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No Slingshots at Scene of Tiger Attack
ABC News ^ | 1/4/08

Posted on 01/04/2008 5:08:06 AM PST by Mr. Brightside

No Slingshots at Scene of Tiger Attack

Jan. 2, 2008

Police today flatly denied a report that the three victims of the Christmas Day tiger mauling at the San Francisco Zoo were carrying slingshots on the day of the attack, which claimed the life of a 17-year-old zoo visitor.

The denial follows a report that appeared in the New York Post and cited an unnamed police source who made the slingshot claim about Carlos Sousa Jr. and brothers Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal. Sousa was killed in the attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: banglist; donutwatch; falserumors; newsleak; tiger; tigerattack
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To: org.whodat

“Not talking to a cop is a constitutional right, the last I heard.”

Yeah, well usually when you’re counting on them for help instead of fearing arrest, you’ll be a little more forthcoming with what you know. Let me know how tight lipped you are with the first responders’ the next time a large carnivore mauls you, k?


21 posted on 01/04/2008 8:05:15 AM PST by Into the Vortex
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To: Into the Vortex

If police are leaking false information to the NY Post to make the brothers look bad, they probably made a good decision not to talk to them.


22 posted on 01/04/2008 8:12:40 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Into the Vortex
LOL, so you are a cop, where do you work. There is a little thing called probable cause, the only question should have been is how badly hurt are you.

PROBABLE CAUSE - A reasonable belief that a person has committed a crime.

23 posted on 01/04/2008 8:48:02 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Mr. Brightside

The police were leaking false info to the N.Y. Post BEFORE they decided to not talk? OK. This is getting murkier than whatever hangs around the bottom of the hippo pool. LOL!

Besides-their records speak for themselves, they don’t really need much help in that dept. The N.Y. Post would have dug it up anyhow.


24 posted on 01/04/2008 8:54:48 AM PST by Into the Vortex
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To: org.whodat

Some people working for animal rights are wackos (especially PETA), but not everyone who cares about animals is a wacko.

Rumors like this one do lots more harm than good. Groups like PETA lose even more credibility—and down the road, if someone DOES abuse zoo animals, no one will take the case seriously. I’m convinced these young men were up to no good, and maybe some day we’ll learn exactly what they were up to.


25 posted on 01/04/2008 8:57:07 AM PST by MizSterious (Deport all the illegals to sanctuary cities.)
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To: dead
Monkey taunts tiger
26 posted on 01/04/2008 8:59:02 AM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Do you have proof of this? Or are you just replacing one rumor with another?


27 posted on 01/04/2008 9:02:14 AM PST by MizSterious (Deport all the illegals to sanctuary cities.)
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To: MizSterious
I’m convinced these young men were up to no good, and maybe some day we’ll learn exactly what they were up to.

Maybe and maybe not, but the posts here of wanting to kill people and wishing they were dead and better them than the tiger. Were so over the top as to be sicking. People who do not value human life above animals deserve nothing but scorn.

28 posted on 01/04/2008 9:02:24 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Mr. Brightside
"false information to the NY Post"

The false info came from the discussions of a city councilman and the journalist Berg.

29 posted on 01/04/2008 9:04:34 AM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: org.whodat

NO. LOL! I’m not a cop, and under other circumstances I might not advocate talking to them either. This is different. Are you a gang member? You sure seem concerned about these thugs’ civil rights. Are you forgetting that someone was killed here? This is NOT about littering. What do they have to hide? Why won’t they even respond to the victim’s (their GOOD BUDDY) parents’ questions?

I’d waterboard em’. If that didn’t work I’d put Pandas’ on their heads.


30 posted on 01/04/2008 9:06:15 AM PST by Into the Vortex
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To: org.whodat
"People who do not value human life above animals deserve nothing but scorn."

Really? Well, scorn away then. I value SOME human life over animals, certainly not all--for instance, thugs, terrorists, and others whose only aim in life is to destroy, harm, and rob.

31 posted on 01/04/2008 9:15:26 AM PST by MizSterious (Deport all the illegals to sanctuary cities.)
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To: MizSterious

“I’m convinced these young men were up to no good, and maybe some day we’ll learn exactly what they were up to.”

Absofreakinloutely!


32 posted on 01/04/2008 9:18:40 AM PST by Into the Vortex
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To: MizSterious

The police planted the story.

“A police source has told The Post that the three victims were carrying slingshots.”

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01022008/news/regionalnews/ouching_tiger_201750.htm


33 posted on 01/04/2008 9:30:44 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside
A website has the police radio transcript. I saw this (editorialized by website):

....But a few minutes later, Tatiana tracked the brothers to the snack bar while officers radioed, "SCENE IS NOT SAFE" and "SCENE IS NOT SECURE"...

It sounds like the tiger went to the snack bar for a little East Indian cuisine.

34 posted on 01/04/2008 10:12:23 AM PST by -=SoylentSquirrel=- (I'm really made of people!)
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To: Mr. Brightside
It appears Berg lied about the slingshot thing and can't keep his story straight about where it came from. He's apparently trying to blame it on the some cop now. The following link doesn't appear in "related stories" anymore. I retrieved it from google. First story.

From that story:

" As the mauling investigation continued, cops denied that injured victims Amritpal Dhaliwal, 19, and his brother, Kulbir, 23, had slingshots. "A slingshot was not found in their car at the hospital or in the zoo," said Sgt. Steve Mannina.
A city official with knowledge of the investigation told The Post about the slingshots, and also said an empty vodka bottle was found in their car.
Cops and zoo officials confirmed they discovered the bottle. "

35 posted on 01/04/2008 10:25:34 AM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: Into the Vortex
Are you forgetting that someone was killed here?

No, not killed as in murder, and if it was murder, the cops shot the one that did it.

36 posted on 01/04/2008 11:40:12 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: MizSterious
Cheapening life promotes abortion.
37 posted on 01/04/2008 11:42:50 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: BigBlueJon

Check the tiger cage for monkey scat...


38 posted on 01/04/2008 11:44:29 AM PST by weegee (End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy in 2008.)
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To: Into the Vortex

The Zoo/Police have ventured several false stories already (slingshot, shoe in the cage, height of the wall, etc.). No sense in giving them ammunition to use against the (wrongly?) accused.


39 posted on 01/04/2008 11:48:17 AM PST by weegee (End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy in 2008.)
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To: weegee
The Zoo/Police have ventured several false stories already (slingshot, shoe in the cage, height of the wall, etc.).

The zoo and police department deserve to be sued for all of the false information they have put out in this case.

They seem to be bigger liars than the Clinton administration.

40 posted on 01/04/2008 12:12:21 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
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