[HamiltonJay]

I wouldn’t neccessarily agree.

I can’t think of any human being who seeing a dog coming at them in attack mode who would not defend themselves from it, instinctively. To presume from that the person would inately keep firing at human being is a bit of a leap of logic.

Expecting someone to just take a dog attack because a police man ordered them too is rediculous.

[socialismisinsidious]

So then...you would argue that someone will defend themselves, instinctively, against a dog attack, but that an officer who just saw a suspect fire a gun in his/her direction should....what? Stand down and know that he isn't next?!

The dog is irrelevant. The suspect (who the cops were called to look for b/c of gun fire in the area) pulled a gun out after the police told him to raise his freaking hands. Raise your freaking hands and we can talk....pull out a gun and you are going to be shot. duh.

[70th Division]

All the perp had to do is show his hands as police ordered and the dog would have never attacked. Quite simple really. I bet he did not have a permit for the gun either

[Dianna]

I can’t think of any human being who seeing a dog coming at them in attack mode who would not defend themselves from it, instinctively. To presume from that the person would inately keep firing at human being is a bit of a leap of logic.

A dog coming from out of the blue, I can agree with you. A police dog ordered to attack because I have, presumably, not complied with police orders...unlikely.

[Dionysius]

Once the punk pulled the gun all bets were off. The cop didn’t have the time or obligation to make any fine distinctions.