I just want to clarify. The guy looks/acts like a thug. He is probably such. I'm not defending him at all, or condoning unrestraining him.
Personally I am not trying to act macho either in regards to handling large dogs. My family has raised Great Danes, Mastiffs, Great Pyrenees, St Bernards and many other breeds all of my life. Ive dealt with my fair share of cujo's. I used to be a delivery driver as well.
Guess really, I think the best solution would have been for everyone to stop freaking out. If that could have been accomplished, I think the dog would have been fine. Maybe, if the officers recognized the dog situation earlier, and not been yanking the guy around. Not for the guys sake. If you just realize, a dog being the animal it is has certain instincts. If you get nervous around even a friendly dog, there is a fair chance it will bite.
Trying to be reasonable towards the officers involved. It just seems like a either a rookie mistake, or a small laps in judgement. I feel like officers would see plenty of cases involving dogs, and normally wouldn't handle it in that fashion. I know of one story, were a dog literally did 3000$ worth of damage to the outside of a police cruiser: officer inside. A little different situation, but they were able to even capture that hellion alive, and that was my point. Maybe the event could have gone better, if they had taken better control of the situation, instead of panicking. That is all