That dog did not display an aggressive posture. That pathetic excuse for a cop was way out of line. He’s lucky the home owner didn’t shoot him.
Mike
What makes you say that? How can you tell he's not being aggressive from that choppy video? I'm honestly wondering what you are seeing in that video that I'm not.
It could be that it's just a really friendly dog that's gonna jump up on him and lick him because you can't really tell if he's really friendly or really aggressive.
The officer reacts to him as if the dog is being aggressive.
The dog doesn't appear to be stopping or turning when it gets close, which could mean either really friendly, or really aggressive.
It definitely wasn't a shy dog that runs up and then barks from a short distance off.
I would also say that there are far, far more overly friendly dogs than dogs that will charge and actually attack someone. Especially someone that doesn't turn and run. Of course people don't usually react as this officer did with really friendly dogs, and it's likely as a police officer he's dealt with a lot of really friendly dogs running up to him, and pretty doubtful that he's made a habit of just shooting friendly dogs running up to him.