I love these “cop shoots dog” threads, and typically I take the side that’s against the cop.
Because, typically, they shoot a dog in the course of some *other* police business. And sometimes it’s not even a dog at the house they’re falsely raiding, or whatever. And usually the dog isn’t really a threat.
But c’mon, yall —
1) The cop was responding to a LOOSE DOG call, for goodness sakes.
2) The dog charged the cop OUTSIDE — NOT inside — the home
3) The owner was present and couldn’t/wouldn’t control the dog
4) Another of the owner/occupants got in the cop’s face, complicating an already difficult situation
I have to take the cop’s side over the problem-causing yahoos on this one!
This could have been rectified if people werent such pansies and didnt call the cops because a dog was loose.
As for the dog charging, the second the officer was aggressive in the dog’s mind, one of the two was going to be leaving hurt or dead. But the dog had every right to be there and in its yard. As for the owner, if a cop shows up and starts demanding things of someone who hasnt broken a law, why does the owner needs to follow the cop’s instructions? Last, the cop got in the family’s face first, creating the situation.