Trial starts mid April in
Peach County Georgia
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The Chukchi believed that their
dogs guarded the gates of heaven, and that the way you treated a
dog in this life determined your place in heaven. If this is so,
then surely when time comes for us to pass we will be assured of
a place of great honor. In an unrelated mushers's Legend, it is said that your dogs wait for you, asleep until you come across, then they pull your sled through and into heaven.! |
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Walt Smisson is currently in the country of Kuwait working with the
US military and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On June 16th, a crazed neighbor, Mr. Allmon, shot one of the
Smisson's family dogs in excess of 12 times! Those 12 shots were
with a SILENCER! The other 2 deadly shots were right in front of
Mrs. Smisson and without the silencer. This was in a residential
neighborhood.
Mr. Allmon was quoted as saying, 'You've had this coming,' as he walked over to the dog with gun in hand and shot her in the head twice, his eyes fixed on Mrs. Smisson as he did this. Mrs. Smisson was less than two feet away from the gunfire and the son a mere 10 feet. Other children were in the area not to mention Mr. Allmon's own children. Most of this crime was caught on surviellance tape and is the strongest evidence. Based on the information at hand, I've taken the liberty of including excerpts from the CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF BYRON, GEORGIA, which are related to this case: The first relates to the animal cruelty charges: Sec. 6-3. Cruelty. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously
inflict unnecessary or needless cruelty, torture, abuse or cruelly beat,
strike or abuse any animal by an act of omission or neglect or cause or
inflict any unjustifiable pain, suffering, injury or death to any
animal, whether such animal belongs to such person or to another.
However, reasonable force may be implemented to drive away vicious or
trespassing animals, and any animal endangering the life or safety of
any person may, when necessary, be killed. (Ord. of 4-4-1988; Code
1987, § 4-14) Georgia Code - Crimes and Offenses - Title 16, Section 16-11-122 No person shall have in his possession any sawed-off shotgun,
sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer
except as provided in Code Section 16-11-124 What normal citizen has a silencer? How does a normal citizen get a silencer? Who approved signed and authorized his use of such a device? According to Mr. Smisson, Mr. Allmon has been in court before for trapping and killing cats and other pets in our neighborhood. The Byron City Police were summoned by a 911 call but before they got there, Mr. Allmon made threats to my son and wife while still brandishing the firearm and then he shot our very maimed pet as she lay there crying for my wife to help her. I have also done some investigating into the City of Byron and have found out the local Animal Control Officer in Byron, Marshal Peacock, likes to break stray dog's legs, and then shoot them. Marshal did that to a dog in front of Byron Councilwoman XXXXXX, and needless to say, she was horrified. But since Marshal is somehow related to the Mayor, nothing will ever be done and no animal will have protection in Byron. Marshal also tells everyone to just shoot cats. There may be funding for an AC shelter, but it is not being used for saving animals. I withhold the name of the Councilwoman, for her protection. On behalf of the Smisson Family, we support these words from Mr. Smisson and we support all those involved in their efforts to prosecute Mr. Allmon: It is a sick and disturbed person that does this type of thing and I want everyone to know who he is, where he lives and to watch out for these people. I am over here in the Middle East protecting you and our country. Could you at least provide an inquiry to increase awareness and provide a sense of protection from this beast for my family and neighbors? I think that if he gets out there will be an escalation in violence toward my wife and children. I can't protect my family from over here any other way. I need your help to ensure he is prosecuted as much as the Georgia codes will allow. (felony, cruelty to animals, reckless endangerment to residents, discharging a firearm in a residential area, terroristic threats, use of a firearm while committing a felony.) I hope at least one of these will stick on his record. I just can't believe that staying out of harms way over here may be easier than at my own home in Byron, Georgia.
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Anita Solomon. Dogs Deserve Better Rep for Southern Brevard County, FL http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/home.html Critical Pets Rescue for Brevard County - http://groups.google.com/group/CriticalPetsRescue Animal Cruelty Petitions http://groups.yahoo.com/group/animalcrueltypetitions The Reality of What Humans Do http://paws4life.blogspot.com/
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| Anita,
Thank you for putting the petition together and getting this published. |