Please just put yourself in the officers shoes. If they are doing a driveby down there and are firing their weapons its obviously a serious situation. If I followed a thug into a house and saw an Akita I would have done the same thing. Akitas by their nature are guard dogs yes they can be kind animals but you cant wait to figure that out.
As for him shooting 13 times the handguns carried by police officers are weak in comparison to other guns. The motive of a police officer is to simply subdue the suspect. A dog is much more thick skinned and hardy than a human I dont care if it was 40 pounds or not. I'm sure this officer used just as much force as was required to stop the dog's progress and the 13th shot simply proves that he is kind enough to put it out of its misery rather than watching it die.
Sadly some dogs are treated badly and in a neighborhood like that I promise you there are more vicious dogs than kind ones.
Youngstown police shoot ‘aggressive’ dog 13 times
Please just put yourself in the officers shoes. If they are doing a driveby down there and are firing their weapons its obviously a serious situation. If I followed a thug into a house and saw an Akita I would have done the same thing. Akitas by their nature are guard dogs yes they can be kind animals but you cant wait to figure that out.
As for him shooting 13 times the handguns carried by police officers are weak in comparison to other guns. The motive of a police officer is to simply subdue the suspect. A dog is much more thick skinned and hardy than a human I dont care if it was 40 pounds or not. I'm sure this officer used just as much force as was required to stop the dog's progress and the 13th shot simply proves that he is kind enough to put it out of its misery rather than watching it die.
Sadly some dogs are treated badly and in a neighborhood like that I promise you there are more vicious dogs than kind ones.
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