The question is...why was the dog released?
Did he point the gun at the officers? Or was it just a chance to use the dog?
It’s unreasonable to expect a citizen to know whether a dog is trying to disarm him or attack him. If this had been the wrong person, just an innocent civilian, how is he to know that he’s not in danger?
...unless you want the police just releasing dogs to attack people without reason, then there had better be a reason for the release. Did the chief say that Mr. Jackson was shooting first, before the dog was released? Or even threatening anyone? Or just complying with the request?
Again, did you see or hear Chief Harper at 6? The officers involved did not know the dog had been shot until Jackson was downed. It was that fast. Jackson drew and shot (the officers seemed to think they were being fired upon...not the dog). When the shooting stopped, Jackson and the dog were both down. What is hard to understand about that?