exactly.
And then your gonna arrest the owner of the dog you just blasted? Screw you pig.
Right...give him the death penalty. After all, it was just a leg and he doesn't need both legs. What a self-serving creep...
In Evansville, IN, back in 2008, an officer pulled the same stunt...afraid he was going to get bit as he entered the back yard of a house being served a warrant. He encounters the dog, a 13-14 yr. old beagle/basset hound mix with cataracts that have blinded her, and she is deaf.
She is leashed and chained to a 20 ft. cable in a fenced in backyard...the cop says she growled at him and he was held off by her for a few minutes when she was threatening him, so he shot her once in the top of the head from 3 feet away.
Homeowners sued the city, got a small ($17,500) settlement.
More on that incident here: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/jul/13/family-upset-policeman-cleared-in-dog-killing/