A depressed Army reservist who made a phone call for help says dozens of police responded by surrounding his home and arresting him, vandalizing and searching his place without a warrant, seizing his dog and killing his tropical fish.

Matthew Corrigan, who lives alone with his dog, sued the District of Columbia in D.C. Federal Court. Confronted with a massive police presence after his plea for help, Corrigan says, he denied officers permission to enter his house, but they entered and trashed it anyway

saying, "I don't have time to play this constitutional bull#!"

Corrigan seeks more than $500,000 in damages for constitutional violations. He is represented by Richard Gardiner, of Fairfax, Va.