Trying to hold down a big dog is tough also its very hard even if you are the owner if the dog doesn't want to be held down is mad scared ect.
I could very well see the dog trying to bite the holder.
Was the officer justified to killed the dog not enough infomation for me to call it one way or the other.
It is easy be a back seat quarter back when you were not there.
All witnesses have confirmed that the owner had the dog under control. The officer * forcibly removed* the dog from the owner’s control.
Which scenario is more likely to result in an out of control dog—an owner, who knows the dog and knows best how to keep it subdued, or a stranger grabbing the dog away from the owner, frightening the dog which doesn’t understand why it is being separated from its alpha?
“I have broken up a few of them”
I broke up one (between my male GSD and my male Cairn Terrier.) It was over a bone and the GSD decided to question the alpha quality of the Cairn. In my case, it sounded worse than the actual fight but I did try to separate them and got bitten (by accident... it wasn’t directed at me). I don’t know your techniques or the “right” ones but I screamed at the top of my lungs and both dogs froze. I said, “GET IN YOUR ROOOOM!!” and the GSD walked away with his tail between his legs.