3 ms·
I am a dog lover through and through. But it is very tough to see what the police could have done differently, except maybe taser him/her instead. That dog look
by jessedhillon 13y ago
I am a dog lover through and through. But it is very tough to see what the police could have done differently, except maybe taser him/her instead. That dog looks like he was 70+ lbs, and he was lunging at the officer, in my view. It's very, very sad to have seen this -- I wish the window had been rolled up.
That said, yes the police did instigate this in the larger sense by (I guess?) arresting him for taping the incident.
- machrider 13y agoThe police could have not arrested him for committing no crime. I'm pretty sure that option was on the table.
- jessedhillon 13y agoYes, I agree and said as much. Once they did begin to arrest him, and the dog did jump out -- from that point, I don't see that they had much choice but to shoot the dog.
- whiddershins 13y agoWhat they could have done differently is not violate the guy's civil rights in the first place. If he wasn't handcuffed, he could have easily controlled his dog.
- nknighthb 13y ago1. Don't reach for an angry dog. 2. Take the cuffs off the guy you're kidnapping. 3. Let the victim of your sociopathic aggression calm his dog down.
- logn 13y agoAlso it's pretty well understood, I'd imagine especially by police officers, dogs' reactions to their owners being threatened. They either could have foreseen this, or more cynically, they wanted this to happen.