Pomeranians are small, friendly, noisy dogs. An average Pomeranian weighs around 5 pounds. They are not aggressive. But they are noisy. So by all means, Mr. Policeman. Spray bullets all over the place to defend yourself from such a small dog, one that’s not even charging you.
And if you hit some innocent person, that’s just too damn bad. For the innocent person, that is.
Many (most?) cops are good guys. And yes, their work is difficult. But I’m sick and tired of watching cops behaving in a totally trash manner. No other profession has so many lunatics. Consider emergency room physicians, for example. That’s a very stressful job. But you don’t see those professionals losing control, and hurting innocents.
I’m done defending the police. I’m now police-neutral, with a negative bias.
Some people are incapable of making critical life and death decisions on the fly. This officer is clearly one of those people. I have pulled people from duties based on how they reacted in high stress training and disqualified others who failed on the job. I have been through training where failure to qualify (shooting the hostage, failure to shoot the threat, failure in firefighting situations, etc) meant you failed to qualify, period. If the Navy can do this, then LEO can too. Shooting at a Pomeranian with people in the line of fire should disqualify a person from carrying a badge and a gun, but proper screening and training would have identified his incompetence from the beginning.