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Originally posted by Bring_Back_Shantz@Jun 10 2005, 03:09 PM
2) Why does the cop have to have a struggle with the Dog before shooting it is jusified. As has been brought up, if a guy lunges at a cop with a knife is he expected to struggle with the guy first, or can he just shoot him? I for one would never want to struggle with a German Shepard if it was actually trying to do me any harm.
Again none of us know what the actual circumstances are. If the cop just decided to shoot a friendly dog he should be punished. If the cop actually precieved a threat to his safety then I'll defend him. Untill we get the actual facts both scenarios are equally likely so why don't we all just reserve our judgement for now.
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Difference is, that a guy with a knife has the intent of harming the Cop, just by pointing a knife or gun at him.
With a dog, its a grey area. If there was one, it didn't seem like some prologed attack, or did the dog have the cop down on the ground.
As I mentioned, my dog growls and barks at me when she gets done playing around in the yard with me. Bears her teeth, and the odd time she'll jump up at me (70lbs lab) and take a nip at me. She'll also jump up, without teeth bared, to people who come into the house, in an excited way.
Each dog has different ways of dealing with strangers. What may seem agressive to someone, may seem like playing to the dog, and vice versa.
I just find its tough for the cop to assume that he was backed into a corner and it was clear that the dog had intent from doing severe harm or killing the cop, and thus only option was to shoot him/her, given the timeline of the story, thats all.