Posted by
John, Independence, MO on February 12, 2010:
Actually, most police dogs are trained to accept German commands, so that your average criminal cannot give them commands. "sitz" (I think that is how it is actually spelled), is the word taught for "sit". My guess is he knew that fact. I had a friend who had a Pit Bull that was trained by the trainer for the KC, MO K-9 unit, and he was taught in German commands. Best-behaved dog I've ever seen, and beyond being trained just like all the normal police dogs, he was also a service animal with all the required papers to accompany his grandmother to the store, actually pulling her wheelchair.
Huh. And if that's the case (he knew the German commands), that makes his actions truly criminal, rather than just an idiot yelling "Sit!" -rc
Posted by
Jim in southwest Illannoy on February 13, 2010:
I doubt they gave him any birthday cake in jail either. I never could figure out why anyone carrying drugs would want to draw so much attention from the police to themselves, but for some reason they continue to, for which the police are eternally grateful. Makes it easier to catch them.
Posted by
Lenny, Hialeah Fl. on February 15, 2010:
There is some confusion here. Police dogs used to be almost all German Shepherds. That is old time, but the people used to import them from Germany, due to their bloodline. Just like race horses. The here and now of it is that these dogs follow hand signals, and cue from what they think their handler wants. They will jump off a roof if commanded to do so. Full trust on the part of the dog.
We had dog handlers in Viet Nam. They were trained to only allow their handler to be with them. When troops rotated back or got out of the Army, the dog would be retrained. The dog would not be fed for a few days, and finally the new handler would begin feeding the dog. At that point, trust begins the new cycle.
But only speaking German is old school.
Posted by
Millie, Madison WI on February 19, 2010:
Actually, it is not just "old school" to use commands in german. Our local K-9s are from Belgium and the Czech Republic both, to my understanding. In a recent article in the newspaper, they commented that the dog profiled most clearly receives his commands in Czech. Pretty unique for his decidedly Upper Midwestern, African American handler, if you ask me. It all comes down to who bred and raised the dogs when they were impressionable puppies. The best ones still come from Germany, Belgium, some areas of France, and the Czech Republic. The bloodlines are still pure, they are carefully vetted for personality and work potential, and the early training stages are run according to local customs.
Posted by
John, Brussels, Belgium on February 20, 2010:
America has become a total police state. Being arrested for "interrupting a working police dog"? On the basis of a "a plastic bag with alleged marijuana residue"! The operant word is "residue" here, people. Looks like the police caught themselves another major dealer.
And why was he being stopped? Because "his car stereo was audible from quite a distance away". This looks so much like an exclude to arrest the guy they decided to arrest already.
Your War on Drugs exists mainly to give your police forces a convenient excuse for anyone they want, and keep your private-sector prison businesses full.
And Randy, why does his attempting to communicate with the dog "truly criminal"? If he told a human police officer to leave him alone, would the act of talking to the policeman be "truly criminal" as well? Is the USA only a police state where no one can say a word to official police authorities, whatever the authorities' species?
So it looks like this guy is here on mugshotmuseum for the heinous crime of being a dumbass who plays his stereo too loud and talks disrespectfully to official dogs! Put him in jail! What a menace to society. What a good use of American taxpayer money. I'm sure his jail sentence will help him become a well-integrated member of society.
Or maybe you should just demand the death penalty for anyone accused being a dumbass. Then people would think twice before being dumb!
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I'm not sure if it would help to tell a dumbass to "think twice", but I'd be interested in reading your experimental results. I have indeed written quite extensively on our unwinnable "War on Drugs". -rc
Posted by
John, Illinois on February 21, 2010:
John in Brussels: Thank goodness for the laws in the USA. If it weren't for the laws in our society things would be as bad or worse than they are in your country where I assume it is okay for young men to drive irratically with loud radios while transporting drugs in various amounts.
Posted by
Shell, Georgia on March 7, 2010:
Y'all are giving this punk waaaaay too much credit for intellect. Obviously none of you have ever dealt with black people who talk like morons in an attempt to be "authentically" black. I call it the "unnecessary plural". Ghetto types, and those who want to sound like they're from the ghetto, will put an extraneous "s" on the end of words:
"I gots to go." Pretty basic.
"Who you thinks you is?" A real brainbuster to try to figure out.
One I overheard at a store - A man was buying a copy of the movie "Bait" and showed it to his friend. The friend said, "Oh yeah, 'Baits". Dat's a good one."
And thus in the above case, "Sits!"
The same people will leave off an "s" when it's called for in plural possessive, action words, or contractions: "That Dontario car." "He think he smart." "What the name of that place we went to last night?"
There's also "backward sentence construction" - Man to a friend at the gas station when he can't remember which pump he got his gas from: "What pump that was?"
Using words in direct reverse of their meaning - Young woman at Home Depot to a co-worker who was looking for a third co-worker, "She outside bringin' her break."
And to forestall the calls of "RACIST!" - I've lived in and near Atlanta and been around black people pretty much all my life. No, not all black people sound like that, just the dumbasses. If you haven't spent that much time around the type, don't call me a racist for stating the truth.
Posted by
Dani, MD on July 9, 2010:
@John in Brussels - It is against the law in most places to play your car radio loud enough to be heard more than a certain distance; I think (don't quote me) it is twenty feet. The reason for this is that the noise (can't really call it music) makes it difficult for other drivers to hear emergency vehicles, such as fire trucks and ambulances. That was Mr. Porter's actual offense.
To most people, a residue in a package would indicate there was originally more of the same - potato chip crumbs (crisps) would indicate the bag had once been full of chips. Marijuana residue would lead one to believe there had been more in the bag to begin with.
And a police dog is effectively a police officer. When an officer walks casually around your car, you don't tell him to stop, or yell obscenities, etc., unless you are looking for trouble - or are afraid of what he will find.
Good Doggie! Bad Criminal! - Comments
Posted by John, Independence, MO on February 12, 2010:
Actually, most police dogs are trained to accept German commands, so that your average criminal cannot give them commands. "sitz" (I think that is how it is actually spelled), is the word taught for "sit". My guess is he knew that fact. I had a friend who had a Pit Bull that was trained by the trainer for the KC, MO K-9 unit, and he was taught in German commands. Best-behaved dog I've ever seen, and beyond being trained just like all the normal police dogs, he was also a service animal with all the required papers to accompany his grandmother to the store, actually pulling her wheelchair.
http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/languag1.htm gives common commands and pronunciation in several different languages, German included.
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Huh. And if that's the case (he knew the German commands), that makes his actions truly criminal, rather than just an idiot yelling "Sit!" -rc
Posted by Jim in southwest Illannoy on February 13, 2010:
I doubt they gave him any birthday cake in jail either. I never could figure out why anyone carrying drugs would want to draw so much attention from the police to themselves, but for some reason they continue to, for which the police are eternally grateful. Makes it easier to catch them.
Posted by Lenny, Hialeah Fl. on February 15, 2010:
There is some confusion here. Police dogs used to be almost all German Shepherds. That is old time, but the people used to import them from Germany, due to their bloodline. Just like race horses. The here and now of it is that these dogs follow hand signals, and cue from what they think their handler wants. They will jump off a roof if commanded to do so. Full trust on the part of the dog.
We had dog handlers in Viet Nam. They were trained to only allow their handler to be with them. When troops rotated back or got out of the Army, the dog would be retrained. The dog would not be fed for a few days, and finally the new handler would begin feeding the dog. At that point, trust begins the new cycle.
But only speaking German is old school.
Posted by Millie, Madison WI on February 19, 2010:
Actually, it is not just "old school" to use commands in german. Our local K-9s are from Belgium and the Czech Republic both, to my understanding. In a recent article in the newspaper, they commented that the dog profiled most clearly receives his commands in Czech. Pretty unique for his decidedly Upper Midwestern, African American handler, if you ask me. It all comes down to who bred and raised the dogs when they were impressionable puppies. The best ones still come from Germany, Belgium, some areas of France, and the Czech Republic. The bloodlines are still pure, they are carefully vetted for personality and work potential, and the early training stages are run according to local customs.
Posted by John, Brussels, Belgium on February 20, 2010:
America has become a total police state. Being arrested for "interrupting a working police dog"? On the basis of a "a plastic bag with alleged marijuana residue"! The operant word is "residue" here, people. Looks like the police caught themselves another major dealer.
And why was he being stopped? Because "his car stereo was audible from quite a distance away". This looks so much like an exclude to arrest the guy they decided to arrest already.
Your War on Drugs exists mainly to give your police forces a convenient excuse for anyone they want, and keep your private-sector prison businesses full.
And Randy, why does his attempting to communicate with the dog "truly criminal"? If he told a human police officer to leave him alone, would the act of talking to the policeman be "truly criminal" as well? Is the USA only a police state where no one can say a word to official police authorities, whatever the authorities' species?
So it looks like this guy is here on mugshotmuseum for the heinous crime of being a dumbass who plays his stereo too loud and talks disrespectfully to official dogs! Put him in jail! What a menace to society. What a good use of American taxpayer money. I'm sure his jail sentence will help him become a well-integrated member of society.
Or maybe you should just demand the death penalty for anyone accused being a dumbass. Then people would think twice before being dumb!
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I'm not sure if it would help to tell a dumbass to "think twice", but I'd be interested in reading your experimental results. I have indeed written quite extensively on our unwinnable "War on Drugs". -rc
Posted by John, Illinois on February 21, 2010:
John in Brussels: Thank goodness for the laws in the USA. If it weren't for the laws in our society things would be as bad or worse than they are in your country where I assume it is okay for young men to drive irratically with loud radios while transporting drugs in various amounts.
Posted by Shell, Georgia on March 7, 2010:
Y'all are giving this punk waaaaay too much credit for intellect. Obviously none of you have ever dealt with black people who talk like morons in an attempt to be "authentically" black. I call it the "unnecessary plural". Ghetto types, and those who want to sound like they're from the ghetto, will put an extraneous "s" on the end of words:
"I gots to go." Pretty basic.
"Who you thinks you is?" A real brainbuster to try to figure out.
One I overheard at a store - A man was buying a copy of the movie "Bait" and showed it to his friend. The friend said, "Oh yeah, 'Baits". Dat's a good one."
And thus in the above case, "Sits!"
The same people will leave off an "s" when it's called for in plural possessive, action words, or contractions: "That Dontario car." "He think he smart." "What the name of that place we went to last night?"
There's also "backward sentence construction" - Man to a friend at the gas station when he can't remember which pump he got his gas from: "What pump that was?"
Using words in direct reverse of their meaning - Young woman at Home Depot to a co-worker who was looking for a third co-worker, "She outside bringin' her break."
And to forestall the calls of "RACIST!" - I've lived in and near Atlanta and been around black people pretty much all my life. No, not all black people sound like that, just the dumbasses. If you haven't spent that much time around the type, don't call me a racist for stating the truth.
Posted by Dani, MD on July 9, 2010:
@John in Brussels - It is against the law in most places to play your car radio loud enough to be heard more than a certain distance; I think (don't quote me) it is twenty feet. The reason for this is that the noise (can't really call it music) makes it difficult for other drivers to hear emergency vehicles, such as fire trucks and ambulances. That was Mr. Porter's actual offense.
To most people, a residue in a package would indicate there was originally more of the same - potato chip crumbs (crisps) would indicate the bag had once been full of chips. Marijuana residue would lead one to believe there had been more in the bag to begin with.
And a police dog is effectively a police officer. When an officer walks casually around your car, you don't tell him to stop, or yell obscenities, etc., unless you are looking for trouble - or are afraid of what he will find.
Read the article that everyone's commenting on, or post a comment about it.