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| The pitbull is an unpredictable animal. The dog could be considered dangerous if not properly taken care of. |
A white man decided to fight dirty.
This happened in Roseville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
Residents are outraged over a video that surfaced on social media showing a white man and his family ganging up on a Black teen. The white man decided to fight dirty by cornering the teen and then siccing a mix pitbull on the teen.
Video shows a white teen using a dog as a weapon on a Black teen before a crowd swarms him.
It happened this month and was shared on social media.
— Metro Detroit Crime (@CrimeInTheD) August 9, 2019
Watch this blood thirsty white mob in Roseville, Mich attempt to kill a Black man in broad daylight by siccing their dog on him then beating him #AmeriKKKa (via @DavijuanDean_) https://t.co/5XQLVMZphI https://t.co/zOq6vFZHdk pic.twitter.com/FAt9jzRAoH— Cliff H. Mason II (@TheMasonReport) August 14, 2019
Roseville Police returned to a neighborhood near Martin Road and Gratiot Avenue Thursday to investigate several fights that took place on the street.
One of the fights included a 19-year-old man releasing a dog to attack a man his 32-year-old stepfather was fighting.
William Lafave said his stepson released his dog to attack the man because someone said the man he was confronting had pulled out a knife.
"That's why the dog was let go and the dog did his job to make sure he protected me from getting stabbed by the individual," said Lafave.
The 20-year-old man who was attacked by the dog is recovering from multiple bite wounds. He went to a hospital and received stitches and was given a tetanus shot. The dog was quarantined.
The victim told the junk food media that he never had a knife or any weapon when Lafave confronted him.
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| White gang attacks a Black man with their dog. |
The fights stem from an ongoing dispute over two teenagers who are seeing each other. Angry words were exchanged on social media and tempers exploded when some teens went to Lafave's home to confront his stepson.
On cell phone video, the teens can be heard saying that the stepson invited them over for a fight.
A 17-year-old boy said Lafave threw the first punch at him. Lafave said he was protecting his family.
Then, down the street, another fight broke out involving friends of both Lafave and the 17-year-old.
As word spread that police were on the way, some of the crowd scattered, but Lafave can be seen on cell phone video confronting the 20-year-old who remained on the sidewalk.
The 20-year-old said he hadn't been involved in any fights and some witnesses believe Lafave's ego had been bruised from the earlier fight and he took his anger out on the 20-year-old because he walked up with them.
Roseville Police said after they conclude their investigation, a determination will be made related to what charges will be sought.
A Detroit man is being charged second degree murder in the death of a 9-year old girl.
The owner of three dogs that fatally mauled a 9-year-old girl has been charged with murder, with bond set at $2 million cash.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Thursday that Pierre Cleveland, 33, will face charges of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and having a dangerous animal causing death.
Cleveland was arrested Monday and arraigned in Detroit's 36th District Court. His attorney, Emmett Greenwood, pleaded not guilty on his behalf.
According to the prosecutor, Cleveland allegedly left his three dogs in his backyard Monday behind a fence that was damaged and not secure. His home's garage side door was also open to the alley, where 9-year-old Emma Hernandez was attacked.
Prosecutors asked Magistrate Millicent Sherman to set Cleveland's bond at $100,000 while Greenwood asked for a 10% bond with a GPS tether.
But Sherman exceeded the request, setting Cleveland's bond at $2 million cash.
She also mandated that Cleveland not have contact with Emma’s family members, who were not present at the arraignment.
The hearing was short but emotional for members of Cleveland’s family, who cried out in the courtroom when prosecution alleged Cleveland knew his dogs were dangerous.
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| Emma Hernandez lost her life to three vicious dogs. |
Greenwood told the judge his client has no prior offenses and acted negligently but not maliciously.
Greenwood said Cleveland no longer intends to live at the home where the mauling occurred and doesn't own the dogs anymore. Cleveland's dogs are in Detroit Animal Care and Control's custody and are set to be euthanized.
State prosecutors argued that Cleveland had known the nature of his dogs and still left them alone Monday, despite the dogs allegedly having killed a puppy in Cleveland's home a week before Emma's death.
Assistant prosecuting attorney Barbara Lanning said one of the dogs had also killed multiple puppies on July 29, and that Cleveland knew his backyard was not secure.
"The allegations are that the defendant was harboring dogs he knew to be dangerous, he knew to be aggressive," Lanning said.
While Greenwood told reporters after the arraignment that the $2 million bond was “outrageous,” he declined to comment further, citing respect for Emma and her family.
"(Cleveland's) family is just praying for that precious child," Greenwood said, "and we think at this time it would be inappropriate to answer any more questions involving this."
Cleveland's family members declined to speak to news media afterward and said they had been receiving death threats since the Monday incident.
Two of Cleveland's dogs prompted calls to animal control last year when a Detroit resident saw them wandering around their neighborhood. While animal control officers visited the owner's home at the time, they were unable to make contact.
Emma's funeral costs have been fully funded by a GoFundMe campaign that received attention from Detroit millionaire and Blight Authority founder Bill Pulte.
Family members will hold a vigil, public viewing and funeral services for the 9-year-old throughout the weekend.
These two incidents are gut checks. These idiots can't take care of pitbulls. They allow these dogs can be unpredictable and dangerous if not taken care properly. The suspect in the first incident could face felony charges. That can carry up to 10 years in the iron college.
The second story is more tragic.
The suspect could face up to 50 years in the iron college.
The suspects involved are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
