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Family's two pit bulls kill Hamtramck girl, 6
ap ^ | 4-5-05

Posted on 04/05/2005 6:22:36 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan

Family's two pit bulls kill Hamtramck girl, 6
4/5/2005, 4:28 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Two pit bulls attacked and killed their owners' 6-year-old girl in the backyard of a home near Detroit, state police say.

Cassidy Jeter was killed Monday morning, said state police Lt. Harold Love.

The girl had known the pit bulls since they were puppies, The Detroit News said.

Cassidy and a younger child were walking down an alley next to the home about 9 a.m. when the dogs attacked, Love said. The family recently moved out of a home around the corner, and the dogs were still staying at that house. The alley separates the two homes.

"For some reason the dogs were loose, and one of them attacked the girl," Love said.

The other dog apparently joined the attack. The younger child climbed a fence to get away, and the girl's mother tried to save her daughter.

"The mother tried to beat the dogs off the girl with a 2-by-4," Love said. "She was screaming for help from the neighbors."

The girl was dead at the scene. Police shot the dogs to death.

Police in the Detroit enclave of Hamtramck asked state troopers to investigate because a person died and its officers used their weapons.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: animals; breedofpieces; dogofpeace; dogs; hamtramck; hype; maul; pets; pitbull
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1 posted on 04/05/2005 6:22:37 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan
No - it wasn't a story about Killer Chihuahuas. In my opinion, any one keeping a pit bull for a pet is asking for tragedy.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
2 posted on 04/05/2005 6:27:42 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Dan from Michigan
Expect the "Pit Bulls are no more aggressive than any other dog" crowd to come around soon...

If you want to kill or savagely maul something, a Pit Bull is an appropriate tool. Otherwise, why have one?

3 posted on 04/05/2005 6:28:06 AM PDT by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Time to sue the cops for killing the cute cuddly pitbulls. When will people learn. Pitbulls are useless and dangerous.


4 posted on 04/05/2005 6:29:45 AM PDT by Ron in Acreage (Kerry is (no longer) a threat to national security)
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To: ambrose

ping


5 posted on 04/05/2005 6:30:16 AM PDT by thoughtomator ("The Passion of the Opus" - 2 hours of a FReeper being crucified on his own self-pitying thread)
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To: Dan from Michigan

All right, yet another media hype story about the dangerous pit bull...


6 posted on 04/05/2005 6:31:51 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: Dan from Michigan

Police shot the dogs to death.

Why? The dogs were just doing what they were bred to do. Maybe more severe punishment for people who feel the need to own these things would help.


7 posted on 04/05/2005 6:32:28 AM PDT by freedomfiter2
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To: Ron in Acreage

In all fairness, pets in general are not "useful" in any kind of utilitarian sense. That being said, after work today, I'm taking my Golden Retriever for a swim. Him not me.


8 posted on 04/05/2005 6:33:21 AM PDT by dmz
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To: Ron in Acreage

Oh, no, no - it's the owners, not the dogs. /s


9 posted on 04/05/2005 6:34:31 AM PDT by Let's Roll ( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Why on Earth would someone own one of these dogs? Why on Earth would someone own these dogs with children in the picture? Sadly we see this story repeated on a regular basis.


10 posted on 04/05/2005 6:35:20 AM PDT by loborojo (What the hell is a "Reagan Democrat"?)
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To: rattrap

"All right, yet another media hype story about the dangerous pit bull..."

A little girl is dead because two, not one feaky lone one, TWO vicious dog attacked her and killed her. What part of this story is "hype" to you?

Maybe, just maybe, we have "yet anothe media hype story" because the freaking dogs keep killing people.


11 posted on 04/05/2005 6:36:52 AM PDT by L98Fiero
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To: freedomfiter2
Why? Respect for the holiness of human life. The Bible mandates an offending animal that kills a human being be put to death. Its good to see the pit bulls got the punishment they deserved.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
12 posted on 04/05/2005 6:37:01 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: rattrap
All right, yet another media hype story about the dangerous pit bull...

The mauling death of an innocent child by a four legged land shark is hardly media hype.

13 posted on 04/05/2005 6:37:48 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Pedro offers you his protection)
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To: loborojo
We have gun accidents involving young children and it is the same thing. The owner of these dogs is responsible because they did not take the necessary precautions to avoid such a tragedy.
14 posted on 04/05/2005 6:38:06 AM PDT by matymac (I'm saved...are you...?)
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To: loborojo
No child should be allowed unsupervised around ANY domestic animal. 'Nuff said.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
15 posted on 04/05/2005 6:38:15 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Dan from Michigan

5 years ago I would have said the dog was abused. Now this type story repeats almost daily. Pit bulls do not belong among people.


16 posted on 04/05/2005 6:38:17 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Tag line repossessed)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
There may be some people who can handle them. But as dogs they're decidedly not for every one - certainly NOT for families with children.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
17 posted on 04/05/2005 6:39:30 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Dan from Michigan
I know not ALL pit bulls are bad. I know it has a lot to do with the way people raise them.

But why would you risk having pit bulls around you kids?
18 posted on 04/05/2005 6:39:32 AM PDT by ryan71 (Speak softly and carry a BIG STICK)
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To: dmz; HairOfTheDog
That being said, after work today, I'm taking my Golden Retriever for a swim.

~sigh~

My black lab doesn't like to get his feet wet...

19 posted on 04/05/2005 6:40:09 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Luke 2:29 - Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word...)
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To: L98Fiero
Maybe, just maybe, we have "yet anothe media hype story" because the freaking dogs keep killing people.

Maybe, just maybe, you missed the sarcasm....

20 posted on 04/05/2005 6:41:10 AM PDT by r9etb
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