I think this was handled badly by all parties. What I don't understand is when the dog jumped out of the car if he wanted to he would have ran straight to someone and tried to defend his owner. There were atleast two times when the cops reached for the dog and he kinda backed away when he could have just snapped at them. When the last cop briskly walks up and pressures the dog the dog does snap but is not lunging at the cop he is already back on the ground by the time the cop shoots him. I just feel like if the cops would have let him the owner easily could have got his dog calmed down and placed somewhere safely out of the way. And if your gonna shoot anything kill it fast. Good lord he shot the dog several times and then just backed up to watch it sieze up and die. Just put it out of his misery.
I understand what you are saying and agree to an extent. With that said, you cannot dictate a tame or wild animals aggression or action the first time you've ever seen the animal in question. Secondly, you only shoot as many rounds as necessary to stop the aggressor. Especially in public. I agree that they should have tried OC spray or something but I dont know what was going through there minds either. Good post Whistler.
That makes sense what you said about shooting in public. I am sure the officer didn't go around the station bragging on what he had done. If he was a dog owner I am sure he was very sad. I get that he felt threatened and was trying to take care of himself and probably just went with his first gut reaction. Just an all around crappy situation.
