what would you do if cops showed up at your house, killed your dog, and then commanded you, at pain of assault and arrest, to cut its head off;

Crawford County, GA — A horrifying video was submitted to the Free Thought Project previously showing two Georgia cops force a father to cut his own dog’s head off because one of them had just shot it. After battling this case for over two years, the innocent father who was forced to do the unspeakable is finally nearing  closure now that a federal judge ruled that his rights under the U.S. Constitution were violated. 

The family filed a lawsuit for damages sustained when police shot and killed their dog and then forced the father to cut off its head to bring it to the health department.

“The court agrees that Goodwin was right to be mad and upset when faced with the indignity of removing his pet’s head — clearly a disgusting, humiliating and revolting choice that no one should have to endure,“ U.S. District Court Judge Tripp Self said in the ruling on Friday, according to the Macon Telegram.

Joe Nate Goodwin and his wife, Natasha Dakon filed the lawsuit seeking more than a half-million in damages from that extremely disturbing incident.

“Under extreme emotional duress and distress, and under threat of incarceration and physical harm, Plaintiff Goodwin was forced to decapitate the dog with a knife,” the lawsuit states.

As the AJC notes, in addition to the “great physical and mental pain and suffering,” which has required counseling, Goodwin lost his job as a result of the actions, the lawsuit states............read more.......