Rockford - Fourteen year old boy commands his pit mix to attack a 13 year old boy he was fighting with. Winnebago county prosecutors filed charges and the boy's parents gave permission for animal control to take the pit mix.
Rockford Register Star, Rockford, IL, September 09, 1987, p.3A
Aug 19, 1987 Forest Park Cops Kill Pit Bull in Cemetery
Forest Park police Sunday aternoon killed a pit bull dog that was found seriously injured in the Forest Home Cemetery. The dog, wearing no tags, had lacerations to its face and neck, a broken front paw, and it had been shot several times with a small caliber weapon.
Forest Park veterinarian John Hanover was contacted by phone, and he advised the police to use their discretion in either trying to capture the injured animal or "end its suffering." The dog was dispatched with three bullets, and removed. Oak Park and Maywood police departments were contacted to see if a dog fight was reported in the area, but police were unable to trace where the animal came from.
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Forest Park veterinarian John Hanover was contacted by phone, and he advised the police to use their discretion in either trying to capture the injured animal or "end its suffering." The dog was dispatched with three bullets, and removed. Oak Park and Maywood police departments were contacted to see if a dog fight was reported in the area, but police were unable to trace where the animal came from.
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Aug 07, 1987 Chicago 17-year-old Pit Bull Owner Charged for Attack
Chicago - Chicago police Thursday arrested a 17-year-old West Side boy after several police officers fired as many as seven shots into his charging pit-bull terrier. Yashir Figures, 17, of 631 N.
Leamington Ave., was charged with interfering with police officers.
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| The Austin Neighborhood in Chicago Doesn't Need Pit Bulls or Dogfighting |
Nine policemen had responded to a report of a pit-bull fight in Figures` back yard. When they arrived, Figures and a man were ``teasing (the dogs) with a cat, building them up to this fight,`` said Austin District Patrolman Vincent Romano. ``And the cat was demolished.``
Figures ran into the house with his dog, and police then caught the other dog, authorities said. His owner fled in a car. Figures` younger brother removed Yashir`s dog from the house and tied him up to a post in the back yard, police said. But the dog broke loose and charged at least one officer.
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Figures ran into the house with his dog, and police then caught the other dog, authorities said. His owner fled in a car. Figures` younger brother removed Yashir`s dog from the house and tied him up to a post in the back yard, police said. But the dog broke loose and charged at least one officer.
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Jul 16, 1987 Teen Held For Using Pit Bull in Robbery
Chicago - Police charged a 16-year-old West Side youth with armed robbery Wednesday for using two pit bull terriers as weapons to rob another teenager.
The pit bulls were ``just as good as a gun,`` said police Sgt. Randy Barton.
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The pit bulls were ``just as good as a gun,`` said police Sgt. Randy Barton.
Chicago Tribune Accessed: 2011-12-22.(Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/64816mAh5)
Jul 06, 1987 Driver Unleashes Pit Bull On 2 Cops
Notice that in 1987, charging pit bull attacks were new. Police no longer make these kinds of comments to the media because people are VERY UNFORTUNATELY becoming habituated to the pit bull attack style.
Chicago - On the South Side early Sunday, one driver calmly opened his door and released a charging pit bull at two startled patrol officers, police said.
Police shot the attacking dog twice in the chest, but it still kept coming at them. The dog and its owner then fled, and the two officers were not injured in the attack.
``The thing was shot and it still kept coming; I`d be scared out of my socks,`` said Patrolman Robert Miller, a review officer at the South Chicago District station. ``You just don`t expect that kind of thing.``
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Jul 03, 1987 Waukegan IL To Hold Hearing On Banning Pit Bulls
"Although some animal-rights' advocates consider these laws overreaching, the biggest debate revolves around the statutes aimed at pit bulls. Some 40 or so communities have enacted or weighed these kinds of restrictions in the past year. Hearings will be held next week in two communities - Waukegan, Ill., and Littleton, Colo., - on pit bull bans.
``The statistics are clear: Pit bulls are more dangerous than other breeds,'' says Larry Berkowitz, the Littleton city attorney."
The Christian Science Monitor
``The statistics are clear: Pit bulls are more dangerous than other breeds,'' says Larry Berkowitz, the Littleton city attorney."
The Christian Science Monitor
Nov 09, 1986 Chicago Police Kill Attacking Pit Bulls
Chicago - Two pit bull dogs attacked several people, including a police officer and a 12-year-old boy, on the South Side early Saturday before being shot by police.
At least five people were bitten, police said, and the boy and officer were hospitalized.
The dogs` owner, Ivan Watts of 6220 S. Laflin St., was cited with allowing the dogs to run at large, with having vicious dogs and with failing to have city or rabies tags for the animals, police said.
A search for the pit bulls, which weighed 60 to 80 pounds, began near 63d Street and Seeley Avenue after police received reports that the dogs were loose, said Sgt. William Whelehan of the Englewood District.
When police found the dogs, in the 6400 block of Seeley Avenue, they were attacking the 12-year-old, Whelehan said. The officers chased the dogs away from the boy, but the animals turned on the police, forcing them to shoot.
The injured officer, Sgt. James Cole, shot one dog five times, but it still managed to bite him in the forearm. ``The dogs wouldn`t go down,``
Whelehan said. ``These dogs were 99 percent pit bulls.``
Police found the owner through the address on one of the dogs` tags, Whelehan said.
At least five people were bitten, police said, and the boy and officer were hospitalized.
The dogs` owner, Ivan Watts of 6220 S. Laflin St., was cited with allowing the dogs to run at large, with having vicious dogs and with failing to have city or rabies tags for the animals, police said.
A search for the pit bulls, which weighed 60 to 80 pounds, began near 63d Street and Seeley Avenue after police received reports that the dogs were loose, said Sgt. William Whelehan of the Englewood District.
When police found the dogs, in the 6400 block of Seeley Avenue, they were attacking the 12-year-old, Whelehan said. The officers chased the dogs away from the boy, but the animals turned on the police, forcing them to shoot.
The injured officer, Sgt. James Cole, shot one dog five times, but it still managed to bite him in the forearm. ``The dogs wouldn`t go down,``
Whelehan said. ``These dogs were 99 percent pit bulls.``
Police found the owner through the address on one of the dogs` tags, Whelehan said.
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