“In that story, one dog attack another, the dog that did the attack was put down. By the other dog owner. The dog that was attack was on a leash, the dog that was put down was running free and out of control. Not hard to understand.”
The point was this was an example of another overreaction by law enforcement. The officer took his dog to a dog park on a leash and there was an altercation between his dog and another. The federal officer pulled out his sidearm and killed the other dog. When a dog is on a leash around other dogs it creates dynamics that cause aggression. Dogs at dog parks do run free, that’s the purpose. They police tried to cover it up and squelch the story but the owner of the dog that was killed took it to talk radio and the rest as they say his history. There was total public outrage. The officer was charged etc..
Wearing a badge does not give a cop the right to abuse the people who pay him. The aspect of who works for whom is often lost by “public servants”.
I think it just happened that the dog attack a leashed dog of a cop, your comparison is off base. Would you have shot a dog attacking your animal, most people would.