My exact point. Most inner city residents have only seen vicious dogs, be they guard dogs, police dogs or drug dealer dogs. ANY dog, including the world's most friendliest beagle (our dog) scared the wits out of them. A real shame.
Given that attitude, I doubt any urban jury would convict anybody of killing a police dog, since they had reasonable fear of their life.
LOL. In this case, the perp won't have a day in court, but having been a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, I can damn well guarantee the guy would have done some very long hard time for shooting a K-9 if he had somehow survived his Darwin Award moment.