I mean, this isn't the cop's fault. He got a BOLO and followed up on it. The dog, like my dog would have done, thought the owner was threatened and came out to protect.
These cops didn't know that they were dealing with a nice family mistaken as robbers. Would you rather them put their lives in danger by politely walking up to the car and tapping on the window and asking them, politely, if they happened to have violently robbed somebody?
Sometimes, we are too hard on all cops because of what some, not all, cops have done.
Well yes I would.
The number of incidents of individual cops being shot at is very low. You watch too much TV if you think otherwise.
Deputy Fife felt the need to carry a gun, Sheriff Taylor never did.
We have militarized our police force too much. We don't need to treat most incidents as needing a SWAT team.
Don't you think Ruby Ridge would have come off a whole lot better if they got a pot-bellied tobacco-spitting sheriff to go knock on Weaver's door, tug on his suspenders, spit, and say "Hey Randy, ya missed your court date [ptuh!]. What's up with that?"
Instead we got a SWAT team to go in and kill his wife and shoot up the place.
If the police are here to protect me from criminals, who will protect me from the police?