"Oh, my God, please get your dog," Bates could be heard screaming in body camera video of the incident while Brentwood Police Officer Ryan Rezentes is seen pulling at the dog's leash. "My whole skin is off."
The lawsuit alleges Rezentes set his K-9, a German shepherd named Marco, on Bates without issuing a warning or giving her a chance to surrender. The dog bit and gnawed on Bates' scalp, the lawsuit alleges, and ignored Bates' and Rezentes' attempts to halt the attack.
According to the original complaint, Brentwood police were sent to Ulta Beauty Supply, a cosmetics store, on Feb. 10, 2020, after an employee reported that three women had shoplifted several items.
Brentwood city officials agreed to pay Talmika Bates $967,000 over the 2020 incident, which left the then-24-year-old woman suffering from severe dog bites and gashes to her scalp.
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