As I stated the owner certainly has some degree of culpability in this. I know better than to let my dog go anywhere near cops; perhaps she should have known better. That said, I still don't see how this "vicious snarling" dog got shot in the back of the head while *attacking*. Was the dog attacking them with her ass?
Let’s assume that the neighbors who said it was a ruff-ruff dog are right.
What would prompt other neighbors to say it was snarling?
What would they think of the dog and the lady that they would lie about her dog snarling?