Michigan woman frisked, jailed, for not renewing dog license
Source: Associated Press
Michigan woman frisked, jailed, for not renewing dog license
| July 6, 2015 | Updated: July 6, 2015 2:57pm
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) A western Michigan woman heads to court Tuesday after being arrested for failing to renew her dog's license.
Becky Rehr says she drove to the Kalamazoo County sheriff's office June 23 to prove that she's recently renewed the license for the family's 11-year-old dog, Dexter. Rehr's 14-year-old daughter waited in the car as her mother was arrested, fingerprinted and held for three hours, The Kalamazoo Gazette said.
"They frisked me and put me in this intake cell with all these inmates in orange jumpsuits," Rehr said. "I was pretty nervous."
. . .
County animal control Director Steve Lawrence said his office gave the 47-year-old Cooper Township woman numerous phone, mail and in-person notices of the need to renew the license. The last was a phone warning that a warrant would be requested unless she got a license by May 28.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Michigan-woman-frisked-jailed-for-not-renewing-6368850.php
HFRN
(1,469 posts)riversedge
(70,243 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)NotHardly
(1,062 posts)OM freaking God... that's hilarious.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)candelista
(1,986 posts)What do you have against white people?
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)candelista
(1,986 posts)I thought you meant something else.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)The cop beat the crap out of him, cuffed him and took him to the station where they finally figured out they didn't have the right red shirt wearing guy. The attacking cop then wanted to charge him with resisting arrest, but his superior told him to let him go. My son-in-law has been out of work for over a week. The pictures my daughter sent me look horrible. So it does happen - just not nearly as often as with people of color.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Because if you mean Toronto, that's scary!!
DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)I was told here on DU that the new, young Canadian cops are coming from military training in Iraq and Afghanistan and they treat citizens like enemy combatants.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)This will not go well when Ferguson North happens, as it is bound to.
candelista
(1,986 posts)You got something against whites? If you are a kama'aina, you are white. So is this self-hatred? It's some kind of hatred.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)And it's haoles who are white; kama'aina (lit. "childrren of the land" may be of any color.
Beauregard
(376 posts)They are whites.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)as opposed to malihini, foreigner or visitor.
For instance, any Hawai'i resident can get a kama'aina discount (which is really a sneaky way of charging locals an honest price for something while soaking the tourists ).
candelista
(1,986 posts)Here are the definitions from Merriam Webster's:
Definition of KAMAAINA: one who has lived in Hawaii for a long time.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kamaaina
Definition of MALIHINI: a newcomer or stranger among the people of Hawaii.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malihini
Local people are never called kamaainas, because that would suggest that they came to Hawaii from somewhere else, a long time ago. The only exception would be so-called "local haoles," i.e., white people who were born in Hawaii. Here the use of the term suggests that they are still "foreigners" even though they were born there.
Yes there is a "kamaaina discount," but this is the only place I know of where locals would be included under that term. They never describe themselves or each other as "kamaainas."
I know this from long personal experience.
lark
(23,112 posts)They (various governmental agencies) screw us over for the very smallest of infractions, but traitors like the Bushes/Cheney who lied us into war go free. We lead the entire world with the rate of incarceration, we'e even worse than China. Then when you do get arrested, it's fines on top of fines on top of fees for people that for the most part are impoverished because you can't get a job with a record here. Even some restaurants background check now. "They" mandate travel to all these classes, but take away your license. No wonder so many people fail probation and fall back into jail. My son was in jail for drugs and got drugs while in prison from one of the trustees. "They" have also made it impossible to vote in many states if you have a felony conviction. FL. you can challenge to get your voting rights back, but you have to wait a long time, think it's 10 years, and it's really complicated and most requests are denied out of hand.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)and the records at the courthouse weren't updated yet. But it could be that they had already issued an arrest warrant before she renewed, so they might have arrested her anyway, even after seeing proof of renewal, just because there was still a valid warrant out for her.
What I wondered, is how they even knew the dog was still alive? Here if you don't renew, they just assume you no longer have the dog, for one reason or another.
I've gotten renewal notices from the county for recently deceased dogs. If I ignore it, I never hear from them again. I also renewed the license on an old dog, only to have him put down a week later. I shouldn't have had to renew that close to the end of his life. It's not like he was running around creating a nuisance. They also know that sometimes you need to make a vet appointment for a rabies shot before you can get the renewal, so they aren't sitting there watching the clock to see if you renew on time.
It makes me wonder if a neighbor complained about the dog for some reason. Did you all look at the link? He is an adorable dog.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)If everyone actually read the whole article these threads would go a lot smoother LOL
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Outrageous.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)i can sympathize with wanting to get the dog registered. i work in animal rescue and people who do bad things to animals don't typically register. but if this woman really just forgot about it, they should have added a fine. throwing her in jail was ridiculous,
fasttense
(17,301 posts)to have a slew of petty laws on the books so that at anytime you may be taken into custody. Who knew you could land in jail for not having a dog license? Jay Walking and parking violations are common ploys to lock up citizens for one reason while the real reason is because you are getting too uppity, or belong to a political group the authorities don't like, or you just spoke out at the city council meeting one time too many.
Those secret little annoying laws come in very handy for a totalitarian state like the US, oh wait.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)and go to her door too.
fasttense
(17,301 posts)Sometimes it's about intimidating the spouse or older child. See I can lock your love ones awsy if you continue to be uppity.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)People need to rise up to this BS. It's a disgrace.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Pets and people dying of rabies is a bit more backwards ass.
My city licenses pets for free.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Journeyman
(15,036 posts)and those which want to have a means to return lost dogs to their rightful owners.
Cities that wish to keep tabs on how many animals are at a given residence, so owners don't run illegal breeding facilities.
Cities that are trying to restrict the illegal boarding of animals.
Cities that wish to keep tabs on irresponsible pet owners, those who allow their animals to run loose.
Cities that wish to have records so when a complaint is lodged against a home, there is independent evidence of an animal.
Cities that want to raise money to help fund animal control.
Cities that are trying to control the number of feral animals in their boundaries.
Cities that wish to make improvements to local facilities that cater to animals (dog parks and the like).
Cities that endeavor to be a modern entity, with rules and regulations for the health and safety of all.
But hey, good luck with the revolution! Got a slogan yet?
Demit
(11,238 posts)But those reasons would apply to cats too. What's the rationale for cities that don't make you have a license for your cat?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)in number and yearly license fee required. If you have 2 cats, (with a 2 cat/pet limit) and your neighbor 'says' they saw 3..expect a town police officer to knock on your door.
Demit
(11,238 posts)Talking about government. In Philadelphia, for example, dogs are regulated much more stringently than cats. You can let your cat out to roam all over the place. In the parks, all over people's gardens, no problem! No signs that say pick up after your cat or you will be fined. Only for dogs.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)Obey the law. Be a responsible pet owner
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)without a license, they have no way to know if you have met the rabies requirements. I do wish it was free, but at least here it's only $5 per dog for me now that I'm a senior and my animals are all neutered. You pay more for a license for an un-neutered dog. And that does help to ensure more dogs are neutered.
But it was $10 (neutered) ar $15 per dog before and I had up to five dogs at one point in my residence here...and it's county wide here. I'm not in the city.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)3 pets maximum per household.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)city ordinance. Must be a tough city.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)powers to dun and harass, then warrant and jail and probably court fines.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Legalize drugs.
And for the love of God, when my team wins the championship, let me run on the field like used to be commonplace in sports.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Talk about a waste of resources! Sheesh!
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)5 am they knocked on my door and put me in the back of a paddywagon. I didn't renew the license because the dog I had been fostering (and did the right thing by getting it a license) went to live with her family after they settled in a new state. I no longer had the dog so I didn't renew it.
The charges were dropped.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Saw the judge, explained the situation and he dismissed everything.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)Seems like there should be a better way of handling such situations.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)I was never sent notices or anything. Pets die all the time. The whole thing was weird and the judge looked annoyed that I had even been arrested.