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Title: Owner of 3 Pit Bulls That Mauled 9-Year-Old Girl to Death Charged with Murder
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URL Source: https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/owner ... -to-death-charged-with-murder/
Published: Aug 22, 2019
Author: Matt Clibanoff
Post Date: 2019-08-27 01:48:49 by Tooconservative
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Views: 12247
Comments: 88
According to the victim’s family, Emma Hernandez, 9, was riding her bike on Monday when dogs attacked her in an alley around 4 p.m. Family members said that she often rode her bike in the area around Central Avenue and Smart Street and was probably trying to use a nearby alley to turn around. Among the various neighbors who came out to help Hernandez was Deborah Gordon, a woman who lives down the block. She reportedly tried to perform CPR and was shocked by what happened. “You’re talking about a 9-year-old girl who was just out there playing, and now she’s not here,” she told Fox 6 Now. To make matters worse, one of the people who ran towards the attack was Hernandez’s 12-year-old brother. While most of Hernandez’s immediate family wanted privacy, they did say that the dogs often roamed around the streets of their neighborhood; Hernandez’s father said he had an argument with the dog owner about it within the past week. During the attack, neighbors shot one of the pit bulls. Following the attack, the dogs were taken by Detroit Animal Care and Control. “Due to the severity of this case, it is very likely that the dogs will be euthanized,” officials said in a statement. Cleveland has reportedly been charged with having a dangerous animal, causing death, involuntary manslaughter, and second-degree murder. “It shouldn’t have happened,” said Claudia Stapleton, Hernandez’s aunt. “They should have been more careful with their dogs. This is her neighborhood. She should be able to be free and do what every kid does. Walk around, ride their bikes, they shouldn’t be afraid in their own neighborhood. It’s very devastating.” Cleveland is currently being held with a $2 million bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 30 for a probable cause conference. His preliminary examination is set for Sept. 6, ClickonDetroit reported. Poster Comment: I am always happy to see pitbull owners prosecuted. I have a friend who owns one, unhappy last year that the city fined him for letting it escape and run wild, forced him to build a pen. I told him that I like seeing pitbull owners prosecuted because they are an inherently dangerous and unstable breed. We aren't as close now for some reason. Hell, he just leaves it in the crappy pen they made him build, neglected and living a useless unhappy life. He doesn't even care about that dog.
Pierre Cleveland, 33, the owner of the three pit bulls that mauled a 9-year-old Detroit girl to death, has been charged with murder. 
“I knew the dogs were there. I knew the neighbor,” Armando Hernandez said. “We had an argument about it just last week and he just didn’t take care of his dogs properly. He could have prevented this.”
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#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
Oh Well …
If a pitbull is mauling your grandchild to death right in front of you, I recommend you just shoot it and not wait for the cops to shop up 30-40 minutes later. Strange how you tried to take this in the direction of police posts in general. You're trying to dragging the cops into a non-cop story. Hammer, nail. I did like how they had a mug shot of him first and then the second one showing him weeping in shame. Gee, maybe he should have locked up his dogs before they killed an innocent little girl. Hence, the second photo.
The second photo is, "Woe is me. They charged me with murder".
I enjoyed the remorse. I still want him convicted and in prison. I would vote to convict so fast... Hell, I'd probably start laughing at the defense attorney as soon as he started to present his case. I intensely dislike people who keep vicious dogs and don't supervise them closely. My friendship with a good friend was kind of ruined after his German shepherd - which he trained to be aggressive and had used it to attack a few guys that were menacing him - almost ripped half of his toddler niece's face off at a family BBQ. He told me that he thought she might have stepped on its tail or something (I didn't buy it). There was always something a little menacing about that dog and he knew it. She had extensive reconstructive surgery but still has visible scars from it as an adult. That was entirely preventable. You prevent it by shooting the dog before it hurts children. Then you get a nice friendly dog, like a golden Lab. Or a little dog that can't actually do that much harm to a person, even a child.
There was no remorse,only self-pity. The only thought in his head at that time was most likely "WHY did this happen to ME?" If the DA had refused to file charges,he would be home laughing about it because he got away with something.
You're probably closer to the mark than me. I got kind of sick of dogs running loose in the neighborhood a few years ago. I've gotten a hardened attitude toward dogs as a result. I just don't like them or want them near me any more. On balance, they aren't worth it. Of course, I do now a few people who have very winsome, very polite and affectionate dogs. No one could dislike those dogs. But they are very much the exception.
Having grown up with bird dogs and enjoying all the great hunting with my dad...I now feel the same way. In 2010, all four of my immediate family got bitten/attacked by dogs. I got tagged first by a German short hair, while chatting with the owner. The dog ripped my fore arm in a split second and was gone. Owner didn't seem to notice even though I was dripping blood like Josey Wales in that last scene. Shortly there after, my wife was jogging along our country road when she got her hand torn up by a mixed breed crap hound. We had to call animal control to get the owner to show proof rabies shots. Next was my son, about 12 at the time. A tail-wagging yellow lab entered the area, came straight to my kid and bit his kneecap (to blood). Again, happened in a flash, no provocation. Finally, my 10 year old daughter was rescued by a quick thinking neighbor who pulled her from the jaws of vicious dog that was new to our community (owned by welfare folks who moved into a mobile home up the road a piece). The neighbor and my daughter were absolutely terror stricken. Another neighbor of ours now has six dogs, maybe more. He's gone all the time, but keeps the dogs in those plastic kennels, stacked two high and three wide against a wall. I can hear those dogs barking inside his house from a quarter mile away. I'm waiting for one of those pent up critters to get loose and come after one of my calves... The problem I see is that people are using dogs to fill some emotional void in their lives. But they aren't taking care of them and the dogs end up hurting, or simply annoying everybody nearby.
Are you SURE it was unprovoked,or are you just taking your son's word for it? I have never heard of a yellow lab or any other lab making unprovoked attacks on anyone. People DO have a natural tendency to selectively see or not see things connected to their kids. I once watched the only son of a cousin reach over and pinch the nuts of his sleeping pet dachshund,and when the dog yipped and snapped at him,he started crying and then smiled while his idiot father started to beat the hell out of the dog. I stopped him and told him it was his son's fault for pinching the dogs nuts while he was sleeping,and he didn't believe me. Even then IF he had looked at his sons eyes he could have seen the glee in them,but he just wouldn't look because he KNEW in his heart his son was perfect in every way. SOB grew up to be a sneak thief,a coward,and a bully.
The yellow lab is one the most gregarious and friendly dogs, I think. But out of hundreds of millions of them, well, sooner or later you might find one that snaps at a kid for something rather petty. Maybe the kid keeps stepping on its paws when walking by, or steps on its tail a few too many times, or pokes it in the eye or face or pokes around inside its ears or something. I think sometimes a dog does just put up with minor irritants for a while but they do finally get fed up with being treated like a piece of furniture or like a plush toy by some smelly toddler. Just because a dog is an animal doesn't mean it can't get annoyed, sometimes for a reason. I think there are dogs who just don't like kids because they have had a bad experience with them. These are the dogs that don't want to play with kids or who get up and walk off to a distance if kids are nearby. They make it clear they don't like interacting with kids by their behavior. Yet they are friendly enough with adults who the dog expects to have more polite behavior.
#36. To: Tooconservative (#34)
The exact opposite is true. Animals have feelings and egos,and everybody and everything with a pulse has a limit to how much crap they will put up with without drawing a line. I am sure Mother Theresa would try to scratch your eyes out if you pushed her too far. One of the most profound questions I have ever heard asked is "WHY is common sense so uncommon?"
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Sigh … During the attack, neighbors shot one of the pit bulls.
If only some lowly public servant police officer had been there to shoot all of these dogs and prevent this tragic death … There were 36 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2018. Pit bulls contributed to 72% (26) of these deaths.”
Poster [Tooconservative] Comment: I am always happy to see pitbull owners prosecuted.
I hsve absolutely no problem when police officers shoot them – While some folks do …
#2. To: Gatlin (#1)
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I hsve absolutely no problem when police officers shoot them – While some folks do …
#4. To: Tooconservative (#2)
Gee, maybe he should have locked up his dogs before they killed an innocent little girl. Hence, the second photo.
#6. To: misterwhite (#4)
The second photo is, "Woe is me. They charged me with murder".
#9. To: Tooconservative (#6)
I enjoyed the remorse.
#11. To: sneakypete (#9)
There was no remorse,only self-pity. The only thought in his head at that time was most likely "WHY did this happen to ME?"
#26. To: Tooconservative (#11)
I just don't like them or want them near me any more. On balance, they aren't worth it.
#29. To: watchman (#26)
Next was my son, about 12 at the time. A tail-wagging yellow lab entered the area, came straight to my kid and bit his kneecap (to blood). Again, happened in a flash, no provocation.
#34. To: sneakypete (#29)
I have never heard of a yellow lab or any other lab making unprovoked attacks on anyone.
Replies to Comment # 34. Just because a dog is an animal doesn't mean it can't get annoyed, sometimes for a reason.
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