In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Delivery Man Mercilessly Kills Angie Harmon’s Dog, DiogenesLamp wrote: And you are accusing the person who wrote the title of being biased?
30 lb dogs do not normally "rip a vein open." This one was said to be friendly by people who were not members of the family.
Average weight of pit bulls=30-40lbs. A 30lb dog can 'damage' significantly. At 30 lbs, it could, if it wanted, kill a horse or open a leg vein. I say this because I’ve read of pit bulls that weight killing a horse, killing people, causing major damage. So 30lbs is not necessarily safe. This isn't a pit bull, although it could be a cross as someone said it resembles a pit/red heeler mix; but other dogs do damage too. You don't have time to gauge how much 'damage' the dog will inflict when he charges, and it doesn't have to be 'death' before you react.
Why do you assume this man was 'Amish'? That term is usually applied to gangs in urban settings, not African Americans. Maybe the dog shared your biases against those you deem 'the Amish'? Are there even violent urban gangs of 'Amish' out in the country? Traveling alone, with sums of money they claim is 'tips' and delivering food in all kinds of weather, alone?
This wasn't the first thread I read wherein the family said the dog was gentle and would never hurt a fly and that's because they'd never seem him act otherwise, friends included. But there are dogs that 'go off' or they at least charge so convincingly that the person expects maiming injury, even though the dog's family knows he won't bite.
ruined if she gets another dog that size and doesn't secure him either.
And as I have been told by the same person who mentioned the dog only weighs 30 lbs, Harmon lives in a mostly rural area, and it is the norm in rural areas to allow dogs to roam freely.
I feel sorry for those of you who must live in town and must therefore keep your dogs penned up.
Move out to the country. You can play your music as loud as you want, have bonfires, fire guns, let your dogs run around chasing rabbits, and you don't have @$$hole neighbors calling the cops on you or getting into your business.
I grew up in the country and I live there now. None of us would try to cancel the life of a delivery man the police interviewed and found had not committed a crime given there was no other proof -no witnesses. There are dogs around here, but they don't roam 'free' because they get excited 'playing' with lifestock and other farm animals and can cause harm (chasing animals to the point of exhaustion/death, roughing them up until scraps of flesh are hanging off).
I've lived in a medium sized city for half of my life, and I grew up in a city, but I can tell you I absolutely prefer the much more hassle free life in the Country.
It's not open-season on delivery people out here in the country.
Some of you people just don't seem to grasp how differently people see things in the country versus the city. I'll wager this idiot that shot that dog is a city person, and I shall not be surprised to learn he is a member of the "Amish" community. (Also known as "Yutes.")
Again, I'm in the country, too.
I suspect the police really really do not want to start something with anyone belonging to the "Amish" community if they can help it.
And...you think I'm biased?
Maybe the police were worried about the fearsome delivery cartel.
The police could do SOMETHING to him that would not result in riots - happens every day - if only there was evidence. But if they 'did something' to the driver then the public might ask why they believed her and not him without proof, and why the dog owner has zero responsibility for leaving the dog unsecured - she could have advised the delivery person that the dog doesn't bite. Instacart has a field you can write in to give drivers directions to the house, instructions for loose pets (i.e., 'dog barks/charges but doesn't bite'. Then the driver could ask to be met at his car window if he was concerned.
Apparently the owners never saw what happened - ring camera was down. Are the police just supposed to take the word of a grieving pet owner over that of a man who did not shoot a second dog because it was not threatening him? And because she has so many fans?
