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Child suffers serious injuries after dog attack in northeast Charlotte
wcnc.com ^ | August 22, 2024 | Nathaniel Puente

Posted on 08/24/2024 5:42:44 AM PDT by marktwain

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 3-year-old child was severely injured after a dog attacked them in northeast Charlotte.

The incident happened on Monday just before 9 p.m. on Monday on Cameron Commons Parkway, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD).

Police say a group of children was playing with three dogs outside when two of the dogs playfully knocked the victim to the ground. The third dog then bit the victim and dragged them down the driveway, according to police.

Adult witnesses attempted to stop the attack. Two people fired gunshots near the dog, which caused the dog to stop.

The child suffered serious injuries in the incident. The dog was surrendered to CMPD Animal Care and Control and placed in a 10-day rabies quarantine period. The dog will be euthanized after the quarantine period, according to CMPD.

CMPD is continuing to investigate this incident. Police advise parents to closely supervise children around dogs.


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Dog attacks happen more frequently than bear attacks. Dogs and bears are fairly similar in genetics, closer than dogs and cats.

This happened in the University City area of Charlotte.

1 posted on 08/24/2024 5:42:44 AM PDT by marktwain
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I’m growing suspicious. A “dog”. What kind of dog?

Was this like “youths” or “teens”? I suspect so.


2 posted on 08/24/2024 5:46:10 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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“The third dog then bit the victim and dragged them down the driveway,”

Dragged “them”?? I truly despise the media and their constant gaslighting.


3 posted on 08/24/2024 5:49:30 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: marktwain

https://wham1180.iheart.com/content/2024-08-21-parents-charged-in-fatal-rochester-mauling/

What FLT Bird said. Most likely #noneedtolook


4 posted on 08/24/2024 5:58:31 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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“A group of children were in the front yard playing when three dogs, owned by the victim’s family, were let out of the garage, according to the investigation.”

https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Information/Newsroom/Dog-Attack-Investigation-in-the-University-City-Division-8-19-2024


5 posted on 08/24/2024 6:02:47 AM PDT by JayGalt (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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To: aquila48

From the excerpt it’s not clear if WCNC even knew if the child was a girl or boy.

English lacks a third person singular word, them has been pressed into duty. It may not be gender surrender on the part of WCNC.


6 posted on 08/24/2024 6:03:22 AM PDT by null and void (Don't hallucinate and legislate, don't hallucinate and educate...)
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To: FLT-bird

Chihuahuas, obviously.


7 posted on 08/24/2024 6:07:10 AM PDT by fwdude
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English lacks a third person singular word...

The correct, generic singular was always "he" or "him," regardless of the sex of the subject. At least that's what it USED to be.

8 posted on 08/24/2024 6:09:41 AM PDT by WXRGina (Ultra MAGA)
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To: null and void; aquila48

If the child’s gender wasn’t apparent, one of the ways to refer to the child would be use “ the child” instead of “they”.

*** “The third dog then bit the victim and dragged them down the driveway,”***

Using “the child” would work, but the media would prefer “them”.


9 posted on 08/24/2024 6:14:02 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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Yep. BUT, would you want to be the one who called a mauled girl ‘he’?

We really need a proper word.

(50:50 chance he’s a she in this case)


10 posted on 08/24/2024 6:15:24 AM PDT by null and void (Don't hallucinate and legislate, don't hallucinate and educate...)
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To: FamiliarFace

Correct on both points.


11 posted on 08/24/2024 6:16:28 AM PDT by null and void (Don't hallucinate and legislate, don't hallucinate and educate...)
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To: null and void

Right. And if I didn’t know his sex, I would call him “the child,” instead of the ignorant, communist-speak “them.”


12 posted on 08/24/2024 6:24:49 AM PDT by WXRGina (Ultra MAGA)
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English lacks a third person singular word, them has been pressed into duty.

The problem is that it sounds faggy. Because of the tranny precedent, it gives the impression that the writer is being coquettishly unspecific out of sheer love of perversity.

I'd fire the reporter. Before you hit "send," get the damn facts, or hit the bricks.

13 posted on 08/24/2024 6:24:51 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: marktwain

In today’s US, how dare a gun owner interfere with a dog’s rightto have fun.


14 posted on 08/24/2024 6:40:10 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: FamiliarFace

And what are the dogs’ pronouns?


15 posted on 08/24/2024 6:45:34 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fake news, fake election, fake president, real Communism.)
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To: marktwain

“Police say a group of children WAS playing with three dogs ...”
Ebonics spell-check installed.


16 posted on 08/24/2024 7:03:32 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (If you don't vote, you are part of the rigging.)
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To: null and void

But it doesn’t make “them” correct. “The child” or “the victim” would have been the proper way to go. This writer, I suspect, used “them” intentionally.


17 posted on 08/24/2024 7:11:17 AM PDT by RRismyhero
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To: RRismyhero

There probably wasn’t any writer. Just a television newscast and an automated transcriber.


18 posted on 08/24/2024 7:16:23 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: marktwain

Let’s guess!


19 posted on 08/24/2024 8:02:13 AM PDT by battletank
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To: marktwain

A single individual is not “them” or “they”; the child was a “him,”/”he, or a “her”/”she.” I wish this pronoun abuse would stop. Infuriating.


20 posted on 08/24/2024 9:15:57 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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