#OccupyOakland Confrontations with Media Continue; Reporter Bitten by Protester’s Dog

In another incident involving the Occupy Oakland protesters turning their hostility on the local reporters covering the demonstrations, a large dog in the tent city was sicked on a reporter. The reporter is Ken Pritchet from KNTV and he came a fraction of an inch from receiving very serious wounds.

October 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm -
Dateline: Oakland, California
adamkon1104   October 19th, 2011 - 7:06 pm

These people are losing their minds.

Petroglyph   October 19th, 2011 - 7:08 pm

On a serious note, does anyone really believe anymore that this won't get violent? Does anyone believe Obama won't try to use that to his advantage? Does anyone believe that martial law is still a tin foil idea?

I sincerely do not recognize this country anymore.

leadstate   October 19th, 2011 - 7:09 pm

Obamavilles, the new normal. It's Nationwide.

BalkanDeputy   October 19th, 2011 - 7:10 pm

Bang Bang bye bye Doggie

Koropokkur   October 19th, 2011 - 7:11 pm

Assault with a deadly weapon!

blame_canada929   October 19th, 2011 - 7:13 pm

When they run out of "wealthy " folks to eat they may very well turn their appetites on the reporters?—Then again , Chris Matthews is "Rich" and he would probably feed a family of four protesters for a week?—-I have no idea what theyre hiding but its one of two things—If you have to hide form exposure! Its probably illegal?—A secret strategy meeting compiling a list of folks slated to be arrested or theyre huffing crack and molesting children hoping they dont get arrested because their names arent on the list-? The dog owner has no control over his animal and the animal should be put down at the owners expense? Being a very responsible pet owner–If my animal bit someone I didnt want it to bite–Id put it down myself, End of Story!

BalkanDeputy   October 19th, 2011 - 7:14 pm

So if your Dog has the constitutional right to bite me….I have the constitutional right to gut it like a fish.

Al_Gore_Sr   October 19th, 2011 - 7:15 pm

There no such thing as a bad dog. ONLY BAD OWNER(S)

BalkanDeputy   October 19th, 2011 - 7:17 pm

I'm sure after biting the reporter the dog needed a shot of Pepto bismol.

Doyouwantmore   October 19th, 2011 - 7:17 pm

America is about to have a bunch of squatter-hovel tent-cities masquerading as 'protests'.

Libtard   October 19th, 2011 - 7:19 pm

I don't think their "minds" have been present for some time.

thale_taxurfeet   October 19th, 2011 - 7:23 pm

I'd call PETA but their history leads me to believe they would put down the dog and attempt to find an adoptive home for the reporter.

Sorry Petro, I should have prefaced my remark with all seriousness aside.

To your point, all I can say is I pity those who have not the notion to always be prepared, or as much as possible. Beyond that, I have no comment in a public forum.

jpmzo   October 19th, 2011 - 7:24 pm

OWS = protect 0bama at all costs.

Through massive voter fraud and manufactured civil unrest, a second term will be achieved.

MuhammedX   October 19th, 2011 - 7:24 pm

I love the calm cool tones of the anchor "so interesting to see our constitutional rights being blah blah blah…"

I would love to go through some of the news reels from this station or any other, from these same cities when Tea Party rallies were taking place. From what I remember the tone from anchors on the news was tense and always there was this undertone of impending violence, guns, racism, Hitler, incendiary rhetoric, fringe, radical on and on. When if you saw the rally or the video, it was just middle aged people talking about policy, love of country and constitution, no violence or talk of it, incendiary rhetoric was rare and usually left wing plants. Conversely the anchors now talk soft, and serene, gushing, proud… as the video shows violence, hateful rhetoric, vandalism, mob mentality, threats of violence, actual violence……

Even been in a rally bad tornado? Right before it hits the sky looks insane green and it gets real still….then BOOM! That's what this bizarre, star wars bar scene OWS feels like to me. The winds are dying down and the sky is green. If this ends without bloodshed, I will be amazed.

MuhammedX   October 19th, 2011 - 7:26 pm

honestly, at this stage, I will be shocked if there is not bloodshed. Relieved but shocked.

BrownLabRanch   October 19th, 2011 - 7:30 pm

Right. Does anyone really think these people are capable of critical decision making?

thale_taxurfeet   October 19th, 2011 - 7:31 pm

+

di_da_is_alpha   October 19th, 2011 - 7:32 pm

Yeah, but he'd just get a new dog. Better to shoot the owner instead.

Al_Gore_Sr   October 19th, 2011 - 7:32 pm

There is no such thing as a bad Dog. Just Really PSYCHO COMMIE OWNER(S)

OutForTheDay   October 19th, 2011 - 7:36 pm

"Sicced"

joqiii   October 19th, 2011 - 7:40 pm

And the FLEA PARTY keeps on going. Obmavilles nationwide!

Al_Gore_Sr   October 19th, 2011 - 7:40 pm

OMG!! SOME RIGHT WING EXTREMIST TEA PARTIER JUST TRIED TO SHRED A REPORTER WITH A RABBID BEAST!!
Oh, never mind it's Occupy protester Exercising his/ner freedom of speech because of Corperate Greed.
tis' just a scratch, have a nice day.

Cali_girl   October 19th, 2011 - 7:41 pm

And I assume that guy and his rabid dog are still enjoying a tent life in The Park. These wack-jobs are somehow above the law?!

R_Swift   October 19th, 2011 - 7:42 pm

Trampling the rights of other American citizens "was the safest decision that they could make". Could someone help me make sense of that? <S> Oh yeah, "Our rights trump your rights'!

BalkanDeputy   October 19th, 2011 - 7:43 pm

I'm thinking PETA would put the Reporter down. Either way a Win Win.

BalkanDeputy   October 19th, 2011 - 7:44 pm

Petro You should have seen it in 68. Same worthless Street Urchins….But back then the Government wasn't tied in with them.

DEF   October 19th, 2011 - 7:45 pm

"Turn the other cheek"………..Obama, their god is on their side…We must abide by his wishes/commands!!!!!!!!! Allow his followers to protest, where ever and whenever they choose!!!! All others must be Permitted/Obey the law!!! This is cool…Next time I want to speed down the highway, I can just proclaim to the Trouper that I am an Occupier and he has to let me go, without any punishment!!!!

Taxpayer1234   October 19th, 2011 - 7:46 pm

Well said!

BalkanDeputy   October 19th, 2011 - 7:47 pm

I should have said Bang Bang Bye Bye Mutts.

ArizonaHoss   October 19th, 2011 - 7:49 pm

They won't go home until they've made their point. Now they just have to come up with one.

yossarian22   October 19th, 2011 - 7:51 pm

Just like the TEA Party, right MSM?

Czynik   October 19th, 2011 - 7:53 pm

Of course it's a case of battery but it's up to the reporter to complain but his boss has probably told him not to if he wants to keep his job. Maybe if there really is a serious incident with reporters the media will have to start covering the story of what this has degenerated into. It's gone far beyond a freedom of assembly issue and has become a criminal occupation of public and private property with numerous crimes being committed.

Al_Gore_Sr   October 19th, 2011 - 7:56 pm

Time for straight talk; What do all these "squares" and Plaza's have in common – Liberation Square , Egypt
UH-OH, These guy's are putting their chess pieces in place for Revolution.
AND THE Media is in the Tank.

Vintage30   October 19th, 2011 - 7:58 pm

Screw rights….kill dog….beat hell out of punk owner.

Trickle_Up_Poverty   October 19th, 2011 - 8:04 pm

Obamaville is probably a lot like Pottersville in It's a Wonderful Life…strip joints, bars, gambling. A liberal's dream come true.

Soliel67   October 19th, 2011 - 8:05 pm

I don't think it's because some don't have papers. It's because they are embarrassed. They know the videos are coming out, showing them as they are, and they are embarrassed. No one is going to go after the illegals…besides almost all of them are white.

John Galt   October 19th, 2011 - 8:10 pm

Gee, I'm really going to listen to these people and their demands because they express such cogent ideas.

Is there anyone here who doesn't believe that Obama and his administration are at the bottom of this debacle? His class warfare is despicable and it will come back to bite him in the azz. These modern day hippies need to go get a job. And if they have a job, they need to get back to serving fries and burgers.

blame_canada929   October 19th, 2011 - 8:18 pm

Read between the lines—Several media personalities have called for or alluded to just that–Violent responses–Not only that, several "dubious" folks in the spotlight are attempting to gather enough folks to do just that—This is just the calm before the storm–I really believe that!

John_Campbell   October 19th, 2011 - 8:19 pm

Interesting, though not surprising. It's a leftist hallmark to run everyone elses lives by force while doing themselves as they see fit and regardless of any rights being considered. You expect rights to be honored and protected by wannabe dictators?

sean1953   October 19th, 2011 - 8:20 pm

they are making the case for a lefty defeat come Nov 2012

MuhammedX   October 19th, 2011 - 8:30 pm

Agreed.It is becoming less a debate and more of a call to arms I fear. Calm before the storm indeed.

KPTVkatuKOMOSUCK!   October 19th, 2011 - 8:34 pm

Love it, these stinky losers are literally biting the hands that feed them. If only the idiot lame stream media could figure out these occupy idiots are losers. Of course figuring that out would require them to look in the mirror and see it too.

blame_canada929   October 19th, 2011 - 8:36 pm

Thats the real scary part—Mob mentality, Folks destroying sh!t or maiming and killing because it seemed like a good idea to the guy next to me?

cremg   October 19th, 2011 - 8:40 pm

"Obamaville" … how perfect of a sad description!

EOD   October 19th, 2011 - 8:48 pm

The Second Amendment (Right to Keep and Bear Arms) protects the First Amendment (Freedom of the Press).
Reporters need to know such things.

Koropokkur   October 19th, 2011 - 9:12 pm

Kill the DOG!!! Arrest the Hippie for Assault with a Deadly Weapon! They keep Hackers away from computers… this guy should never own a dog, again!!!

midwestmash   October 19th, 2011 - 9:37 pm

Whahahaha! I saw the douchebag with the dog just last week holding a sign that said "won't work for food." What a nad nibler!!!

freedom rocks   October 19th, 2011 - 10:03 pm

we need to choose our battles carefully, this is Oakland we're talking about

freedom rocks   October 19th, 2011 - 10:07 pm

Rover is suffering from a lead deficiency

HURRICANEPAUL   October 19th, 2011 - 10:10 pm

Funny how the Liberal elite who are "rich", like Michael Moore (worth $50 million), Roseane Bar (worth $80 million) and Russell Simmons (worth over $100 million) get a pass by these "occupy" people.

What's up with that?

AngryFletch   October 19th, 2011 - 10:27 pm

Why are you so Logical? (ya' racist/classist/marksist/….punk????) (sarc)

AngryFletch   October 19th, 2011 - 10:28 pm

Ouch…..

AngryFletch   October 19th, 2011 - 10:29 pm

Yup, it's only going to get worse…..

Bill_Brasky   October 19th, 2011 - 10:30 pm

I'd shoot his dog and then him. Make him watch his dog die.

AngryFletch   October 19th, 2011 - 10:30 pm

Heheheheheh…Good Stuff!!!!

AngryFletch   October 19th, 2011 - 10:32 pm

Nah, don't fret..they're not "above" a 12 Gauge…er hell a youth 20 Gauge…seriously…..no worries….

Brem1   October 19th, 2011 - 11:27 pm

It never takes commies long to move the goalposts. Soon they will declare execution of reporters as justified for, what did she say, safety. LOL Not any difference in the end from Pol Potville and Obamaville

panther440   October 20th, 2011 - 2:12 am

I take it you can purchase dog food with Foodstamps now ? … Nothings too good for the Obamaloons right ?

1389AD   October 20th, 2011 - 2:53 am

Dangerous people all too often have dangerous animals.

The opposite is also true. Human beings who are noted for having self-control and a benevolent disposition sometimes develop the ability to tame wild or feral animals that would otherwise be very dangerous.

1389AD   October 20th, 2011 - 2:54 am

I sure hope not…

1389AD   October 20th, 2011 - 2:59 am

Yes, I've seen that green sky. I have actually been IN (encompassed within the funnel of) a tornado – luckily, not a particularly big one, or I would not have survived). Not an experience I'd care to repeat. So I know what you're talking about. And yes, I will be amazed if this ends without bloodshed. It seems more and more like 1933, and I must do whatever I can to get people to come to their senses and stop it.

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IronTigersVet   October 20th, 2011 - 3:12 am

Cherry-picking the Constitution…

My rights, when I want them. Damn these arrogant hippies need to be shipped overseas and shown what it's really like to not have rights.

EffinOutraged   October 20th, 2011 - 3:16 am

The dog and it's owner need a good azz-whipping …. not violence or retribution, really, but more like the responsible feedback they need from their neighbors … the kind of upbringing they should have had by their parents (or parent) and relatives … the kind of information they won't get from the court system … the unions and 'community leaders' need a little of the same medicine too … maybe the government leadership too? Time for feedback from the 53% (more like 90% I believe)?

NObama NOW. Why wait?

ILonaE   October 20th, 2011 - 5:08 am

Well as the weather in most of the country starts to become colder by the day – we have to hope all these slackers will head to the great Bankrupt state of California. Then hopefully they can bcome their own little country and all those big, bad CORPORATIONS there can leave and go elsewhere (it's already happening). The Gimme Gimme parasites may get what they've asked for.

alwaysright5   October 20th, 2011 - 6:15 am

I wonder how long Soros will keep the "protests" going.

WIllyBrown   October 20th, 2011 - 6:24 am

Years of government public education controlled by the democrats as a prize election issue has resulted in these knuckleheads being allow to act out and demand other people pay their miserable way in life all for them to vote dumb. Vote democrat because it’s easier than working…

h8_libs   October 20th, 2011 - 6:32 am

correction, they are libs which means they are already mentally unhinged

h8_libs   October 20th, 2011 - 6:34 am

which one has rabies? The owner or the dog??

DanielShays   October 20th, 2011 - 6:45 am

The reporter is lucky he wasn't bitten by the protestor himself

FedUp   October 20th, 2011 - 6:54 am

Weren't criminal charges pressed against this worthless dog owner???!!!!

amanuensis   October 20th, 2011 - 7:43 am

Out of morbid curiosity, where does the dog pee and crap? We know the humans use police cars.

democratsarefools   October 20th, 2011 - 8:46 am

The bottom line is just what kind of a majority is going to vote for the man who is instrumental in this visible destruction. When it temporarily ends, if it does before 11/12, the majority of people are going to know Obama created this as a detraction. At least I have some faith in the majority.

Wytebred   October 20th, 2011 - 8:57 am

Sorry Deputy Dawg.You go BangBang you go to boom boom
jail.This is California

itsjustmeLLFMC   October 20th, 2011 - 12:49 pm

These people are just dirtbags. (period, end of story)

Common_Man   October 20th, 2011 - 12:59 pm

"So, are you picking and choosing which Constitutional rights to uphold?"

"That's a tricky question…"

If by "tricky" you mean that an honest answer will expose you as being the hypocritical, Marxist zombie that you are, then I agree.

These people have long since lost their minds, Adam.

Cali_girl   October 20th, 2011 - 4:53 pm

No kidding…

liladd   October 20th, 2011 - 5:39 pm

Freedom for me, but not for thee…

BalkanDeputy   October 20th, 2011 - 11:21 pm

I don't give a rip if it's Baghdad. You sic your pit-bull on me you'll die before your dog does.

rhodiola   October 21st, 2011 - 12:50 am

Hilarious! The media complaining about lack of fair treatment.

rhodiola   October 21st, 2011 - 12:59 am

No president in the history of the US has taken more money from Wall Street than Obama, yet I'm sure the majority still think he's god. These protesters are not the brightest bulbs on the earth.

consrvtv   October 22nd, 2011 - 1:08 am

The right of self defense applies in ca, sorry to have to break it to you. A dog can be lethal, possibly considered a weapon. Siccing a dog on someone with intent to harm is felony assault. Ergo, you have the right to self defense even if violent.

Sonny119   October 27th, 2011 - 6:38 pm

I grew up near Oakland and Richmond Calif., in the 60's and 70's, and they have always been the home of these parasitic radical extremist hate mongering elements.. like the black panther party, the hells angels, marxist- communist parties, radical revolutionaries, anarchists, and so on, which the liberals have protected them, on a 24/7 daily basis.. while the liberals run and ruin and destroy their communities, decade after decade, with urban blythe, poverty, and misery all around, into the ground…

PATRIOTSUSA   October 29th, 2011 - 1:35 pm

They have a idiot mayor in Oakland. If the regular Joe Citizen put up a tent in one of these parks, he'd be arrested and the tent would be removed immediately. This is just corruption 101 folks. Can you imagine if this were the TeaParty setting up tents and urinating and defacating on public property, the media would be hyperventilating. It's disgusting. Kick this occupoopers out of our parks.

earlyboomer   October 31st, 2011 - 4:21 am

Well then I hope the tent folks have more than just violent dogs.

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