*** (and public information proves the dog had a history of attacking) so why is a picture necessary?***
What an asinine comment! To say that the dog attacked Long (with no evidence that he was attacked), because the dog had a "history" of attacking people sounds like a second-grader building a legal case.
If you go out and murder someone, that doesn't mean that you murdered another person tomorrow.
If you are dumb enough to think that this was an unbiased investigation, that's your prerogative. If Joe Blow, the police officer comes onto my property to serve a summons, he sure as hell better not shoot my dog.
I'm telling you, you've got a whole bunch of PISSED-OFF people over this atrocity. Look at the Michael Vick case. This bozo lost 139 million dollar contract with all the trimmings of endorsements.
People take the abuse of animals seriously in this country. They are damned lucky that the courthouse wasn't trampled down over this by animal lovers.
I say let Long shoot another animal. He'll be gone and Coffey will be right behind him.