[EBUCK]

From what I saw...subjective of course, the dog bounded out of the car, nosed around a bit then exited screen right. When next appearing, he was heading straight toward the cop at speed (wolfie, I read about the flashlight thing too, but the cop couldn't have known this), the cop took a step back (perhaps bracing his weapon) and fired at the dog point blank.

All in all it seemed to take less than three seconds from exiting the car to shooting and one of those seconds was spent off screen.

[NittanyLion]

From what I saw...subjective of course, the dog bounded out of the car, nosed around a bit then exited screen right. When next appearing, he was heading straight toward the cop at speed (wolfie, I read about the flashlight thing too, but the cop couldn't have known this), the cop took a step back (perhaps bracing his weapon) and fired at the dog point blank.

I've been around long enough to know your views on these issues, so I respect your opinion. And I can see your point.

Perhaps what bothers me so much is the fact that these cops apparently demonstrated no regret for their actions until this story became national news.