it is not the fault of the police that they got misinformation.
you nutters really need to get a grip. it's the trial that's to determine guilt or innocence. not the arrest.
and they didn't sic the dog on him because he did what they said. and the police thought they were dealing with a murderer. their job description does not include being reckless to appease your delicate sensibilities.
Jillian, misinformation or not, there is NO justification for deploying a dog on an unresisting, compliant subject, EVER! No matter what one "expects" police and other first responders have to evaluate a situation as it progresses, and adjust accordingly. Professional law enforcement officers are well aware of this, (as are civilians trained to handle and deploy a protection/apprehension canine). Like civilians, police are required to use only such force as is "reasonable and proportionate" to the situation, and deploying a dog is fairly far up the use of force continuum. I've worked with and known more than a few cops. Most are good people, who usually go the extra mile not to use excessive force. Obviously someone in this situation did otherwise. THE POLICE ARE NOT ALWAYS RUGHT, nor are their actions immune from question and censure. A badge is not a license to run amok, and most officers, local, state or federal, are well aware of this, and act accordingly. The few who do not, give the rest a bad reputation.
Incidents like this one are why I suggest to people, that it is a thoroughly bad idea to give the state and its agents carte blanche to do as they see fit, without restraint. You or anyone else is one malicious, anonymous phone call, or one mistaken address on a "no-knock" warrant, away from having your door kicked in at 3am by a group of cops who may or may not be totally professional, may be highly agitated, may have had a bad day, and can most likely shoot you and get away with it. Don't think it can't happen to you, because it can. I am willing to bet, that you would be more than a little angry if they deployed a dog on you, or worse. I suggest you remember that. That is why we do not and should not give officers a free pass on anything they do, and why we have to insist their actions be subject to review, no matter how much we sympathize with the difficulties inherent in their profession.