[Joe Hadenuf]

Yep, in retrospect, probably not. But like I said before that makes you a monday morning quarterback. And in reality we don't know that the dog wasn't trying to get to the cop to chew on him in defense of his family.....now do we?

Did you examine the video tape? There were at least three armed LEOS on scene, one with a shotgun trained on the family members/vehicle. The *family member suspects* were basically already neutralized, on their knees and being cuffed. A small dog exits the vehicle and this LEO blows it's head off, the shotgun blast caused the other LEOs to all jump, as if they were under attack.

Let me tell you something pal, these family members came very close to being all shot to death. Don't you realize that a gun shot being fired at a critical time could cause all or some of the LEOS on the scene to unload on the suspects? Happens all the time.

The LEO that killed the dog is an idiot, and almost caused his partners to kill off this family.

All for what? Being afraid of a minor bite from a small dog?

[motzman]

All for what? Being afraid of a minor bite from a small dog?

And that's the main point, Joe. Good 'ole Roscoe P. Coltrane almost got himself and a lot of innocent people killed because of his improper discharge of a firearm. What the Hell was this wipe doing with a shotgun anyway when it was clear that there was no threat present?

Cops piss me off too, but there are the good and the bad. The defenders of the bad cops actually hurt the good cops...

[Hatteras]

"All for what? Being afraid of a minor bite from a small dog?"

Have you ever seen what kind of minor bite a small dog such as a forty-pound pitbull can inflict?