Canine Expert Decries "Egregious" & "Horrific" Dog Attacks on Native Americans Defending Burial Site

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http://m.democracynow.org/stories/16592

On Saturday in North Dakota, security guards working for the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked Native Americans with dogs and pepper spray as they resisted the $3.8 billion pipeline’s construction on a tribal burial site. As the video of Saturday’s action went viral, people immediately began comparing the dog attacks at Standing Rock to the violent crackdown against African-American protesters during the civil rights movement. For more on the dog attacks at Saturday’s protest, we speak with Jonni Joyce. She’s an expert in law enforcement canine handling with more than 25 years of experience. She is the head of the consulting firm Jonni Joyce Seminars, International in South Dakota.

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Filed under: Native American, Natural Gas & Oil Drilling

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[niyad]

1. and yet, the assholes at malheur were basically treated with kid gloves.

[Glassunion]

3. Yep... Of course that was the government, vs this being hired security.

[Glassunion]

2. Holy shit!

[Sunlei]

4. private security=6 wild dogs biting anything near their mouths, including children and horses.

[etherealtruth]

5. Horrific ... using weapons against peaceful protestors is sickening

No dog owner, trainer, lover could justify training these dogs to attack and using them for that purpose

[suffragette]

6. Transcript up now

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/6/canine_expert_decries_egregious_horrific_dog

AMY GOODMAN: We are trying to establish where the dogs are from. There were Ohio license plates. And on Facebook, a company, Frost Kennels in Ohio, is taking—said that they were their dogs that were used. Do you know them, Jonni Joyce?

JONNI JOYCE: I do not know Bob Frost, and I do not know Frost Kennels. I do know that he has taken credit for this. This is of particular concern, because in the state of Ohio, guard dog services are covered and regulated through the Ohio Department of Public Safety. And in order to provide guard dog services and furnish guard dog services, you have to be licensed through the state of Ohio. At this time, searching their public database, the name Frost Kennels, the name Bob Frost, and then the name of another handler that we believe was involved out there, does not come up as being licensed through the state of Ohio. So, therefore, I’m making a complaint with the state of Ohio for them to determine whether or not Frost Kennels has the proper licensing in order to provide guard dog services.

[tclambert]

7. Have any of the private security people been arrested?

Assault with a deadly weapon (dog).

[turbinetree]

8. This is the ACT that this "company" Army Corp of Eng, Governor, Sheriff, company goons are

in violation of this critical ACT

Where is Obama? I know he is in the Southeast Asia, but where is he on this now, why isn't the "traveling press" asking him?

http://saige.org/words/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/NATIVE-AMERICAN-GRAVES-PROTECTION-AND-REPATRIATION-ACT-saige-2013.pdf

[Coyotl]

9. Christopher Columbus brought the first attack dogs to America and fed them Natives.

Just in case anyone has forgotten the difference between Anglo and Native cultures.