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Originally Posted by Canehdianman
I'm not really sure how to quantify it, but I would expect a police officer (much less a group of 3 of them) to attempt to defuse the situation before opting to just shoot the dog.
Likely, not a very good explanation, but that's what I've got.
It's a shame that the only innocent party in this event was the one that got shot.
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As terrible as it is, I do consider what he did defusing the situation. As much as I love animals, you got innocent bystanders, co-officers, a defenseless man with his arms handcuffed behind his back, little or no information and an aggressive rottweiler with a split second to make a decision. That's not a good mix and I don't blame him for his decision. In the end no one person was harmed, that might not have been the case if he didn't pull out his gun.
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Originally Posted by Canehdianman
I would compare it to something different.. more along the lines of someone jumping in to defend someone who is being attacked by a gang. In fact, the only justifiable action I see is the dog attacking the police officers in defense of his owner.
Police detain someone for no legitimate reason, creating the dangerous situation.
Be it because he had loud music playing or because he was recording the police, they had no right to detain or arrest him.
The guy doesn't resist, but they still decide to manhandle him.
Dog jumps out of the car to defend his owner from being attacked.
Had it been a legitimate arrest (perhaps if he had been doing something against the law), then I could see the shooting of the dog being in a grey area, but given that there was no reason (as near as I can tell) for them to arrest him, then I'll continue to put the blame for the situation on the police officer.
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Obstruction of justice? Even the dog-owner admits he didn't comply with their orders to turn down the music. I think that's getting overlooked, the officers didn't want to have him turn down the music because they weren't fans of Usher.
It was because they couldn't communicate effectively in an extremely dangerous situation. The fact that people are bringing up him filming the police, when we know there were ton of people taking videos as well (hence the video) that weren't bothered with at all seems to be a pretty crazy stretch.
And then comparing the officers legally detaining someone to being attacked by a gang is something I don't quite grasp.
I think, for the most part, everyone agrees the dog did nothing wrong trying to protect his owner and it sucks he died but I just can't blame the officer.
Also manhandled?