“It has been my experience, that the owners of unruly dogs are the problem, not the dogs. The bullet ended up where it belonged. Maybe she should be ordered to take the money she is awarded from her lawsuit and get some advice on how to keep her dogs in line.”
Just, Wow...a barking dog = an unruly dog and irresponsible dog owner (thus the bullet ended up were it belonged?) Considering there’s no mention of the dog attacking the officer—or even approaching him, I’d say you’re a little off base. The fact that the officer fired in the “direction” of the noise—and missed, indicates to me that the dog was never a threat, nor even close since he missed.
For all we know, the dog was properly leashed and possibly even restrained by the owner since she was the one struck by the bullet. Anyone who knows anything about firearms knows you don’t fire in the direction of an intended target; you fire at the target.
The cop really blew it when he fired his weapon carelessly. He probably should consider a career outside of handling firearms.
So quick to judge my comment, which should have contained a sarcasm tag about the plaintiff being hit, but lax on the rest of the posters here who want blood after only seeing the plaintiff’s lawyer’s “suit”. And the part of the story the medium decided to present.
“The fact that the officer fired in the “direction” of the noise—and missed, indicates to me that the dog was never a threat, nor even close since he missed.”
The fact that the plaintiff needed the help of police to remove her unruly son from her house indicates to me that the woman never learned how to administer discipline, to her son or her dogs.