[EBUCK]

Did you see the video?

In the cops defense, the dog was moving fast. About 2 seconds is all it took for the dog to circle around and head for the cop, at least by the tape that's what it looked like.

And a lot of pit-bulls are short statured like that. I heard that it was a bulldog, which in that amount of time could be mistaken.

Someone should have closed the door to the car IMO.

[mc10]

go to tennessean.com and follow link to video of shooting of this dog and post it here...i haven't bothered to learn how to do this

[Wolfie]

Something reported at first, but not seen since, was that the family indicated that they played with the dog using a flashlight, and that's why the dog reacted the way it did.

[Severa]

That's the thing though, I've read in some of the news reports that the family can be heard on the tape asking to close the door to the car so the dog won't jump out.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

And a lot of pit-bulls are short statured like that. I heard that it was a bulldog, which in that amount of time could be mistaken.

Sorry EBUCK old boy. No confusion possible.

Pit Bull

Bulldog

Now. The owner said it was a Bullgog-Boxer mix. I'll give you that. The Boxer mix would have longer legs than a Bulldog. If it was a Pit Bull...that animal, if it was attacking, would have headed straight for the officer at a run and would have been on him in 1 second flat. There wouldn't have been any 3-4 second delay. He wouldn't have had time to draw down on a Pit Bull that wanted his ass. There would have been no circling and tail wagging as is shown in the video.

I've said it on other threads and I'll say it here. The cop panicked and fired. Period. Now he doesn't have the balls to admit it. Either that or he is following the advice of counsel. Either way...being a cop on the street notwithstanding...he's a coward with no honor.

If he admitted that he panicked and screwed up, begging forgiveness from the owners, do you think there would be as much of a stink about this whole issue? I don't.

[Wright is right!]

"And a lot of pit-bulls are short statured like that. I heard that it was a bulldog, which in that amount of time could be mistaken."

There is a HUGE difference between an American Staffordshire Terrier (so-called Pit Bull) and THIS dog, which was a Boxer/English Bulldog mix. Pit bulls have short, stubby legs and enormous heads and move stiffly. This dog had a normal-sized head, was more lanky, and moved gracefully.

The video showed the dog loping gently, not running in a threatening manner.

Michael