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uppityperson

(115,681 posts)
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:03 PM Dec 2017

St. Paul police dog attacked innocent woman, suit says

Guess what type dog it was.
It's the training, not the dog breed.

http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-police-dog-attacked-innocent-woman-suit-says/462416373/

A St.Paul police K-9 attacked an unsuspecting woman, knocked her out of her shoes and dragged her to the ground causing bites that required hospitalization, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

St. Paul police officer Thaddeus P. Schmidt lost control of his K-9, Gabe, who repeatedly ignored more than 10 commands from Schmidt and another officer to release the woman, Desiree Collins, according to the suit filed Wednesday.

“What you have here is a completely innocent person taking out their garbage … and a K-9 simply wasn’t controlled,” said one of Collins’ attorneys, Andrew Noel. “It should never have happened.”

Noel and attorney Bob Bennett on Thursday released graphic police body camera footage of the Sept. 23 incident. The footage shows Gabe walking far ahead of Schmidt on a 20-foot lead. The dog disappears behind a dumpster and attacks Collins outside the sight of three officers at the scene. Collins screams in pain and falls to the ground with the dog latched onto her....(more@link)


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/08/body-cam-captures-police-dog-attacking-innocent-woman-taking-out-her-garbage/?utm_term=.cd69ef65ce03
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St. Paul police dog attacked innocent woman, suit says (Original Post) uppityperson Dec 2017 OP
German Shepherd dogs need to be banned worldwide right now! ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #1
Ban the breed! IluvPitties Dec 2017 #2
Screw that! Ban any dog that resembles a GSD ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #5
Have you heard about their locking jaws? uppityperson Dec 2017 #3
Glad she sued malaise Dec 2017 #4

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. German Shepherd dogs need to be banned worldwide right now!
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:24 PM
Dec 2017

They are large, powerful dogs that can inflict a lot of damage. You just can't trust them!


ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. Screw that! Ban any dog that resembles a GSD
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:40 PM
Dec 2017

Malinois are certainly dangerous. White GSDs are super scary. I had a 170 lb white GSD gnaw on my hand once! Don't get me started on the Dutch Shepherd. Belgian Tervurens can take down a bear! Inuit dogs look similar, so those must be on the list. Wolf hybrids can look like a GSD, so those must be banned as well.

I feel like Sessions getting the vapuhs over a marijuana crackdown.

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