Somebody needs their @ss whooped for this blunder, the problem is who? The cops were doing mostly what they were suppose to do, I haven't seen the pictures or film in anyway so I can't say that from the cops point of view they weren't thieves who might have been dangerous as well as their dog being vicious. All I do know is that I would be pissed that me and my family were handcuffed and thrown to the ground for no reason as well as my dog being killed for no reason. Again I say somebody needs their @ss whooped, what a shame.
The video is in the thread referenced at #2, above.
I agree.
I mean, this isn't the cop's fault. He got a BOLO and followed up on it. The dog, like my dog would have done, thought the owner was threatened and came out to protect.
These cops didn't know that they were dealing with a nice family mistaken as robbers. Would you rather them put their lives in danger by politely walking up to the car and tapping on the window and asking them, politely, if they happened to have violently robbed somebody?
Sometimes, we are too hard on all cops because of what some, not all, cops have done.