Racist dog?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (206144)
Walnut Creek, California
July 23, 2023 4:22pm CST
I can't tell what's supposed to be "straight" and what's supposed to be "funny" any more.
This story was actually in my news feed this morning. A police dog attacked a someone who would not stop for police?
I think the guy is expected to survive.
Why is the race of the guy relevant? Or the breed of the dog?
Had you heard about this story?
Are they poking fun at claims of alleged "racial profiling"?
A police dog mauled a Black man in Ohio during a July 4th traffic stop after he surrendered to authorities with his hands raised in the air following a "lengthy pursuit," according to officials.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 Jul
If the dog was trained to sniff out narcotics and the man had taken some recently or had them in his possession the dog will attack. A retired police canine that became someone's pet attacked my mother out of the blue one day. She had finished her first round of chemotherapy and the dog got a whiff of it and went for her throat.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
24 Jul
@AmbiePam She was shaken up badly but was ok thank goodness. Not sure what happened to the dog, if anything.
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@RasmaSandra (73603)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jul
You know it makes me wonder if the dog has in a way learned to differentiate between the races of people due to what he has seen and learned from the police he works with.
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@RasmaSandra (73603)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jul
@TheHorse it could be but then animals learn certain things from their owners like children learn from their parents and also often react differently with various races, Just saying,
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Jul
@RasmaSandra Do lower animals have a conception of "race" among humans? I do not know.
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@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Jul
Sometimes that is difficult for me as well. Your picture of the snake is taken awfully close.
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@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Jul
@TheHorse .......It looks much closer to me.
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Jul
@celticeagle Seeing a rattlesnake is always a little bit "exciting."
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@wolfgirl569 (95490)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul
I hadn't heard about that. The dog just obeyed his training. Hope the handler is charged
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@wolfgirl569 (95490)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul
@TheHorse The way I read the story yes as at least here state troopers are over the others when both are on the scene.
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@wolfgirl569 (95490)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul
@TheHorse But he was told to wait so needs a good reprimand
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Jul
@wolfgirl569 Was that a superior talking? I do not know.
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@sallypup (58038)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Jul
We adopted a dog. Wonderful dog. Who knows what she had been before we took her in. She chased after one of our best friends who happened to be black. I can still hear Bernie yelling for me to come "get my dog!" Never chased anyone else.
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Jul
@sallypup North Idaho. Maybe they DID train it to be racist. But they'd have a hard time doing so in my town. There are about ten black people in the whole town, and one of those is my buddy who visits from Chicago every Summer.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
@TheHorse yeah, I think this is a problem with the handler rather than the dog.
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@LeaPea2417 (36482)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Jul
The dog was trained to do what it does. My advice to all people even if you are innocent, don't run from the police ever.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
24 Jul
If the police dog was properly trained, only one of the driver's arms would have suffered any injury as they are trained to latch onto an arm and hold on until receiving the command to release. Claiming he was mauled is the media's way of sensationalizing the story.
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Jul
I haven't read an account of the extent of injury. I did read that the attending officers gave the man first aid. That made me think we wasn't clutching in vain at his spilling entrails, or anything like that. But I don't know.
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@JudyEv (326102)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jul
As you say, why mention the colour at all? I remember being surprised when a doctor was revealed as being a woman. I can't remember if it was in a book or on TV or whatever but, in those days, there weren't many women doctors so I was a bit surprised.
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@LindaOHio (156717)
• United States
24 Jul
I hadn't heard about this. I don't know the answer to your questions. Enjoy your day.
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