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Insane Getaway Driving

The driver in this clip is being followed by cops for driving too fast. Instead of... more

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UCLA v. Cops: 14 Arrested, 1 Tasered Over 32% Tuition Hike

Students gone wild. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl8XYMoD5tk&feature=sub

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Follow up : Chief of Police Shoots Multiple Caged Dogs - Rabid? I doubt it.

My mission for Corning is to show them the clear need to implement a proper, humane protocol for animal control here, and that is exactly what I am trying to do by putting public pressure on the city. Corning is a nice town, with virtually no crime, and wonderful people. The current mayor and the chief only make the town look bad, but it is not a clear representation of the whole of the population. However, let me say that the news link to KAIT8 is the first story aired, after which, our town vet called the station to inform them that she knew NOTHING about these dogs until the news station contacted her. She never said they had rabies. She never examined those dogs in that pen.

To the best of my knowledge, (from a first hand witness that took pics) the dogs were not viscous or rabid. You can clearly see in the picture of the dogs alive that they were merely standing around, and one was actually licking the wounds of one of the dogs that had already been shot. One of the dogs had only been picked up less than 24 hours before he was shot( he was not a stray, he mainly lived indoors), so it could not have shown symptoms of rabies in that short period of time. The bodies of the animals have not yet been exhumed and sent to the CDC, so we do not know for sure yet. Also, our vet here says that when the city has a dog that needs to be put down, she will tranq it (if viscous), administer the shot free of charge to the city of Corning. It is only legal to shoot a dog with rabies in Arkansas if you are in immediate danger, and clearly he was not because they were in a cage. Our vet said that she would have gone there shot them through the fence with a tranq - if they were indeed viscous - and then gave them the injection.

The city is supposed to work with the vet, and the local Humane Society, yet they cancelled the appointment to have these dogs disposed of humanely by the vet, just before they shot them. Some of these dogs were family pets, some were strays, either way, there is no excuse (rabid or not) that the vet shouldn't have been the one to preform euthanasia. Just some insight into how the chief is handling this: when the people who know their dog was shot by the city went into speak with the chief about why he shot their dog, and why he didn't notify them that their dog had rabies; Chief Groning's got in his face, yelled at them, " Shut the hell up, and get out of here!" Right in front of their 7 year old son.

An investigation into what really happened that day would be nice. An apology would be even nicer. Yet, the Chief Gronings continues to waltz into work Friday morning whistling without a care in the world. This is disturbing on so many levels.My mission for Corning is to show them the clear need to implement a proper, humane... more