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Pitbull owner faces murder charge after dogs maul, kill 4-year-old ( Detroit )
CNN - Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | December 7, 2015 | Sarah Jorgensen

Posted on 12/08/2015 7:16:10 AM PST by george76

The owner of four pitbulls is facing a murder charge after his dogs mauled to death a 4-year-old boy in Detroit, Michigan.

Geneke Antonio Lyons, 41, was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, and possessing dangerous animals causing death, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.

The vicious attack occurred last week as the boy and his mother were walking together down the street. The dogs attacked the pair and dragged the child under a fence and into Lyons' backyard, where the boy was found lying on his back with "massive wounds," according to the prosecutor's office.

Three of the dogs involved were shot on the spot by police; the fourth was taken into police custody and later euthanized. The prosecutor's office stated that the dogs were a known problem in the neighborhood and that they had escaped their fenced area in the past.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: chet99; detroit; doggieping; dogs; dogsmaul; michigan; pitbull; pitbulls; rdo
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1 posted on 12/08/2015 7:16:10 AM PST by george76
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Cue the “it’s not the breed, it’s how they’re raised” crowd.


2 posted on 12/08/2015 7:19:18 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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Lot's of cases on Judge Judy with Pit Bulls attacking other dogs and people. Yesterday JJ said on her show to stop with the emails defending Pit Bulls because she doesn't care.
3 posted on 12/08/2015 7:21:27 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Sodom punished for those who practiced an abominable vice as a religious rite-Henry C. Beck)
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To: george76

The poor little boy and his mother. God Bless them. Murder charges against the owner are certainly warranted.


4 posted on 12/08/2015 7:21:36 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: george76
The owner of four pitbulls is facing a murder charge after his dogs mauled to death a 4-year-old boy in Detroit, Michigan.

GOOD - Not that the kid was killed, but that the dog owner is facing murder charges. Hope they fry is worthless ass.

5 posted on 12/08/2015 7:22:46 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: 4yearlurker
I saw that JJ episode: Ignorant young single-mother of 2, 4 & 8 yr olds with rescue pit in the house.

Only aggressive to those it doesn't know, she said.

6 posted on 12/08/2015 7:25:43 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: from occupied ga

Good idea.
Maybe other dim bulb pit bull owners will get the message.


7 posted on 12/08/2015 7:29:02 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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That's the one. The idiots that live behind me have 6 rescue dogs. Barking yapping mutts are a big part of my life.
8 posted on 12/08/2015 7:29:58 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Sodom punished for those who practiced an abominable vice as a religious rite-Henry C. Beck)
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To: george76
It has to be someones fault and it most definitely isn't the dead child's fault or the child's parents. The dog is not smart enough to know. Especially, if the owners don't train it correctly or they teach it to be aggressive or a fighter. So... that leaves the owner of the dog.
9 posted on 12/08/2015 7:32:42 AM PST by dhs12345
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10 posted on 12/08/2015 7:33:15 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Maybe other dim bulb pit bull owners will get the message.

Dog lovers are generally totally blind to anything that their animals do that annoy or injure other people. My idiot cousin (some 10 - 12 years ago) had a rescue dog that she had out (without a leash) that bit a jogger. Her response when discussed in family setting? "It only bit him once, and what business did he have jogging down the street where I walk my dog anyway." She was totally serious. In her eyes it was the fault of the jogger. Fortunately for her the guy didn't sue her. I would have.

11 posted on 12/08/2015 7:36:03 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: 4yearlurker
The idiots that live behind me have 6 rescue dogs

just FYI

12 posted on 12/08/2015 7:41:45 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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I know somebody who rescued a pit. In less than a year, the pit has killed one dog and almost killed another one. Owner’s been charged both times. I can’t believe animal control hasn’t taken the dog away, but he still has him and is shelling out beaucoup bucks to keep him and deal with the legal bills.


13 posted on 12/08/2015 7:51:23 AM PST by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

AWEEEE, sweet.


14 posted on 12/08/2015 8:10:30 AM PST by annieokie
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To: from occupied ga
Reminds me of a friend who let his kids play in the street, he wanted to get a speed limit sign installed! told him to stop your kids from playing in the street. No, he wanted to cars to slow down, well Ok, but they can be just as dead at 25 mph.

Always someone else's responsibility with the entitled./s

15 posted on 12/08/2015 8:15:13 AM PST by annieokie
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Pits should all be killed and banned from breeding. OR, round all of them up and dump them in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc.


16 posted on 12/08/2015 8:17:33 AM PST by annieokie
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Reminds me of a friend who let his kids play in the street, he wanted to get a speed limit sign installed! told him to stop your kids from playing in the street. No, he wanted to cars to slow down, well Ok, but they can be just as dead at 25 mph.

But seriously: Why not reduce the speed limit to a "walking pace" - at least in residential neighborhood? Because the drivers are in "too much of a hurry?"

Regards,

17 posted on 12/08/2015 8:28:53 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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you forgot your sarcastic note......


18 posted on 12/08/2015 8:35:11 AM PST by annieokie
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To: ScottinVA

geneke antonio lyons

First and foremost, it's bad breeders. and then it's bad owners. If you breed a dog to be vicious, it will be vicious. If you raise a dog to be vicious, it will be vicious. If you do both, someone is going to get hurt, guaranteed. Dobermans and shepherds experienced similar problems.

19 posted on 12/08/2015 8:35:40 AM PST by RC one (....and subject to the jurisdiction thereof)
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To: annieokie

There is a direct correlation between the ferocity of the dog breed you have and the smallness of your penis


20 posted on 12/08/2015 8:46:33 AM PST by pburgh01
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