Shoot one and its just like murdering a cop
Just striking one when it's chewing on your ass will get you an assaulting a police officer charge too. I never felt that was fair, when a dog is biting you it is nothing like fighting with an officer, you instinctively will try and stop it. If I was on a jury and this charge came up I might convict him on every other charge there, but I would never vote to convict for fighting off a biting dog.