Police Dog bites Auburn Football Player

[waggy]

Originally posted by: palswim

Originally posted by: tfinch2
What do they need a K-9 unit at a football game so close to the field for?

Same reason the good ol' boy coaches need state troopers next to them at all times.

actually that is a good idea. to many idiots think its ok to atack the coaches now.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: palswim

Originally posted by: tfinch2
What do they need a K-9 unit at a football game so close to the field for?

Same reason the good ol' boy coaches need state troopers next to them at all times.

yea i see that and only see it with southern games. ive been to a few CU Buff games and have never seen Colorado state Troopers body guards for the football coach.

why do they do that?

 

[Feldenak]

On the topic of the Iron Bowl.

Game Recap
Rammer Jammer

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: palswim

Originally posted by: tfinch2
What do they need a K-9 unit at a football game so close to the field for?

Same reason the good ol' boy coaches need state troopers next to them at all times.

yea i see that and only see it with southern games. ive been to a few CU Buff games and have never seen Colorado state Troopers body guards for the football coach.

why do they do that?

I've seen it at every game I've every been to in the Big 12.

 

[Queasy]

Not the first run in an Auburn player has had with a dog...or dawg in this case.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Not the first run in an Auburn player has had with a dog...or dawg in this case.

Haha, that was Robert Baker IIRC.

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
What do they need a K-9 unit at a football game so close to the field for?

To catch streakers.

 

[Nitemare]

Well don't stick your hands in front of police dog's mouths

Don't stand so close to the friggin endzone

 

[IceBergSLiM]

This was obviously not a random attack.....clearly the player (a convicted felon I'm sure) was involved in a drug deal gone wrong.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
This was obviously not a random attack.....clearly the player (a convicted felon I'm sure) was involved in a drug deal gone wrong.

Find some evidence for that?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
This was obviously not a random attack.....clearly the player (a convicted felon I'm sure) was involved in a drug deal gone wrong.

Find some evidence for that?

MOckery of one or 2 of the folks posting in the Sean Taylor thread.

 

[josh0099]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: tfinch2
What do they need a K-9 unit at a football game so close to the field for?

Exactly. WTF? I say he sues the police department. That's bullsh!t! Again, WTF is that dog on the field?

In case players are dealin on the field duh!

 

[Queasy]

Link - The AU player's mother plans to sue.

Janice Powers, mother of Decatur High grad and Auburn cornerback Jerraud Powers, plans to file a lawsuit against an Opelika police officer and the Police Department after a police dog at the Iron Bowl attacked the player.

Janice Powers said Tuesday that she is in the midst of talking with lawyers about taking legal action against the Opelika police officer whose dog left four puncture wounds in her son?s hand.

During a pass breakup in the fourth quarter of Saturday?s 17-10 win over Alabama, Powers? momentum carried him out of the end zone. He waved his hands to signal that the pass was incomplete ? his standard celebration after a pass breakup ? when the dog, standing by the goal post, grabbed his left hand. Janice and Jerraud Powers both say the handler of the dog did nothing to stop or prevent the attack.

?He didn?t even try to do anything to try to get the dog,? Janice Powers said. ?And it took a couple of seconds to even move the dog off the field.?

Said Jerraud Powers: ?He just stood there like there was nothing going on.?

Janice Powers doesn?t know when she will file the lawsuit officially, but she said Jerraud was supposed to file a report against the police officer, whose name she did not know.

A person at the Opelika Police Department refused to talk to a Daily reporter Tuesday, referring all questions to the university. Auburn City Police Department spokesman Tom Stofer also referred questions to the university.

Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said Sunday that the incident is ?something we?ll have to look at and make sure it doesn?t happen again.?

The coach said he never noticed the dogs before and wondered why they were surrounding the outskirts of Pat Dye Field.

Auburn University spokesman Mike Clardy said the K-9 unit is trained to ?detect explosives, weapons, that kind of thing.? But Clardy said the units are at games to discourage fans from running onto the field.

?Lots of stadiums around the country, be it college or professional, use K-9s or horses just as a presence on the field,? he said. ?It?s just a visual for the fans in the stands who, of course, are reminded that (they) are not to come on the field after the game.?

If the dog was on the field to control the crowd, the animal should have been facing the crowd and it should not have been so close to the field, Janice Powers said.

Both the dog and officer were facing the field. They were only a few feet from the south end zone of Jordan-Hare Stadium.

?Why was he facing toward the players?? she asked. ?He shouldn?t have been that close.?

Meanwhile, Jerraud Powers, who finished the regular season third on the team with 57 tackles, said Tuesday his hand is still sore from the attack.

?It?s pretty sore, bruised up,? he said.

Powers did not receive a rabies shot after the game because it?s a federal dog.

?I?m sure he?s the cleanest dog in America,? he said.

Powers did not need stitches, but sitting in the media room following Saturday?s game, he had four noticeable wounds on his left hand: three on the outside palm and one toward the tip of his pinky finger.

While making the celebratory incomplete sign, Powers felt the dog grab his left hand and then saw blood coming from his glove.

?I was looking toward the sidelines, and I was screaming, ?The dog bit me,? the next three plays,? he said.

Clardy said the incident will be discussed at the university?s annual season review of game-day events. University leaders will meet with game-day management staff, city police, first-responders and athletic personnel in this routine review to discuss ?what works? and ?what didn?t work,? he said. ?We review all of our game-day practices, our policies,? Clardy said, ?so of course that will be part of our discussion of how we use and place the dogs around the stadium.?

 

[waggy]

cant say i blame them for sueing. thats bullshit. the dog should never been that close to the field.

 

[Kirby]

Good boy.

 

[kinev]

Sit, aUBUurn, sit.

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Good boy.

 

[Farang]

Wow, excellent camera work. It is as if the cameraman knew it was coming. The zoom came the instant the dog leapt towards his hand.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
That led me to an even better video

OMG WE'RE PLAYING CHASE! I LOVE PLAYING CHASE! OMG EVERYONE'S PLAYING CHASE, THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

 

[tcsenter]

Janice Powers, mother of Decatur High grad and Auburn cornerback Jerraud Powers, plans to file a lawsuit against an Opelika police officer and the Police Department after a police dog at the Iron Bowl attacked the player.

Janice and Jerraud Powers both say the handler of the dog did nothing to stop or prevent the attack. ?He didn?t even try to do anything to try to get the dog,? Janice Powers said. ?And it took a couple of seconds to even move the dog off the field.?

[/quote]
Well we wouldn't expect any less from a certain demographic, who seems to be conditioned from birth to see litigation in everything (particularly against the police).

The mother has no legal standing to sue. She wasn't injured and her son is an adult. I suppose the player could sue, but I don't know why or for what. You can't just sue because you got a little scratch or bruise. There has to be injury, expenses, medical care, loss of wages, pain and suffering that is debilitating, traumatic, and in excess of those that one surely endures repeatedly during a football game. I'd give him $20.00 to buy a new pair of gloves and an apology (which he deserves).

It is also clear the officer was in fact attempting to restrain the dog, pulling him downward and backward. The incident took an entire two seconds from start to finish. Was the officer supposed to continue "doing something" after Powers was walking away rubbing his hand? And I love where she says "It took a couple of seconds to even move the dog off the field". I guess the officer's kanine teleporter was in the shop that day. A whole couple seconds!

I was bitten in the face 15 years ago by a friend's dog. I flinched backward just as one of the kanines broke the skin, raking downward, tearing acrossed my face and upper lip. It required exactly 11 sutures to close and I still have a scar. It never crossed my mind to sue him.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: tfinch2
What do they need a K-9 unit at a football game so close to the field for?

Exactly. WTF? I say he sues the police department. That's bullsh!t! Again, WTF is that dog on the field?

Why does everything need a lawsuit? Just shut the hell up and move on. Things aren't perfect guys and lawsuits are not going to change that. God damn sheeple.

Ok /endrant

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Well we wouldn't expect any less from a certain demographic, who seems to be conditioned from birth to see litigation in everything (particularly against the police).

Just say black people. You're obviously talking about black people, grow a set and say it.

I don't know if they have a greater propensity to sue. My guess would be that like many other negative stereotypes that are associated with black Americans, it is true of poor people of other races too.

:thumbsdown: to suing. Come on, he got bit by a dog not beaten with a nightstick.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Good boy.

Rammer Jammer

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Xavier434

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: tfinch2
What do they need a K-9 unit at a football game so close to the field for?

Exactly. WTF? I say he sues the police department. That's bullsh!t! Again, WTF is that dog on the field?

Why does everything need a lawsuit? Just shut the hell up and move on. Things aren't perfect guys and lawsuits are not going to change that. God damn sheeple.

Ok /endrant

I hate the sue-happy mindset but if this lawsuit gets those dogs off the sideline then more power to her. I'm not sure I'd sue the police officer, he was assigned there...sueing the OPD is fine by me though.

As an Auburn alum & fan, I hate the fact those dogs are there along the sidelines.

 

[GenHoth]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

As an Auburn alum & fan, I hate the fact those dogs are there along the sidelines.

Why?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: GenHoth

Originally posted by: Feldenak

As an Auburn alum & fan, I hate the fact those dogs are there along the sidelines.

Why?

its not safe. havinga attack dog where people are running and htting each other is not a good idea.

i wouldnt be suprised if it happens more often.