevor Elliott in Lincoln Lawyer.

Gorham's guest roles include Spy Game, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vengeance Unlimited, Party of Five, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Boomtown, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003), Without a Trace, Love Bites, Hot in Cleveland, Heartbeat, Major Crimes, The Magicians, Modern Family and Leverage: Redemption.

Voiced characters in a number of animated series including playing Barry Allen/The Flash in a number of animated Justice League/DC Comics series.

Gorham provide a backstage tour of where NCIS: Los Angeles filmed being near a set where he worked in the past.

Ashley Sharpe Chestnut as FBI Special Agent Summer Morehurst Returns from "Let it Burn" in late November.

Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier as Agent Shyla Dahr Duncan Campbell as Agent Castor Both return from "Shame".

Possible guest stars:  Both actors here are credited in both this episode and episode 19.

Milissa Sears as Leah Novak Returns from season 13's "Genesis" episode

David DeSantos as Anthony Beltran DeSantos played Agent Dennis Livengood in Animal Kingdom, Eduardo in Roswell, New Mexico and Sergeant Rodrigo Sanchez in SWAT.

Guest roles include Seven Days, Spyder Games, American Family, Crossing Jordan, CSI: Miami, House, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ugly Betty, Numb3rs, Torchwood, Pretty Little Liars, This is Why I'm Single, Switched at Birth, Ray Donovan, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Castle, The Red Road, Famous In Love, SEAL Team, The Rookie and played Holden Gaines in the "Judgement Call" season six premiere of NCIS: New Orleans.

Written by:  Andrew Bartels wrote or co-wrote "Allegiance", "Zero Days", "The Grey Man", "Humbug", "Fighting Shadows", "Driving Miss Diaz", "Angels & Daemons", "Where There’s Smoke…", "Glasnost", "Old Tricks" "Battle Scars", "Fool Me Twice", "Warrior of Peace", "Reentry", "The Prince", "Smokescreen", "The One That Got Away"/"No More Secrets" two-parter, "Yellow Jacket", "Missing Time", "If the Fates Allow", "Red Rover, Red Rover", "Divided We Fall", "Genesis" and "Survival of the Fittest".

Directed by:  Gonzalo Amat is directing his first NCIS: Los Angeles episode.  He has directed episodes of SEAL Team, FBI, SWAT, Outer Banks and Fire Country.

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The city of Los Angeles is home to more than 2.6 million privately owned pets, with many being affectionate and well-behaved. Unfortunately, some dogs can be dangerous, and if you have been the victim of a dog bite in Los Angeles, you may be feeling overwhelmed and unsure about what to do.

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Police dogs are often portrayed as harmless, loveable members of the local police. But many departments across the country use dogs as weapons, training the animals to bite thousands of people every year, causing serious and even fatal injuries.

A new investigation from The Marshall Project, AL.com, IndyStar and the Invisible Institute exposes the widespread use—and abuse—of dogs in police departments across the U.S.

Here are six takeaways from our findings, based on data from departments across the country, thousands of pages of documents, videos and scores of interviews with victims, police officers and experts. The main article based on the investigation contains more information. We will publish more reporting in the coming weeks.

People are bitten across the country, but some cities use biting dogs far more often than others. There’s no national database of police dog use and who is bitten. Our reporting found bites in nearly every state, though data from more than 50 police departments shows the numbers vary widely by city. Police in Chicago almost never deploy dogs for arrests and had only one incident from 2017 to 2019. Washington, D.C., had five. Seattle had 23. New York City, where policy limits their use mostly to felony cases, reported 25. By contrast, Indianapolis had more than 220 bites and Los Angeles reported more than 200 bites or dog-related injuries. The Sheriff’s Department in Jacksonville, Florida, had 160 in this period.

Bites can cause life-altering injuries, even death. Dogs used in arrests are bred and trained to have a bite strong enough to punch through sheet metal. Their bites can be more like shark attacks, according to experts and medical researchers. When they are used on people, they can leave harrowing scars, torn muscles and dangerous infections. A woman’s scalp was torn in California; a man’s vocal cords were damaged in Colorado; an Arizona man’s face was ripped off. Occasionally, someone dies after an encounter with a police dog. Most recently, a 51-year-old handyman bled to death after being bitten by a police dog in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2018.

Many people bitten were not violent and were suspected of minor crimes—or no crime at all. While many police agencies say they use dogs only to capture people accused of violent crimes or when officers are in danger, our review of bites around the country found the dogs are frequently used in minor cases: traffic violations, shoplifting, mental health checks, trespassing and running from police.

Police officers sometimes can’t control the dogs, worsening injuries. Even when dogs are trained to release their bites with a verbal command, they sometimes don’t let go. While training experts say bites should last seconds, we found numerous cases that lasted minutes as handlers struggled to pull off the dogs. Some experts said that makes injuries worse, tearing flesh as the dogs are pulled away.

There’s little accountability or compensation for many bite victims. Excessive force lawsuits over dog bites are difficult to win. Police officers are often shielded from liability, and federal civil rights laws don’t typically cover bystanders who are bitten by mistake. It can also be hard for someone who pleads guilty or gets convicted of resisting arrest, or a similar crime, to file a lawsuit. Even when victims can bring cases, lawyers say they struggle because jurors tend to love police dogs.

Read the main article. In addition, our reporters will continue publishing stories from this investigation in the coming weeks, including the story of a Washington, D.C., woman who went for a walk, then encountered a police dog; an examination of the police department with the worst dog-bite rate among the nation’s 20-largest city agencies; and an examination of police dog use in Alabama and the state’s most dangerous K-9 unit.

Correction: An earlier version said a Maryland woman was bit while on a walk. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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Dog Bite Laws in Los Angeles: What Victims Should Know

Learn about dog bite laws in Los Angeles and understand your legal rights as a victim. Discover the steps you should take after an attack, including seeking medical attention, reporting the incident, and consulting a specialized dog bite lawyer in Los Angeles. Find out how to pursue compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Know the statute of limitations and how a knowledgeable attorney can help you navigate complex legal processes to ensure justice and maximum recovery.

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Dog Bites

Dog bites can pose serious threats to individuals, often leading to severe physical injuries and emotional trauma. In Los Angeles, these incidents can occur in various situations, whether a dog escapes from its yard or is improperly handled by its owner. Joshua Glotzer and Daniel Leib, skilled personal injury attorneys based in Los Angeles, are committed to helping victims of dog bites seek justice. These attacks can result in painful wounds, infections, and even long-term psychological effects, making it essential for victims to understand their rights. With the firm’s experienced Los Angeles Dog Bite Attorney, Glotzer and Leib work diligently to hold dog owners accountable for their pets’ behavior. They strive to ensure that victims receive the compensation they deserve for their suffering and medical expenses.

The Geography of Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California, has a very interesting geography. It is located in a large basin, surrounded by mountains on three sides and the Pacific Ocean on the other. The city has a lot of different landscapes, from sandy beaches to tall mountains and flat valleys. One of its most famous features is the San Gabriel Mountains, which you can see from many parts of the city. LA is also known for its long coastline, where popular beaches like Santa Monica and Venice Beach are located. The city is spread out over a huge area, making it one of the biggest in the U.S. Its diverse geography means you can go from surfing at the beach to hiking in the mountains in one day!

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. Located on Wilshire Boulevard, it features a huge collection of artwork from around the world. You can find everything from ancient artifacts to modern paintings, sculptures, and photography. One of the most famous outdoor pieces is "Urban Light," a display of vintage street lamps that people love to take pictures with. LACMA also hosts special exhibitions where you can see rare and unique works of art. The museum offers fun activities for kids and families, as well as art classes and workshops. Whether you’re an art lover or just curious, LACMA is a great place to explore creativity and culture in Los Angeles.

Rubio's Coastal Grill, Citing Rising Business Costs, Abruptly Shuts Down 48 Restaurants in California

Rising business costs can really hurt restaurants like Rubio's Coastal Grill in California. When costs for ingredients, rent, and labor go up, it becomes harder for businesses to make a profit. For example, if the price of fish increases, Rubio's would have to either raise menu prices or accept lower profits. If they raise prices too much, customers might choose to eat elsewhere. High costs can also lead to cutting staff hours or even laying off workers, which affects service quality. When a business can’t keep up with expenses, it may struggle to stay open. If these challenges continue, restaurants like Rubio's might have to close their doors for good, impacting not just the owners but also the employees and the local community.

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The tiny pink house was pretty much empty. And run-down and dark, since the electricity had been shut off. Nevertheless, someone was trying to burglarize it, a caller told 911 well after midnight on a Sunday in Montgomery, Alabama.

The police called in a K-9 handler and his dog, Niko, to search 3809 Cresta Circle. The dog lunged, found a man and bit down, according to court records. It took almost two minutes for the handler to pull the dog off. And before long, their suspect, a 51-year-old Black man, bled to death. The dog had torn an artery in his groin.

The man was Joseph Lee Pettaway, and his family says he was no burglar. He got in trouble for bad checks and served time years ago, but was now taking care of his 87-year-old mother, Lizzie Mae, and helping to repair the pink house in her neighborhood, they said; he had a key and permission to sleep there.

Joseph Pettaway’s sister, Jacqueline, comforts their mother, Lizzie Mae Pettaway. Joseph died in July of 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama, after being bitten by a police dog.Joe Songer/AL.com

The family is suing the city, seeking damages and information about what happened. “I never thought a dog would end up killing anybody, especially a trained dog,” said Walter Pettaway, Joe’s brother. The family also wants public release of the police bodycam video from July 8, 2018, that is described in court documents.

The city is fighting to keep the video from going public, arguing in court that it would cause “annoyance, embarrassment” for officers who were acting in good faith and could end up “facilitating civil unrest.” Officials did not respond to requests for comment.

Police dog bites are rarely fatal. But in other ways, the case of Joseph Pettaway is not unusual. These dogs, whose jaws and teeth are strong enough to punch through sheet metal, often produce severe injuries. Police employ them not only in emergencies, but also for low-level, non-violent incidents. The dogs bite thousands of Americans each year, including innocent bystanders, police officers, even their own handlers. And there is little oversight, nationally or in the states, of how police departments use them.

These are some of the findings of an investigation by The Marshall Project, with AL.com, IndyStar and the Invisible Institute in Chicago. We obtained dog-bite data from police departments around the country, including the agencies in the 20 largest U.S. cities. Our reporters also examined more than 140 serious cases nationwide, and reviewed thousands of pages of documents, including excessive force lawsuits, department policies, arrest reports and medical studies. We looked at scores of videos of police dog bites. We spoke with victims and their lawyers, law enforcement officials, former and current trainers and other experts.

Here’s more of what we found:

Though our data shows dog bites in nearly every state, some cities use biting dogs far more often than others. Police in Chicago almost never deploy dogs for arrests and had only one incident from 2017 to 2019. Washington had five. Seattle had 23. New York City, where policy limits their use mostly to felony cases, reported 25. By contrast, Indianapolis had more than 220 bites, and Los Angeles reported more than 200 bites or dog-related injuries, while Phoenix had 169. The Sheriff’s Department in Jacksonville, Florida, had 160 bites in this period.

Police dog bites can be more like shark attacks than nips from a family pet, according to experts and medical researchers. A dog chewed on an Indiana man’s neck for 30 seconds, puncturing his trachea and slicing his carotid artery. A dog ripped off an Arizona man’s face. A police dog in California took off a man’s testicle. Dog bites cause more hospital visits than any other use of force by police, according to a 2008 academic analysis of 30 departments.

Many people bitten were unarmed, accused of non-violent crimes or weren't suspects at all. Court records show cases often start as minor incidents—a problem with a license plate, a claim of public urination, a man looking for a lost cat. Although some departments, like Seattle, Oakland, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota, now have strict criteria about when dogs can bite, many continue to give officers wide discretion.

Some dogs won’t stop biting and must be pulled off by a handler, worsening injuries. Although training experts said dogs should release a person after a verbal command, we found dozens of cases where handlers had to yank dogs off, hit them on the head, choke them or use shock collars.

Men are the most common targets of police dog bites—and studies suggest that in some places, victims have been disproportionately Black. Investigations into the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have both found that dogs bit non-White people almost exclusively. Police dog bites sent roughly 3,600 Americans to emergency rooms every year from 2005 to 2013, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine; almost all were male, and Black men were overrepresented.

For many bite victims, there’s little accountability or compensation. Federal civil rights laws don’t typically cover innocent bystanders. In many parts of the country, criminal suspects can’t bring federal claims if they plead guilty or are convicted of a crime related to the biting incident. And even when victims can bring cases, lawyers say they struggle because jurors tend to love police dogs—something they call the Lassie effect.

Police dogs have a highly charged history in the United States, especially in the South, where they were used against enslaved people and, in the 1960s, civil rights protesters.

How Dogs Were Used as Weapons in North America’s History

French colonizers used hundreds of hounds against enslaved people who rebelled during the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), according to Tyler Parry, assistant professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Nevada, and Charlton W. Yingling, Assistant Professor at University of Louisville. An 1805 engraving shows trained bloodhounds attacking a Black Haitian family. Archive Photos/Getty Images

During the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), the United States military used Cuban bloodhounds to force the Seminole Indians from central Florida to west of the Mississippi River, as seen in an 1848 lithograph. MPI/Getty Images

An 1864 engraving by Van Ingen & Snyder depicts an enslaved man protecting his family from bloodhounds. Dogs were used to hunt enslaved people of African descent in the U.S. who had attempted to escape as early as 1790, according to Dr. Parry and Dr. Yingling. AF Fotografie/Alamy

A Black high school student, Walter Gadsden, 15, is attacked by a police dog during a civil rights demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, in this photo by Bill Hudson. These and other iconic images from the Birmingham protests shocked many Americans and helped bring an end to segregation laws. Bill Hudson/Associated Press

Officers brought dogs to the Newark race riots of 1967, which began in response to the beating by police of John Smith, a Black cab driver. An officer with a dog argued with a man on July 14, 1967. Agence France-Presse, via Getty Images

A police dog attacks a Steelers fan during the celebration of the team’s Super Bowl victory in downtown Pittsburgh, Jan. 22, 1979. R.C. Greenawalt/Associated Press

But police departments that use dogs said the K-9s are essential tools for finding fleeing suspects, and for searching dark, narrow spaces for hidden dangers. That makes them crucial for officer safety.

Not every suspect who runs or hides or is not complying with commands will try to injure an officer, said Deputy Chief Josh Barker of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. But, he said, "In a lot of the instances, we're using that K-9 as a tool because we simply don't know.”

When police use dogs properly, injuries should be minor and require little treatment, handlers, trainers and experts said. The dogs are trained to create puncture wounds, but little else. The wounds should not involve tearing flesh, and the bite shouldn’t last long—seconds, not minutes.

The dogs are “not taught to rip, they’re not taught to tear, they’re not taught to maim,” said Kenneth Licklider, who has been training and selling police dogs for decades. Licklider owns Vohne Liche Kennels in Indiana, which supplies dogs and trains their handlers.

Kenneth Licklider, owner of Vohne Liche Kennels, walks through a hallway in one of the many training buildings at his facility, in Indiana, in September. Licklider, who founded the company in 1993 after retiring from the military, has been training canines for more than 40 years. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar

And with training and supervision, the dogs bite only a fraction of the times they are used, officials said. That’s a hard statement to prove, because few departments keep standardized data. Many of those that responded to our requests for records did not provide information on deployments, and when they did it was incomplete and inconsistent.

As a spokesman for the Jacksonville sheriff noted, “With policies varying among agencies, the number of engagements cannot be accurately compared.”

But some attorneys said the law should treat police dogs as lethal weapons. “I'd put being attacked by a dog just below being shot,” said Hank Sherrod, who has represented dog bite victims in Alabama.

Law enforcement agencies employ about 15,000 dogs for everything from finding lost children to sniffing out drugs, according to the U.S. Police Canine Association, a professional group. But no countrywide database tracks police dogs, the number of bites or who is bitten. There are no national requirements for dog handlers.

Handling dogs is more art than science, some in the business say. “The handler’s personality will go right down that leash,” said Ernie Burwell, a former canine handler for the Los Angeles County Sheriff who now testifies as an expert witness in excessive force cases. “If the handler’s an idiot, the dog will be, too.”

The lack of regulation worries some experts.

“It’s just sort of the Wild West when it comes to these dogs,” said Christy Lopez, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center who previously focused on policing and civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. She recalled speaking to a young Black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, who’d been curled up in a closet when a police dog gnawed on his arm.

“In Ferguson, I realized this was not a thing that needed to be reformed,” Lopez said. “It was a thing that needed to end.”

The Police Executive Research Forum, a prominent law enforcement think tank, recently called for clearer national standards to ensure all agencies have protocols for canine use.

Police officers said they are already careful about using dogs.

“A dog bite, it’s a violent encounter,” said Patrick McKean, trainer for the Mobile Police Department in Alabama. “The dog’s hurting somebody. We’re not going to just do that just for any little reason.”

Trainers say bites are worse when people don’t follow orders—when they try to run or fight back. But many videos we reviewed show people screaming in terror or flailing around, even as the handler yells at them to stop.

“It’s really hard for someone not to move when they’re bitten, and the more they move, the more they’re bitten,” said Ann Schiavone, a law professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh who is an expert in animal law.

Take the case of Patrick Gibbons, a White 47-year-old who sells golf supplies. On May 5, 2019, he flagged down a golf-cart taxi in the Old Town district in Scottsdale, Arizona. After Gibbons demanded that the driver go faster and even tried to push the accelerator himself, the driver got out. Gibbons took off (at 15 mph) in the cart. The driver called 911, telling the dispatcher Gibbons was unarmed but drunk.

On May 5, 2019, officers in Scottsdale, Arizona released a patrol dog on Patrick Gibbons after he stole a golf-cart taxi while drunk. Courtesy of Patrick Gibbons

A swarm of patrol cars responded while Gibbons, wearing shorts and flip flops, laughed and gave police the finger. After they punctured the cart’s tires to stop it, Gibbons put his hands up. Then, an officer released the patrol dog, police video shows.

For almost two minutes, the dog chewed on Gibbons’ back and side. Police said Gibbons was “flinging the K-9 from side to side,” according to an internal affairs report, and they fired non-lethal weapons at him.

“I couldn’t move without feeling some sort of pain,” Gibbons said. “There’s still stiffness. Now I just tell people I was attacked by a shark.”

Gibbons received a $100,000 settlement from the city for his injuries, but said he’s dissatisfied that criminal and internal investigations cleared officers of any wrongdoing. Gibbons said he took a plea deal for driving while intoxicated and stealing the golf cart, spending 36 days in jail and five months on home arrest.

A police dog mauled Patrick Gibbons in Scottsdale, Arizona, in May 2019. The photos below, which Gibbons said were taken about a week after the incident, show his injuries from the dog to his torso and arm. Top: Cassidy Araiza for The Marshall Project; bottom: Courtesy of Patrick Gibbons

A Scottsdale police spokesman said officers received the call as a reported carjacking and believed they were responding to a violent felony. He said Gibbons also refused police demands to stop the golf cart. If officers realized the true situation, their response would have been “wholly and completely different,” said Sgt. Brian Reynolds.

“We’re not out just siccing dogs on people just because they’re drunk,” he said. “Absolutely not.”

Some of the most serious injuries happen when handlers struggle to make dogs let go.

In Sonoma County, California, sheriff’s deputies responded to a caller who claimed a man had a gun. They used a Taser on Jason Anglero-Wyrick, a 35-year-old Black man. After he was on the ground, video shows, they set a dog on him—and had a hard time getting it to stop attacking. Anglero-Wyrick ended up with a fist-sized hole in his calf, his lawyer said, and spent weeks in the hospital. He did not have a weapon.

Anglero-Wyrick’s family put a video of the incident on YouTube, his lawyer said, because they wanted the public to see what happened.

In Sonoma County, California, sheriff’s deputies set a dog on Jason Anglero-Wyrick, a 35-year-old Black man. Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office

“If that video hadn’t been posted, nobody would know about Jason’s case,” said his lawyer, Izaak Schwaiger.

A Sonoma County sheriff’s spokeswoman said the case is still under internal investigation and referred a reporter to a video of the incident posted to the agency’s Facebook page.

Even when they have suffered terrible injuries, people bitten by police dogs can find it very hard to collect damages. Take Deborah Hooper, a White woman who used to work as an accountant. According to court records, on May 9, 2006, a security guard at a drugstore in the San Diego suburbs caught her stealing a nail file and a couple of lipsticks. A sheriff’s deputy issued her a citation for petty theft, then took her to the parking lot and searched her car.

The deputy said he found a drug scale and what looked like methamphetamine, and tried to arrest her. As they struggled, the deputy pushed a special button on his belt, releasing his German Shepherd, court records show. The dog latched onto Hooper’s head, ripping off large chunks of her scalp and biting down to her skull.

Fourteen years later, Hooper is still undergoing surgeries. Doctors grafted skin from her thigh onto her head. They filled water balloons and stuck them under her remaining scalp to stretch the skin. She said she became a hermit and has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

She is also still in court, reliving the incident over and over again. She had to battle to get the right to sue for excessive use of force in federal court because she had pleaded guilty to resisting arrest; an appeals court eventually ruled in her favor. Her second trip to federal court ended with a hung jury.

This spring, she was back in court again, in a third trial that also ended in a hung jury. “The dog was just ripping my head back and forth,” she told jurors in San Diego. “There was blood everywhere.”

The Sheriff’s Office and the deputy said she lunged for his gun, which she denied. At the most recent trial in March, Melissa Holmes, the lawyer who represents the agency, said the officer “did what he had to do to protect himself and to protect the public.”

A spokesman for San Diego County did not respond to a request for comment.

A fourth trial was scheduled for this month but has been postponed.

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One hurdle for people seeking redress is qualified immunity, which in most cases shields government employees, including police, from liability when they are doing their jobs. In its last term, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a legal challenge to the doctrine in a lawsuit over a police dog bite. A Tennessee man, Alexander Baxter, had sued alleging that local police used a dog after he had surrendered with his hands in the air.

Outside of the courtroom, some communities are pushing for change.

Elected officials in Spokane have proposed making it harder for the police to use dogs after bodycam footage from last year showed an officer shoving a dog through a truck window and watching it chew on a man inside as he screamed. Police leaders concluded the officer acted within department policy.

“It seemed like the officers essentially used the dog to punish him,” said Breean Beggs, a civil rights lawyer and president of the Spokane City Council. “If that's policy, then there is something wrong with the policy."

The department did not respond to requests for comment.

Officers with a police dog approached protesters after they marched onto the I-680 freeway during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Walnut Creek, California, on June 1. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group

Police officers arrested a group of protesters that failed to disperse. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group

Joseph Malott was arrested during the protest after being attacked by a police dog. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group

Malott was assisted up after being handcuffed. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group

A police dog bit and scratched Malott, leaving lasting scars on his back. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group

An apparent dog bite can be seen on Malott’s left leg after he was placed on a stretcher. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group

In Salt Lake City, officials suspended the canine unit after a video showed police releasing a dog on a Black man, even though he was on his knees, hands in the air. In a rare move, prosecutors filed criminal charges of second-degree aggravated assault against the dog handler.

On Sept. 25, the city said that a review found a “pattern of abuse of power” when police used dogs, and moved to examine earlier incidents.

The Salt Lake City Police Department said in a statement that it is taking the criminal charges and a report by the Civilian Review Board into account as it works on its internal investigation.

Change is also underway in Walnut Creek, California, after officers released a dog on a demonstrator at a recent Black Lives Matter protest.

When marchers snarled highway traffic, a SWAT team released canisters of tear gas. Joseph Malott, a Black architecture student who joined the June 1 protest in his hometown, said he picked up one canister and tossed it away—in the direction of the cops.

Joseph Malott, a 22-year-old architecture student, was attacked and bitten by a police dog in Walnut Creek, California, during a Black Lives Matter demonstration on June 1. Photos of his back and legs a few hours after the incident. Top: Marissa Leshnov for The Marshall Project; bottom: Courtesy of J&J Law

Then he was face-down on the pavement. A police dog’s teeth sliced through his T-shirt and sank into his back, tearing his flesh and poking holes through his skin. He felt chewing on his leg and hand.

“It felt like I was being eaten,” Malott said recently. “They literally had to pull the dog off me.”

Public outcry about police actions at the protest prompted city leaders to promise that law enforcement wouldn’t use dogs at future demonstrations.

Charges against Malott were dropped, and he no longer needs crutches or a cane. But he still has physical and mental scars, he said. “It’s stuff that will be with me for the rest of my life.”

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