Dog-Shooting Update
Surprise, surprise. The cops lied about it. The Tennessean had an audio expert analyze the sound on the video, and determined that Cookeville Officer Eric "I'm terrified by tail-waggin' mutts" Hall shot the dog simultaneous with yelling "Get back!" Two officers claimed Hall yelled "get back!' before firing. But he didn't. Officers also claim the dog barked, but the audio indicates the dog did not bark.

The Cookeville police officer who shot to death a family's dog Jan. 1 during a traffic stop did not yell ''get back!'' before firing, as he and another officer wrote in police reports, an audio expert said. Computer enhancement of the audio portion of the videotape does not match with some accounts given by police officers of what happened.

Sadly, the trigger-happy Hall still has his job. And his gun. Don't you feel safe when you're passing through Cookeville?