I have 3 shepherds I trained myself (in fact, we train daily as high-drive dogs need the work)
That said, any kind of dog can be aggressive or a biter.
I refuse to label any breed with a broad brush - it’s been my experience that a problem dog usually has a problem owner.
Hey, I’m biased - I love GS.
However, I do see problems in the breed generally - but I just tire of the labels on a dog that is likely the most popular breed in the world and has been probably for some 50 years. They are numerous, so it isn’t shocking that a some would be poor characters, anyway.
But, that wasn’t even the point of this story. There was no indication (so far) of real “wrong-doing” by any dog. Why people had to launch into “bad GS” when they weren’t even talking about a dog FIGHT, I don’t know. The focus here should be the GS handler, not the dogs.