Salt Lake City police department clears officer who shot dog (I fucking knew it)

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18. I'm thinking he is more of a coward

but I don't know the breed either. Puny little old me has faced down a number of dogs, from Rottweilers to german shepards (okay mostly from a distance) to pitbulls (admittedly that one was on MY property instead of vice versa, which no doubt makes a difference, but one I came across while doing GOTV was on a chain, which I discovered was NOT attached to anything!)

Never was armed, but never had to be either. If I was armed, shooting would be a very last resort. But I wouldn't be wetting myself in panic, like "omigod, it's a big dog running at me".

For one thing, I know that my own dogs will snap and snarl like killers at anybody who walks past my yard (or my car), but in actual practice they are all bark.