Man Kicks Dog
Via Say Uncle and Zombyboy comes this story about a guy who took a small dog and kicked it like a football, as he and his friends yukked it up:
”I didn’t believe that they actually kicked my dog,” [Jelani] Lewis, 29, said yesterday, standing in a parking lot at the Nashboro Village apartment complex, where dried blood puddles were still on the blacktop. ”When I saw him kick it, I was thinking, maybe for a second, ‘No, that really isn’t Gizmo he’s kicking.’ ”
One of the men ”with tattoos on both arms was holding the dog like a football,” Lewis said. ”The other one backed up and kicked him … like a place kicker.”
Gizmo went flying into the air in a high arc. The man and two friends with him laughed, and then ran away, Lewis said. For a moment, Lewis stood still, his eyes following Gizmo’s body until it smacked onto the pavement and then rolled a couple of feet beneath a parked car.
By the way, this would not be considered a “strike” under California law.
I wouldn’t consider it a strike. I would consider it grounds to hold them both down, and like say place kick somewhere on their body. Gizmo was small huh? Okay several times. Jail won’t teach an asshole like that anything. Trust me. They go in assholes. They come out assholes.
Comment by IXLNXS — 4/7/2004 @ 9:38 pm
My respect goes to the dog owner for his incredible restraint. My visceral reaction to that jerk is pretty much with IXLNXS. Except that I know exactly where that blow should strike. With repetition, because practice makes perfect.
But rationally (ugh) ..
I’m a bit skeptical of including animal cruelty as a strike - after all, an organization like PETA might somehow manage to outlaw leashes one day - but this act was unique. What this guy did was an incredibly cruel thing for nothing more than fun. I’m not a psychologist, but isn’t animal cruelty a warning sign of how someone will eventually treat people? And since a short jail sentence could only toughen him, this is a perfect candidate for a strike, IMO.
Anyway, if I were the family, I’d sue the pants off the guy. And push, hard. Make sure that he’s (literally) paying for this for the rest of his life. Make sure that he can’t afford to raise a child, at least.
Comment by bob — 4/8/2004 @ 10:40 am
That yappy little dog probably had it coming. I wouldn’t be surprised if it kept this man up all night with its incessant yapping.
Comment by Joe — 5/16/2004 @ 9:23 pm