A Racist Dog

[Kizzy]

February 03, 2004

Pa. Police Dog Suspended; Bit Black Child

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) - A police dog has been suspended while investigators try to determine whether the animal has something against black children.

The dog, a German shepherd named Dolpho, was cleared two years ago of attacking a child because he was black. But Dolpho was removed from duty on Monday after biting another black child.

Dolpho attacked a 14-year-old black girl on Jan. 28 during a crime-prevention demonstration at a school but did not break the youngster's skin. The girl's parents said a white student petted the dog without incident before he attacked their daughter.

In 2002, town officials ordered a two-month investigation to determine if Dolpho was singling out blacks while on patrol after the dog escaped from police vehicle and bit a 9-year-old black boy playing nearby. The dog was taken off duty, retrained for two months and returned to the force.

City Councilwoman Wanda Jones Dixon, who is black, complained about the dog in 2002 and renewed her request that the animal be retired from the police force or put to sleep.

 

[Elle]

I thought dogs were color blind:shrug:

 

[CMC122]

Originally posted by IM4Change
February 03, 2004

Pa. Police Dog Suspended; Bit Black Child

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) - A police dog has been suspended while investigators try to determine whether the animal has something against black children.

The dog, a German shepherd named Dolpho, was cleared two years ago of attacking a child because he was black. But Dolpho was removed from duty on Monday after biting another black child.

Dolpho attacked a 14-year-old black girl on Jan. 28 during a crime-prevention demonstration at a school but did not break the youngster's skin. The girl's parents said a white student petted the dog without incident before he attacked their daughter.

In 2002, town officials ordered a two-month investigation to determine if Dolpho was singling out blacks while on patrol after the dog escaped from police vehicle and bit a 9-year-old black boy playing nearby. The dog was taken off duty, retrained for two months and returned to the force.

City Councilwoman Wanda Jones Dixon, who is black, complained about the dog in 2002 and renewed her request that the animal be retired from the police force or put to sleep.

That is so absurd.

 

[justhangn]

Originally posted by tys_mommy
I thought dogs were color blind:shrug:

They can still smell.

 

[Elle]

Originally posted by justhangn
They can still smell.

If you mean what I'm thinking, that is soo wrong in soo many ways!

 

[Ponytail]

Originally posted by justhangn
They can still smell.

I can't help it.

 

[Toxick]

Originally posted by tys_mommy
I thought dogs were color blind:shrug:

They are. The entire premise of this article is ridiculous. And anyone stupid enough to believe that a dog is capable of racism is laughably ignorant, and should never have attained an elected government office.

 

[willie]

My dog goes nuts if she sees a black person.

 

[justhangn]

Originally posted by Ponytail



I can't help it.

That's because it was a joke

 

[huntr1]

Originally posted by Toxick
They are. The entire premise of this article is ridiculous. And anyone stupid enough to believe that a dog is capable of racism is laughably ignorant, and should never have attained an elected government office.

She was elected by the same people that are voting for Braun and Sharpton for President, even after Braun dropped out of the race. IDIOTS!

 

[SuperGrover]

Dogs don't hate on their own, it's a learned behavior from its surroundings and people it interacts with.

Maybe they should look into the handlers and their background.

 

[Kizzy]

I had a choc lab that would growl if he saw a black person. Everyone can say that a dog is color blind, but I've been at black people's houses and there dogs have done the same thing to me.

I didn't teach my dog to growl at black people, and as a matter of fact, I thought my lab was going to break the window out of my car the 1st time he saw a black person. My lab has since died, and my new dog, a Jack Russell, growls and barks at all people walking, riding a bike, out in the street.

 

[Tonio]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084899/

 

[Vince]

Originally posted by IM4Change
my new dog, a Jack Russell, growls and barks at all people walking, riding a bike, out in the street.

My two bark at anything that moves. Two stupid dogs, but great watch dogs. If anyone even wiggles the door knob they let me know.

 

[willie]

My dog is an equal opportunity biter.