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  • 'Racist' dog defended after attack

    04/10/2010 7:26:54 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 27 replies · 1,235+ views
    suntimes ^ | April 10, 2010
    YONKERS, N.Y. -- A dog said to have a tendency to bark at minorities is being called "racist" -- a charge its owner, Paul Tocco, denies. A year ago, the animal, Jenna, bit Andrew Owens, a black handyman at Valley Oil, a heating oil business that Tocco's family runs. Recently, the 58-year-old Owens "egged on" the barking dog, which was chained outside the business, police said. Owens then pulled out a 9-inch folding knife and slashed the dog across the face, through the eye socket, police said. He admitted to the crime and was charged with felony aggravated cruelty. In...