That's definitely possible.
You can't really tell from the video.
The dog doesn't seem to turn or slow. Most somewhat aggressive dogs will turn or stop a short distance away and bark.
This dog doesn't appear to slow or turn away. He might have been about to turn away right about when he was shot, but he was already really close at that point.
It seems to me the dog was either really, really friendly or really, really aggressive.
I can't tell one way or the other from the video.
Why do you think it was really friendly rather than really aggressive?
I own a red-haired Golden - colour my perception, I guess.
She would run up to a stranger like that, and -*ahem*- service them.
On the other hand, my Akita (sadly deceased), would have NEVER run up to someone like that. He would have posted, hackles raised, and sounded a warning.
Now, many years ago, I owned a blue-eyed Alaskan - she would not have offered any warning at all. If she decided something needed to die, it did.
But she also never charged anything in the driveway.
My point is, a charging dog inten on mayhem is not competent to the job - most charging dogs are intent on a but-sniffing lick-fest.
That dog did not display an aggressive posture. That pathetic excuse for a cop was way out of line. He’s lucky the home owner didn’t shoot him.
Mike