The dog was not under control by its ‘handler.’ If you read the one eyewitness’s report, the cop as ‘astride’ the dog that was still fighting to get up and likely back in the fight. The ‘handler’ who’s given kudo’s for ‘really trying,’ did NOT have the dog under control and should never have brought him to the event to begin with.
You may never have attended this event, but I have. It is very crowded in an urban neighborhood; families come with their small children. It is not an environment for pittbulls and/or rottweilers.
It’s clear that the writer of the article has no clue what breed the other dog was. A rottweiler does not resemble an American Staffordshire terrier.
The other dog has been identified as a poodle, and it may (or may not) have instigated the fight).
The dog struggling does not defacto indicate that it desired to re-engage in the fight, but that it wanted to be *up*.
Furthermore, the witness who described him as “trying” also indicated that she turned away from the scene. People who have reason to believe that someone can barely control what they deem an apparently aggressive dog do not typically take their eyes off the dog, as that witness did. It is clear that she thought shooting the dog was an overreaction, and inappropriate, regardless.
Since the poodle may have instigated the fight, why are you laying the blame on the owner of the other dog, whose dog is just as conceivably the victim of an attacking dog?
“It is not an environment for pittbulls and/or rottweilers.”
Some guys just can’t get by without their four-legged penis extensions.
You may never have attended this event, but I have. It is very crowded in an urban neighborhood; families come with their small children. It is not an environment for pittbulls and/or rottweilers.
But it is a perfectly fine venue for a JBT to open-fire not knowing what all is down range or having any regard for ricochets.
There is no situation that can't be made much worse by simply introducing a LEO. Life and liberty are always in mortal danger when LEOs are present.