What makes you say that? How can you tell he's not being aggressive from that choppy video? I'm honestly wondering what you are seeing in that video that I'm not.
It could be that it's just a really friendly dog that's gonna jump up on him and lick him because you can't really tell if he's really friendly or really aggressive.
The officer reacts to him as if the dog is being aggressive.
The dog doesn't appear to be stopping or turning when it gets close, which could mean either really friendly, or really aggressive.
It definitely wasn't a shy dog that runs up and then barks from a short distance off.
I would also say that there are far, far more overly friendly dogs than dogs that will charge and actually attack someone. Especially someone that doesn't turn and run. Of course people don't usually react as this officer did with really friendly dogs, and it's likely as a police officer he's dealt with a lot of really friendly dogs running up to him, and pretty doubtful that he's made a habit of just shooting friendly dogs running up to him.
Forgetting for a moment whether the dog was being aggressive or friendly - (and I would say from ten reruns of the video, plus many years of canine experience, that I would come down on the side of friendly) - But forgetting that for just a moment.......
Hasn’t anyone in Oklahoma ever heard of Mace or Pepperspray?
Works just fine for Mrs. shibumi, who’s been a USPS Letter Carrier for over 20 years.
Simple... the gait of the dog. The run is a playful bouncy run, not an aggressive approach. If that dog was being aggressive, it would have lowered it’s profile and set for a lunge... it didn’t, not even close. That dog was coming over to say hi and died for it for no reason.
Mike
Well then, maybe the cowardly jackbooted POS could have just run back to his patrol car rather than killing the dog.
Are you a cop or something? Or just another one of the JBT-loving authoritaria statist contingent here on FR?