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some people are also saying that it's technically a crime scene so he can be legally detained for causing a scene.
just trying to put some stuff into perspective.
Officer from a different state here.
It appears the dog was, in defense of it's owner, attempting to bite the officer who was attempting to restrain the dog. The owner was obviously worried the dog would attempt to attack as he tried to kick the dog to get him to stay back. The dog was posing a potential threat to the officers...therefore justified shooting.
HOWEVER, depending on what they charge the owner with it could be deemed the officers provoked the dog for needlessly arresting the owner. In which case they violated his constitutional rights which is a felony, and the shooting is no longer justified. At least in the state in which I work. From what I can see in the video, and this is just my opinion, it appears there is absolutely ZERO reason to arrest the owner as he was only video taping the raid along with several other individuals, including some just watching and nobody else was arrested. At least not in this video.
SO, assuming there is not another reason for the arrest that we do not see in the video, imo they should not have arrested him. Anyways just thought I would share my thoughts. It will be interesting to see what happens through the investigation.
Edit: posted this in the old thread too.
I too agree with you however, Tazers...while very effective against dogs...like even more so than against people, are incredibly inaccurate.
Also officers train more with their side arms than with their tazers. So the side arm becomes the reflex go to. This is why you see the other officers who are carrying rifles also draw their pistols when the dog initially charges towards them. If they had at least used the rifles the dog would not likely have suffered as much. But the reflex is the pistol. The draw and aim is muscle memory. Unfortunately pistol rounds are not effective killing munitions. They are for those "oh ****" situations when you find yourself in a gun fight you weren't expecting.
But this could also be a difference in training between there and where I am at. We are actually told that, when possible, we should taze a dog...however we are also told that we should not risk injury to ourselves or others in order to do so.
Edit: I also posted this in response to someone who mentioned using a tazer.
some people are also saying that it's technically a crime scene so he can be legally detained for causing a scene.
just trying to put some stuff into perspective.