Manhattan pizzeria worker critically mauled by customer's unleashed pit bull

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And then guess what the dog did? I don't blame the guy for being pissed off regarding an unleashed pitbull. But...

The dog owner was arrested later.

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Looks like it wasn't even legally allowable in the restaurant. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-pizza-shop-pit-bull-attack/ I'm guessing Watson will have plenty of time to think things through in prison. And the dog should be put down. today.

Other than service dogs, no dogs allowed inside restaurants in NYC. They are allowed in outside dining areas, but must be leashed. The manager was correct to challenge, he could have been fined or lost his operating license. People eventually come to resemble their dogs, which seems to have been what happened here. Something to think about before acquiring a vicious, ugly fighting dog. I once bought a Siberian husky. But rather than making me good looking and athletic, it just made me gray.

No way am I trying to offer any excuse or comfort to the dog owner - moron/fool.

Nonetheless, while I would have objected verbally, calmly, were I working there, there's no way I would've gotten into a shouting match much less a fistfight with a guy whose pitbull was with him and unleashed. I'm thinking, come on people, use your head a little bit. I certainly wish the guy well, what a weird way to be killed, the seriously wounded part has already happened.

I was in the refund line at Home Depot yesterday, I just got up to be helped, and all of a sudden a large dog went to my left while the owner went to my right and the leash was about to bind up on my legs. But the guy dropped the leash. The dog went around, the owner picked up the leash after it went by me. I was in a bad mood already and that was a little too close for comfort to being tripped so I loudly said "let's all bring our dogs to Home Depot."

A weird development in my opinion. These people thinking their dogs are like their child that has to go with them everywhere.

A couple of years ago I lined up early outside of DMV for the 8 AM opening, a young woman, not bad looking actually, came up behind me with her dog and got in line. She said it was her comfort dog, security dog, something like that. There was a time when anybody who tried to bring their dog into DMV would've been sent home.

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Absolutely he was right to tell the guy to take the dog out. If it was me, and the guy did not mmediately comply, I would excuse myself and go into the back room and call the cops.

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Some people are asses. Hope the guy doesn't die.

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I'm going to have to apologize to the victim and readers of this thread. Clearly, I did not read the linked article closely enough. I'm not even sure where the remarks I quoted came from because none of that is in the linked article. Definitely appears as though the manager was restrained in his behavior, that the dog owner flipped out and initiated hostilities. They further say that most of the manager's injuries were inflicted by the man, not the dog. Hard to imagine being that stupid. But there is.

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Upon further reading the story, I hope they don't put the dog down. He was also biting his owner, maybe with his doggy instincts, he was identifying the bad guy. If anyone needs to be put down, or certainly held down, it's Watson.

Take a bow Al Sharpton. Nonstop victimization not yielding good return on investment. Black fragility on display. Dude couldn't handle being told that he had to take his dog out. The really serious injuries inflicted on the victim came from dog owner, dude was kicking him in the head. One witness said he kicked him hard like he wanted to kill him.

Black fragility. A lot of examples of it.

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I raised Pit's for years. some pups were used as wild boar hunnting, most family protection and kids. If they are from fighting stock, yes problems happen.

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What do I know, but this one was not one of the large deadly looking variety. The pitbull was not the problem here, it was his owner, witness accounts indicate most of the harm was done by the man not the dog.

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Not sure if anyone knows but a "Pitbull" is not a recognized breed-it is a mixed breed of several dogs with a particular attribute-no 2 are the same. Their owners make them what they are.

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I believe most of us understand the old maxim:

"Their house, their rules".

The business owner/manager makes the rules. If they don't want or allow unleashed pets then time to take the dog back outside.

A business owner can't post signs for everything, however, a nice "NO UNLEASHED DOGS ALLOWED" sign can't hurt if things turn ugly.

Pit bulls can take your leg off and then take the other leg off. Their bite strength is substantial.

The OP is unfortunately another sign of the times. People have become more and more self-serving; the world revolves around them.

Not a house call. Already health based law. Imagine the signage requirement everywhere if you notion were to be founded.

I'm sorry, 'black fragility" was likely a factor. Being told he needed to take his dog outside is something that happens to Black people much more than white people of course. Because racism, well duhh.

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Not everyone carries a copy of the latest health department regulations around with them. I've noticed that when a plain as day old fashioned SIGN written in plain english is POSTED, 99% of people get the message fast.