Based on the recent upheaveal about the policeman in TN killing the dog, I would say you are just about right. What is really important doesn't matter any more.
I dont understand your point??
I saw that dog. I saw the video. It was a small dog, with its tail wagging, slowly walking in a round about manner in the grass by the car, not threatening to anyone or attacking anyhone at all. I would not have been threatened by that small little non-aggressive dog with its tail wagging.