Quote (Thor123422 @ 31 Mar 2021 23:02)
Depends on the city and state. Lots of cities allow for one incident before the dog and owner are held accountable, and the circumstances will be taken into account if somebody tries to press charges.
Not nearly that clear cut for even regular people
To be honest, even though I'm no fan of Biden, I probably wouldn't press charges if the dog had bitten me. But, I'd have my lawyer work the condition that I wasn't pressing charges specifically because the dog was removed from the Whitehouse, and sent elsewhere.
The optics on a sitting US President having his dog euthanized is incredibly terrible. But after the first incident, the dog should have been removed. This is one of those "think of the children" moments. Remember, White House tours are open to children as well.