Police: SC woman kills dog because it chewed Bible

[AsahinaKimi]

(01-24) 14:42 PST Columbia, S.C. (AP) --

Authorities have charged a South Carolina woman with felony animal cruelty, saying she hanged her nephew's pit bull from a tree with an electrical cord and burned its body because the dog chewed on her Bible.

Animal control officers said Monday that 65-year-old Miriam Smith told them she killed a female dog named Diamond because it was a "devil dog" and she worried it could harm neighborhood children. Authorities said bond wasn't immediately set for Smith, who remains jailed in Spartanburg County after her weekend arrest.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/24/national/a144202S80.DTL&tsp=1

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O.o" wow..

[Ferret Annica]

1. She told the cops God told her to do it.

http://www2.wspa.com/mgmedia/image/0/354/202017/miriam-fowler-smith/

[LuvNewcastle]

2. You only kill a devil dog as a last resort.

Before you do that, you should call the preacher and get him to exorcise the demon.

[Taverner]

3. OK - seriously - this is fucked up

Shows the Bible was the most valuable thing in the house. Not the kids, not the people, not the dogs, but the fucking bible.

An inanimate object.

Fuck 'em - make 'em serve jail time.

[RKP5637]

4. Clearly it was a liberal dog. People like this are so damn sick. n/t

[frogmarch]

5. During the

Salem witch hysteria, two dogs were hanged because the puritan loonies thought they were possessed by Satan. The loonie woman hanging the pit bull is an example of hysteria repeating itself.

Religion is wonderful. :sarcasm:

[hlthe2b]

6. Lock that prison door and throw away the key...

This POS is damned dangerous.

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[glinda]

8. uggghhhhh... awful. What a loonie toon. Poor dog.

[ZombieHorde]

9. Wow, I hope the dog was dead before it was burned.

At what point is a religious belief a delusion?

[Capitalocracy]

13. Clearly somewhere before this point. nt

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. Oh FFS. She could have purchased another bible.

It isn't like it is out of print.

Poor dog. :(

[madinmaryland]

11. edited to delete.

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. If I offended, I apologize.

[madinmaryland]

19. No offense taken.

Ever write something and then after you post it, it makes no sense whatsoever? That's what happened.

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. Daily.

Heh.

:toast:

[Urban Prairie]

12. The dog wasn't really "hanged" like an executioner would do, of course

I really despise sadists like her who torture animals, as there is absolutely no excuses possible for doing so, even if it was wild, vicious, injured, or rabid.

It more likely was slowly strangled to death by that electrical cord, which would not cause the dog to die very quickly. Obviously when someone is legally hung for crimes, like Saddam Hussein was, the hangman's knot along with their body's weight from dropping until the rope runs out of slack, it snaps/breaks their neck, and the person dies far more quickly.

Then she burned its body as well?!?

That woman is truly crazy and evil, she should be ordered to stay away from children or anyone's pets for the rest of her life.

[SayitAintSo]

15. Great... My state makes the news AGAIN as the spawning ground...

of dumbass and/or evil nutbags...

[roguevalley]

16. what an ass. give her the electric chair. my dog dies todaty from

bladder cancer and she kills her dog for being a dog. I could kick her ass.

[WCGreen]

17. When she gets out of prison...

maybe she can play quarterback for the Cleveland Browns...

[jmowreader]

18. The LORD was inside that dog, woman!

Since dogs can't read, the only way he could be filled with the Spirit is to eat a Bible. And you killed him for it!

[Blue Owl]

20. From the "What Would Michelle Bachmann Do?" files

n/t

[uppityperson]

22. Well, it WAS a pit bull

:sarcasm: