Cop uncurled a 125 lb python from reptile store owners body

[Liberal_in_LA]

Collins said the victim appears to be doing okay at the hospital and is even talking.

The call came around 11 a.m. and Lt. Gregory Ripberger and Sgt. Daron Armberg were at the store within minutes, Collins said.

"It was only by the grace of God that one of the officers knew how to deal with snakes," Collins said.

Ripberger grabbed the snake by the head and worked to uncurl it off the man's body. Collins and other officers pulled Wilkens by his legs to free him.

The snake had begun to coil around Ripberger's arm before the officers were able to return it to its enclosure.

"It was a horrific event," Collins said.

Collins said the man was feeding the snake when it latched onto his arm.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/10/05/animal-store-owner-crushed-python/73396696/

[Snobblevitch]

1. This story is B.S. Every cop in America would let the snake suffocate the guy.

If the snake needed help in suffocating him, the cops would do what they could to help the snake.

[Arugula Latte]

2. So it's the "grace of God" that the cops knew how to deal with snakes but

what about the deity's "grace" in letting/causing the snake to squeeze him in the first place?

Oh, I forgot. The invisible sky lord only gets credit for good stuff, never the blame.

In any case, I wish people would stop breeding these snakes intentionally. I have a feeling most of these poor critters aren't cared for properly and live their miserable lives stuck in a too-small cage. Not to mention they wreak havoc on the environment when they get loose.