MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Two Mountain View police officers have been cleared after a Florida man was injured in an attack by a police dog he claimed was racially motivated.
An internal investigation says there was no wrongdoing, or racial motivation by the two officers when a police dog bit Patrick Terry while he was being questioned.
The 25-year-old had been stopped and handcufffed by police after he was seen arguing with his girlfriend outside a bowling alley late one night last fall.
A German shepherd police dog bit Terry's leg several times when he was lying on the ground, causing injuries that required stitches.
Terry, who is black, filed a complaint with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
He also told the San Jose Mercury News that he was targeted because he was a large, black man and his girlfriend was a petite white woman.
Police say the dog jumped out of a police car's open window on his own.
The dog has not worked since the incident and will be evaluated by an independent consultant.
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