Asst. Fire Chief Claims Self-Defense in Puppy Kill

[Virginia]

http://www.wesh.com/cnn-news/17923372/detail.html

"The Tooles say Monday evening, Karley got out and went to neighbor Travis Staggs' home. He lives on the other side of Chief Johnson's house.

Staggs says he was walking Karley home when Johnson stepped in and said he would take the dog back home.

Staggs says he reluctantly handed over the puppy, and that's when it happened in Johnson's front yard.

Travis Staggs tells KTLA that Glynn Johnson simply started beating the dog, and that the dog had not attacked Johnson first.

According to this witness, Johnson hit the dog repeatedly with a closed fist, put his hands in the puppy's mouth and tried to break its jaws, and eventually beat the dog over the head repeatedly with a large rock from the front yard.

Staggs says he tried to stop the attack but couldn't. The Toole family later decided to have Karley put down because of the extent of her injuries."


Unbelievable.

[jfisher]

Virginia,

I get a different story when I click that link...Just an FYI...

-Jackie

[CookieTN]

Further proof that the world is heading for the loony bin.

GEESHA-WEESHA, anyone who can come close to murdering a dog and not feel guilty has something wrong with their mind.

[jfisher]

I found the correct link to the whole story:

Asst. Fire Chief Claims Self-Defense...


This story stinks to high Heaven...First of all, why the heck would this disgusting pig offer to "take the puppy back to it's owners" when the neighbor from TWO DOORS DOWN was already on his way?! Then, he claims self-defense after beating this poor puppy till it had to be euthanized from its injuries...SELF-DEFENSE?!?! Against a SIX MONTH OLD PUPPY??!! I sincerely hope this monster gets what he deserves but *sigh* we all know he won't...Unbelievable...

-Jackie

[mkennels]

that is so sad, makes me sick to think about how people can be

[Keegan62]

I think the guy did it just beacause he offered to take dog home
He planned it

what a horrible horrible thing
He should get death penalty

[barbprzyby]

I hate to read these things.
But on the other hand, it is good to be aware of what this world is coming to.
I don't want to be oblivious and naive.
I think the world is making progress in evil as much as it is in technology and advancement of knowledge.

[Lauri & The Gang]

How could someone NOT stop the attack. I would have physically put myself between him and the pup and if he hit me all the better - he'd be in jail in an instant.

THE most upsetting thing I ever saw was a video a person took of his neighbor beating an adult GSD to death.

Why didn't they PUT DOWN THE FRIGGING VIDEO CAMERA AND DO SOMETHING!!!!

And for those that think the world is going downhill - sorry but it's BEEN downhill for quite some time.

Things like this have happened before, many times. The only difference is that we have instant access to world news via the internet.

Before the internet do you think you would have heard about this guy in LA? Not unless you lived near there.

The world is not getting worse - the badness is just being exposed more and more.

[wsumner26]

Quote: Further proof that the world is heading for the loony bin

My thoughts exactly.

[daniella5574]

What a sick, waste of skin. There is a special place in **** for people like this, I hope he gets his spot there sooner than later. Yes, I FULLY believe in the death penalty for this. murder is murder, and an eye for and eye is justice.