Police - protect, serve, detain, shoot dog

[The Dharma Bum]

That dog did not attack that officer. If a dog like that attacks you it's going to grab you and tear you up.

They could have let the guy control his dog, but they were too busy acting like badasses instead of community helpers.

[eynon81]

[lnrw]

[uebermann]

[exploited]

There is no doubt that this man was detained for extremely poor reasons. I think we can all agree with that. The problem lies in the fact that regardless of the nature of the arrest, this was a clear cut case of self-defense. Period.

The only rebuttal I've heard is that they were wrong to arrest the owner... and yet nobody has accounted for the fact that this dog jumped out of the window of a car and lunged at a police officers face. Nobody has the right to use violence against police officers just because they disagree with an arrest... again, end of story. They weren't beating this man in the street. There is no Rodney King type context here. If a human being can't do this, why should a dog capable of doing extreme damage be given a pass? Especially when behaving so aggressively.

I get the fact that people have serious emotional connections with dogs, but it is clouding alot of judgement here. You do not and should not have the right to attack and hurt police officers when they do something wrong. Not you, and not your dog. Maybe if they were assaulting the guy I'd feel differently, but they weren't. There was no violent behaviour whatsoever until the dog got out of the car.

Non suggested that they should have allowed the owner to calm the dog down. I can agree with that. It would have ended better. But again, the officers were well within their rights to do what they did, although I hope next time they don't resort to violence as quickly.

[Dobby]

Sounds like a bit of a crap excuse (and heavy handed excuse) to arrest someone to be honest.

[uebermann]

[PoS]

[Winchester]

[uebermann]