Not a single person alive can say for sure whether that dog would have attacked or not.

On June 30, 2013, at approximately 5:44pm, Officers from the Hawthorne Police Department responded to a residence in regard to an armed robbery - gun used - which occurred to two individuals inside of a home. Upon arrival, Officers engaged several subjects involved in the robbery, who quickly barricaded themselves in the home and refused orders to come out. Officers used several resources, including the Department's armored tactical vehicle and a loud-speaker vehicle, in an attempt to communicate and bring the incident to safe resolution. After an approximate one hour and forty-five minute standoff, the individuals surrendered from teahouse and the suspect responsible for the robbery was identified and arrested.

During this evolving critical incident and the extraction of suspects from the home, Officers containing the location were interfered with by an individual. This interference included loud, distracting music (from the individual's vehicle), and his intentional walking within close proximity to armed Officers, while holding an 80-pound Rottweiler on a long leash-line. These acts, in totality, created an increasingly dangerous situation and demanded officers' focus away from the matter at hand. By comparison, numerous citizens were filming similarly as the suspect, but from a safe distance and compliant to Officers' regards.

Once all parties to the original robbery incident were apprehended, two officers approached this suspect to address the violation(s) of law. Just prior to approach, the suspect placed his dog back into his car, but did not close the windows. AS the suspect was being taken into custody, his Rottweiler became agitated and jumped out of the car, approaching the officers who were making the arrest. An assisting officer came to aid and attempted to control the Rottweiler, first by gaining control of the leash. However, the dog lunged and made aggressive movements towards the officer(s). Fearing that the attacking Rottweiler would imminently bite the officer(s), one officer fired his duty weapon several times, striking and killing the dog. The suspect, later identified as Leon Rosby, was arrested and booked at the Hawthorne Police Department Jail for 'Interference with Officer(s)'.

The Hawthorne Police Department is conducting a comprehensive investigation into the actions of each party, our Officers, and to ensure appropriate adherence to our Department polices and procedures. Additionally, the Department is truly sensitive to the invariable loss of the dog in this incident.

The Hawthorne Police Department asks that if any personal video taken by citizens present at the incident is wiling to be shared in our Investigation, please contact us.

Apparently this isn't the first time that Rosby has had issues with the local police. His prior record includes convictions for resisting arrest, battery and driving under the influence. Rosby, a black man, has filed six complaints alleging mistreatment and racial profiling by the Hawthorn Police.

'There's been a pattern of harassment against him and other African-Americans in Hawthorne. Last July, the police responded to his home and beat him unnecessarily, then threw him in jail for no reason. We sued for that. We'll amend that complaint to include the dog incident,' Gulden said.

Would you be willing to find out if a 120 pound dog is dangerous by standing there and seeing if it attacks you?

Would you be willing to find out if a 120 pound dog is dangerous by standing there and seeing if it attacks you?

We all agree the dog didn't deserve or need to be put down. But just because you're a badass who doesn't mind being attacked by a dog that weighs as much as you doesn't mean everyone is.

Dude was a dick.

So to clarify, if something could be dangerous, shoot it dead and decide that it probably was?
Solid advice 10/10 will follow in the future.

I'm more or less in agreement with Smokey. That wasn't a hostile movement by the dog. Anyone who's been around big dogs enough could tell you that.
I can't really totally blame the cop either, because you do stupid shit when 100+ pounds of muscle and teeth is moving quickly in your vicinity during an already high-tension scenario, and maybe he hasn't had the experience with dogs that would lead to him not handling that situation by killing everything that moved funny.
But the cop isn't blame-free, and trying to completely defend him by projecting increasingly more hostile intentions onto the dog is really silly.
At this rate, by Friday you'll be talking about how the dog had already torn the arm off of one cop and it was clear he was going for the other's throat when he bravely slew it to save orphans or some shit.

Because past events dictates your current character right?

If that was true I wouldn't be back on these boards.

>something actually goes for you
>something just walks in your general direction

LRN2DIFFERENCE.