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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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LawAndCrime
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
Keywords: None
Views: 12245
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.
Woh! That's kind of amazing. Who would expect something like that in four separate incidents in just a year, just statistically? But then, in a country of 350M people, stuff does happen. What's sad is that people don't feel they can trust dogs at all after things like that happen. Kids that get bit or even threatened by a dog just don't want to be around them after that. Some people even get a PTSD thing from a dog attack (or animal attack). BTW, have you ever read the stats on cow attacks? Yep, every year some people get killed. And it isn't just bulls or steers attacking either. Fact: Cattle kill more people every year than sharks do. Gizmodo: Cows Are Deadlier Than You Ever Knew And you know they get a little nuts about taking their calves. So many dogs in the city sit in little kennels in the backyard or an empty house 95% of the time. I've seen some that are supposed to be hunting dogs and they only take them out of the backyard cage kennel a few times a year to go hunting with. And sometimes you see these dogs on a rope in a backyard or in a little kennel, no interaction with anything 99% of the time and it reminds you of a hobby that people have lost interest in. Yeah, they feed and water them and that's about it. They can't seem to get rid of them but they won't give them the time needed to give them a real life. Just like raising kids, you have to give them your time and interaction, not just feed them and hope for the best.
Exactly,but the truth is these same people would tie their kids out in the yard and ignore them if they could get away with it because they care nothing about nobody or no one but themselves.
Maybe. You do see people tether toddlers when they're wandering around a mall. It's been some years since I've seen it but some people still do. More often, I now notice the toddlers up to 6yo riding the sides of the shopping carts at Walmart, like some little gang of possums handing off mama's belly. And the poor mom is pushing the cart along like it's the Bataan death march. Man, it takes a lot of patience to parent kids well and not just flip out completely now and then. Now sneakypete will be cooking up a reply to say that if people aren't animals, how can you put a toddler on a leash... I always recall how at about age 4 I was standing on a street corner with my 3 siblings and mom and we were crossing the street and I thought it was time to cross. I had had very little experience in crossing streets. I started to step out and my mom grabbed me out of the path of a big truck that missed me by only a few inches. So I get why these parents want that leash on their toddler. The little people just get some idea in their heads and do something impulsive.
#46. To: Tooconservative (#39)
Everything in the known universe is either animal,vegetable,or mineral. Pick one and I will take your word for it unless you are a Dim or a RINO,and don't pick "vegetable".
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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.
#27. To: watchman, sneakypete (#26)
(Edited)
In 2010, all four of my immediate family got bitten/attacked by dogs.
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.
#31. To: Tooconservative (#27)
So many dogs in the city sit in little kennels in the backyard or an empty house 95% of the time. I've seen some that are supposed to be hunting dogs and they only take them out of the backyard cage kennel a few times a year to go hunting with. And sometimes you see these dogs on a rope in a backyard or in a little kennel, no interaction with anything 99% of the time and it reminds you of a hobby that people have lost interest in. Yeah, they feed and water them and that's about it. They can't seem to get rid of them but they won't give them the time needed to give them a real life. Just like raising kids, you have to give them your time and interaction, not just feed them and hope for the best.
#39. To: sneakypete, watchman (#31)
Exactly,but the truth is these same people would tie their kids out in the yard and ignore them if they could get away with it because they care nothing about nobody or no one but themselves.
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