San Francisco police reviewing tiger victims' cell phones, car

Mercury News ^ | 1/16/2008 | Leslie Griffy

[repinwi]

San Francisco police today began their review of the cell phones and car belonging to the survivors of a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo, officials said.

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A San Francisco Superior Court judge granted a search warrant allowing police to examine the cell phones and car on Tuesday.

For police and city officials to get the warrant, they needed to show probable cause of felony wrongdoing, a city official said.

[jackibutterfly]

"Four: Do you really think that someone deserves to be chewed and killed by a tiger for merely teasing it somewhat? "

Apparently, the tiger thought so.

[repinwi]

News that police were granted a search warrant implies a reinvigorated criminal investigation.

[metmom]

of homicide=or homicide

[Hacklehead]

“Four: Do you really think that someone deserves to be chewed and killed by a tiger for merely teasing it somewhat?”

Ever hear of the saying “You mess with the bull, you get the horn”?

“Five: Where were the officials that are supposed to stop this type of teasing(if such really occured)?”

What the the zoo officials supposed to do, have people stationed at every exhibit telling them “dont tap on the glass”? IF these idiots wanted to see how much they could pizz off a tiger, they got their wish.

[chimera]

Well, if nothing else, this makes me think what my Mom told me when I was little is true: you go looking for trouble, you’ll probably find it. No, they probably (in this instance anyway) didn’t deserve to die. Then again, nobody forced them to go harass that animal. They were people, they had a choice in their behavior. The animal was probably acting only on instinct. I know which I hold more responsible if it were up to me.

[Lokibob]

One: Were they actually drunk?

Answer: This is important to any civil suit, even if they were sober or drunk.  It is important.

 

Two: Did they really have slingshots with them?

Answer: This is important to any civil suit.

 

Three: If they had been drinking what was their blood alcohol level?

Answer: This is important to any civil suit.

 

 

Four: Do you really think that someone deserves to be chewed and killed by a tiger for merely teasing it somewhat?

Perhaps they do not deserve to be killed for animal cruelity, but they at least deserve some jail time.  Unfortunately, Tigers have their own law (Law of Nature), and the Tiger applied that law.  You can bet, if these "kids" shot me while was in a cage and unable to defend myself, with a slingshot, I would be in a rage, and they lives would be in danger.  You have no basis for saying "teasing somewhat".

 

Five: Where were the officials that are supposed to stop this type of teasing(if such really occured)?

Answer: This is important to any civil suit.

 

Six: Why are you not calling the zoo officials assclowns for having a fence 4 feet lower than reccomended for containing tigers?

Answer: This is important to any civil suit.

 

.....Bob

[repinwi]

WOW!!!!! That’s probably what’s on their cell phones! How did you get a hold of the pics so fast? LOL

[microgood]

Unless these people actually let the tiger out, this is 100% the zoo’s responsibility, 0% anyone else’s. We can thank lawyers for our modern views on responsibility (the criminal is the victim, the victim is the criminal, etc).

[Cobra64]

. . . personal accountability . . .

Yes. Not much of that anymore.

Reminds me of the dopey broad who spilled hot coffee in her crotch and blamed McDonalds. Moron...

[repinwi]

The tiger “Tatiana” was born in captivity. Has no knowledge what it’s like to be out in the wild or to hunt. Their mother teaches them that. BORN IN CAPTIVITY.

[Cobra64]

[Cobra64]

The tiger “Tatiana” was born in captivity. Has no knowledge what it’s like to be out in the wild or to hunt. Their mother teaches them that. BORN IN CAPTIVITY.

Yippee. Let's all go jump into a shark tank at Sea World.

[Navy Patriot]

One: Were they actually drunk? Two: Did they really have slingshots with them? Three: If they had been drinking what was their blood alcohol level? Four: Do you really think that someone deserves to be chewed and killed by a tiger for merely teasing it somewhat? Five: Where were the officials that are supposed to stop this type of teasing(if such really occurred)? Six: Why are you not calling the zoo officials assclowns for having a fence 4 feet lower than recommended for containing tigers?

If these sterling contributors to American society knowingly did anything to disturb that display animal, they are best Darwined from our society.

As for the politically correct SF city and zoo idiots, they are grossly negligent and deserve prison.

The Tiger was improperly managed and trained and is better off dead, still, she won two battles, while losing the campaign.

Stupidity is a capital crime, not always enforced.

[death2tyrants]

“Zoo officials have implied that the young men taunted the tiger. “

Pretty weak. A human can taunt a tiger simply by making eye contact. Same with bears and other predatorial animals.

[dragnet2]

You gotta be a pretty big jerk to make me root for the tiger, but these guys look like they fit the bill.

I couldn't agree more.

[sticker]

“What kind of person evades Christmas with the family and instead gets drunk and goes to the zoo?”

You obviously never met my daughter-in-law's family.

[org.whodat]

News that police were granted a search warrant implies a reinvigorated criminal investigation.

No it indicates the city is looking for a bolt hole to reduce the amount of the pay out, nothing more. Their search warrant will not stand up if front of the appeals court.

[Hacklehead]

“If these sterling contributors to American society knowingly did anything to disturb that display animal, they are best Darwined from our society.”

At the very least they are guilty of violating the rule about not feeding the animals.

[eastforker]

Well, the height of the wall was never an issue until these punks came along...................The state of a drunken driver is never an issue either unless he is caught or kills someone .

[repinwi]

No need to go in the shark tank just watch out for your dog/cat as it just may turn on you because it's ancestors were born wild.