Oh yeah, dontcha know, some pugs can be mistaken for Pit Bulls...
I have seen a 60 lb Pit Bull during a "rage", and man was that think vicious, the dog took a severe beating and acted like nothing was happening to it. I can imagine that a 100lb Pit mix would be nearly unstoppable. So knowing that, I can see why they shot it 8 times.
The whole "pug" thing sounds like someone wrote the story meaning to further impugn the police officers. I'd simply like the truth and the facts that would then allow me to judge.
In fact, there were many more references to it being a Pit mix, than there were for it being a pug, when I searched for the story via Google. I wonder if there was one source that got it wrong.
My guess is that this pit mix might have actually been a Johnson type American Bulldog. Wrinkly "bull" type dog, about 100 lbs for a large specimen. Very strong and very capable..