[GRAPHIC] Police arrest man for filming raid, then shoot his dog in front of him

(07-08-2013 03:22 AM)dj tim Wrote:  it's a dangerous situation overall. He can't keep someone in custody and say "oh take care of you dog" and risk him potentially sicking his dog on the officers with him running away. Plus, you can't just pepper spray an animal who knows what'll happen. When you're an officer you have to make decisions on the spot and they had to do what they obviously had to do. Put yourself in their shoes and you'll understand completely.

I've looked at this from all 3 perspectives: the officer's, the dog owner's and the bystander's perspectives. And I hate to say, all 3 of them are at fault.

The officer did not have to shoot the dog. Pepper spray would have been disastrous, and tasering it would have settled it down for a short time so the owner or officers could move it back into the vehicle somehow before the shock wore off. They could have told its owner to control his dog, but being a police officer, these thoughts would be pushed away by more convenient/quicker ways to handle the situation.

The dog owner was provoking the officers to begin with. He drove by them slowly before he stepped out, and he was blaring loud music. And with his Rottweiler in the back, who wouldn't be intimidated at least a little? He was asking for a questioning, at the least. He did however try to get his dog under control during his arrest. In an interview he mentioned he was telling his dog 'no' and to get back.

The bystanders were blaring loud music the whole time and it seems they were encouraging something to happen between the cops and the dog owner. It was only until they saw the cops trying to shoot the dog when they thought the whole thing had blown out of proportion.

When you just watch the video and judge it without looking over it again, it looks very much like the cops are strictly the bad guys. But look it over a few more times and you can see the whole picture.