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Originally posted by Jaymz
The guy had had a seizure... the correct thing to do is call Animal control... there is no way to defend the guys actions... at the end of the day he did the wrong thing... If the guy was dead then it wouldn't make any difference waiting a few minutes for AC to come along... there were pleanty of other ways of dealing with the situation... shooting the dog shouldn't of even crossed his mind in the first place...
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The guy had a seizure
So you don't expect the officers to try to get close to the man? What would the paramedic's who have got'n there done about the dog?
I understand shooting the dog isn't the ideal action, but to literally pretend it's that black and white and to not be able to see why the dog was shoot is a bit naive tbh.
In all fairness, yes, officer's should be trained to deal with animals a bit more in situations like this because dogs shouldn't be shot. But the dog aggressively charged at a woman in the background and then at the officer. What if the dog then latched on and started biting the officer or the people around them? What would they have done then?
Ideally I wish the situation was some how managed better overall and most of all I'm thankful the dog is okay.
But people insisting the man be jailed or completely losing his job are doing the most tbh.