[Veggie Todd]

Wagging of the tail is in no way an indication of what the dog is about to do. That statement shouldn't even be in the story. The family should have repeatedly told the cops there was a dog in the car and asked the cops if they could restrain him first. My dog wears a harness attached to the seat belt everywhere we go.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Apparently you haven't been following this story. The family is heard repeatedly on the videotape asking the officers to close the car door so the dogs won't get out. Furthermore, one of the officers, while holding the car door open, is heard telling the other officers that there's a dog in the car, but still he doesn't close the door. If the police can't figure out that they need to close the car door when they know there's a dog inside, it's a bit much to expect the family to do it while they're complying with orders to exit their car at gunpoint.

[scan59]

They did repeatedly tell the police officers, and asked them to close the car doors.

[Alylonee]

Did you see the video??? The dog is romping around in a completely unagressive manor. But lets give that cop the benefit of the doubt for a minute and say he doesn't know the first thing about dogs.... Was shooting the dog in the head necessary? Could he have disable it somehow first? Or maybe he should've listened when the entire family begged him to close the doors to their car?