I agree that the citizen needs to repair her fence.
But the bigger problem here is not loose dogs, but a loose, trigger-happy Public Servant of Peace.
The scary thing about all this is this not an abberration. This forum has been peppered with similar events from the East Coast to the West Coast.
More and more, the Law Enforcement Establishment, with their outrageous perks and salaries, and undue political influence, has been setting itself up as a culture and society apart from the citizenry they are supposed to protect.
Even more frightening is the drfit towards a paramilitary establishment along the lines of the Carabineri or Gendarmerie. Watch them training at a Police Acadmy. It looks like a military institution. And they bring that attitude with them when they graduate.
This is NOT the America I was born into and NOT the kind of police force that existed in the 1950s.
They are frighting and dangerous.
We were far better off with Sheriffs, Marshalls, posses and militias.