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emet18 t1_j9hfrki wrote

Reply to UPDATE: FBI agent who fatally shot dog leads the bureau’s Philly office, sources say by Banglophile

Absolutely horrendous coverage by the Inky. Slobberingly sympathetic coverage for the pitbull in the first half of the article. Then we get some weepy statement from the dog owner's sister - why the hell is her opinion relevant? - before we even get to the most relevant part:

> One of the dogs — Mia — suddenly dragged her owner toward Maguire, snatched the small dog off the agent’s lap, and began aggressively shaking it, the source said.

> Maguire threw herself into the fracas and tried to separate the animals, eventually drawing her weapon, placing it directly against the pit bull’s backside, and firing into the animal’s hindquarters, according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

And then we get a fucking obituary for the pitbull and statement from more demonstrators, plus links to some ACAB Insta/Twitter accounts who predictably have the most smoothbrained take on the situation.

By the way, what happened to the little dog that the pitbull mauled? Was it rushed to the emergency vet? Did it's owner consider it her "baby for seven years"? Who knows, the Inky sure doesn't care!

Just about every part of this article is designed to stir up as much outrage as possible in a mundane event that wouldn't even be news if the shooter wasn't a cop. Irresponsible journalism.

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Anutka25 t1_j9hfkg5 wrote

Reply to comment by redeyeblink in UPDATE: FBI agent who fatally shot dog leads the bureau’s Philly office, sources say by Banglophile

Her dog didn’t even sustain any damage though? She just took her home? How violently was she being attacked?

Did she have to shoot the dog to kill? Why couldn’t she aim at the paw or something?

Im sure it was a very intense moment and I don’t know what she must have felt like, but there are lots of details missing. All we hear is that a pit bull violently attacked this dog, that didn’t even need medical attention after?

I don’t disagree that the other owner should have had better control of their dog, but I doubt that it’s so black and white.

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MagnusUnda t1_j9hfayf wrote

Reply to Daycares in South Philly/CC? by lm2bofbb

Welcome to the Dad club. Congrats

Do you need one soon? There are only some that take kids under a year and it’s really hard to get a slot

We bring our 9 month old to the Friends Child Care Center at 15th and Cherry - we too are in BV and it’s a haul

When our son was under 1 he went to The Giving Tree on Bainbridge at 5. It was ok

Busy Bees also takes sub 1 kids, they are in Washington Square. We are on a waitlist there though for our daughter

Options expand a lot as your kid ages

Good luck!

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Anutka25 t1_j9hf361 wrote

Reply to comment by yesmrbevilaqua in UPDATE: FBI agent who fatally shot dog leads the bureau’s Philly office, sources say by Banglophile

She is trained, she’s been attacked and abused before I rescued her. But thanks for the advice!

Like I said, it’s not my dog attacking someone that worries me — she is always in a muzzle and I have full control of her on the leash. I’m worried that someone will get trigger happy just seeing an aggressive dog bark.

I don’t bring my dog around others, but we’ve had unleashed dogs with zero recall run up at us causing her to freak out. Again, she won’t do any damage because she’s in a muzzle, but how is the other person supposed to see that if they’re farther away yelling at their dog with zero recall to come back?

Guns aren’t the solution here, it’s the dog owners who don’t understand how dogs work.

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Analytical_Crab t1_j9henuw wrote

Reply to Daycares in South Philly/CC? by lm2bofbb

Congratulations! We used NAEYC accredited programs for our little one when he was in daycare and preschool. While not the only option, it’s a strong indicator of a high-quality school. Here is a list of NAEYC accredited programs in Philly: https://ais.naeyc.org/search_programs/results/Philadelphia/PA/0/10/0/0/0/us/0

We were very pleased with our son’s time in NAEYC schools (one in Pgh and one here). In Philly, specifically, we went to Children’s Village in Chinatown, which I really can’t say enough good things about. It was such a good experience that both my son and his teachers cried on his last day. We had a little goodbye tour of every classroom he was in while there. He was safe, loved, and allowed to push himself as far as he wanted to go academically.

Good luck! I remember the days of daycare searching and it isn’t easy.

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