Arrested for what?!

"4) deadly force will be used in defense against a k-9 and charges against that will not be acceptable (k-9 is a tool, and a good cop will have a backup)." What does that mean? Are you saying that is a K9 is deployed against you you would use deadly force against the dog? Please stop and think. Likely if there is a K9 there are multiple officers present, if there are multiple officers present and you have a weapon that could cause a death and choose to deploy said weapon on the K9 you would then be killed. What exactly have you accomplished? You can 'not accept' whatever charges you want but that doesn't change the law. Just like you can 'not accept' a resisting arrest charge, but that doesn't change the fact that under the law you can't resist arrest.. Further, stop making blanket statements like "a good cop will have a backup". It is a stupid statement and shows once again that you haven't taken the time to consider the actual working conditions of officers around the country. Believe me I WISH that each officer could have a backup whenever and whereever it was needed.

Couple of things here: 1) Anytime the dog is working he's "in the line of duty". 2) I agree with Dastard, the article was severely lacking in facts. For all we know the officer told the kid to knock it off, the kid got mouthy causing a disturbance and thats what triggered the arrest with the initial charge being that of harrassing the dog. Point is we don't know so lets not be so quick to condemn. 3) In my state we have 'citeable' offenses. Meaning you get a citation rather than being arrested for relatively minor things and taking up jail/booking/ect. time and space. While not knowing all the facts, a citation *might* have been more appropriate. 4) I would be surprised to see this incident make the recent offenses link due to the fact that the person is a juvenile. If you do find out more information on this I'd be interested in knowing what really happened.