If you look on the sidebar on the vid, there are several videos of baby squirrels following other people. Nothing that the animal was doing was 'charging' or erratic, especially for a squirrel. The cop should have gotten the people away and let animal control do their job.
It wasn't his place to deal with an animal that was not exhibiting any signs of advanced rabies (ex: severe disorientation, foaming of the mouth, and actually attempting to attack), it was animal controls. He didn't have to spray the damn thing. And if its acceptable to spray approaching animals now because 'no fear means it could have rabies' you can be sure there will be dozens of videos of dipshit teenagers spraying their neighbors cats within the week.
If you look on the sidebar on the vid, there are several videos of baby squirrels following other people. Nothing that the animal was doing was 'charging' or erratic, especially for a squirrel. The cop should have gotten the people away and let animal control do their job.
It wasn't his place to deal with an animal that was not exhibiting any signs of advanced rabies (ex: severe disorientation, foaming of the mouth, and actually attempting to attack), it was animal controls. He didn't have to spray the damn thing. And if its acceptable to spray approaching animals now because 'no fear means it could have rabies' you can be sure there will be dozens of videos of dipshit teenagers spraying their neighbors cats within the week.