New Jersey woman who threw neighbor's dog into traffic gets four years in prison

[Baz]

A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after she threw her neighbor's dog into traffic during an argument over parking.

Haniyyah Barnes was convicted in October on animal cruelty, theft and mischief charges stemming from the 2011 incident, according to NJ.com. She was sentenced on Wednesday.

Barnes kicked in Nazirah Bey's front door during a parking dispute in 2011 and grabbed Honey Bey, a 2-year-old Shih Tzu, by the throat, carried her outside and threw the dog into oncoming traffic, killing her. A nearby police officer saw Barnes throw Honey Bey into traffic.

After Barnes was convicted in October, her bail was revoked and she was sent to Essex County Correction Facility. She will now serve the remainder of her four-year sentence and pay Ms. Bey $2,000 in damages. Barnes will also be made to complete 30 days of community service upon her release.

Photo of the low life pond scum.......I hope she gets her ass beat in prison every day and every night.....

[Jays72T]

Not enough.

[J P Stein]

The next door neighbor's was a barking SOB......I hated it for years. They would chain it up outside,
One 95 deg day it started in but got quiet after several hours.....they were not home.
I looked up there and it had wrapped its ass around a swing set & was stuck in the sun about 10 feet from its water dish..............My heart is cold, but not that cold. I unwrapped it & gave it more water........his ass was mine, which I told him......but he didn't get the idea.

[Don Ro]

This happened years ago in San Jose, CA.
Some guy pissed off in stopped traffic, got out of his car, walked up to the lady in front of him, reached in, grabbed one of her Bichons and tossed into the next lane.
Killed the dog immediately.
He got some years in prison...but took a year for the trial.
The Bay Area public donated tens of thousands to her.
You can always count on dog people.

[Jerome74911S]

If anybody did something like that to my dog I'd be in really big trouble. I would . . . . . ., but I would help them out by throwing a couple buckets of water on their house as it accidentally burned down. That, or I'd lawyer up.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Jerome74911S

If anybody did something like that to my dog I'd be in really big trouble.

In the US you'd probably not find a jury that would convict you. You'd be charged and put through the ringer. But jury nullification would probably save you.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Jays72T

Not enough.

Yep.

[rusnak]

I take my dogs with me pretty much everywhere I go. They like the truck more than the cars because of the bench seat. They can sit leaning against me. At the coast last month, I parked the truck for a bit. It was overcast and maybe in the low 60s F. A typical liberal college student was trying to open the truck with my dogs in it because, as he says, the dogs "couldn't breathe in there" or some stupid crap. I am not the kind of person to stop and chit chat with someone who is screwing with my vehicle when my dogs are inside. I told the kid to leave before he gets stabbed. Just don't mess with someone else's pets or kids. That is a recipe for instant trouble.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by rusnak

I take my dogs with me pretty much everywhere I go. They like the truck more than the cars because of the bench seat. They can sit leaning against me. At the coast last month, I parked the truck for a bit. It was overcast and maybe in the low 60s F. A typical liberal college student was trying to open the truck with my dogs in it because, as he says, the dogs "couldn't breathe in there" or some stupid crap. I am not the kind of person to stop and chit chat with someone who is screwing with my vehicle when my dogs are inside. I told the kid to leave before he gets stabbed. Just don't mess with someone else's pets or kids. That is a recipe for instant trouble.

Perhaps a sign left on your dash or side window explaining that you are aware your dogs are inside a closed up environment, the time you left and the time you are returning, and your cell phone number for anyone concerned.

Personally, I'm totally against any dog(s) left unattended inside any vehicle no matter what the weather conditions are and no matter what length of time. It's really no different than if someone left their human kids behind unattended with all windows rolled up (or down for that matter).

If I had it my way, I would be allowed by law to legally shoot anyone who I witness abusing any animal. I see this crap every day and it pisses me off to no end.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by Baz

Perhaps a sign left on your dash or side window explaining that you are aware your dogs are inside a closed up environment, the time you left and the time you are returning, and your cell phone number for anyone concerned.

Personally, I'm totally against any dog(s) left unattended inside any vehicle no matter what the weather conditions are and no matter what length of time. It's really no different than if someone left their human kids behind unattended with all windows rolled up (or down for that matter).

If I had it my way, I would be allowed by law to legally shoot anyone who I witness abusing any animal. I see this crap every day and it pisses me off to no end.

The part in bold makes me think it's futile to discuss this rationally.

So, I guess I'll just say we agree that we like our pets and leave it at that.

[fastfredracing]

Sorry to make light of the situation, but this is the first thing that came to my mind when I read the title

[nvr2mny]

Yep, not enough.....

[GWN7]

Originally Posted by rusnak

I take my dogs with me pretty much everywhere I go. They like the truck more than the cars because of the bench seat. They can sit leaning against me. At the coast last month, I parked the truck for a bit. It was overcast and maybe in the low 60s F. A typical liberal college student was trying to open the truck with my dogs in it because, as he says, the dogs "couldn't breathe in there" or some stupid crap. I am not the kind of person to stop and chit chat with someone who is screwing with my vehicle when my dogs are inside. I told the kid to leave before he gets stabbed. Just don't mess with someone else's pets or kids. That is a recipe for instant trouble.

Mine go with me everywhere too. I stopped at a store last summer. It was low 70's, cloudy, all 4 windows were open. In and out in less than 4 minutes. I come out and there is a mini van parked next to me with a woman in the passenger seat. She was 5' tall and 5' wide with a Prince Valliant hair cut. She says "Your dogs need water" I said "no they don't, panting is how they perspire". She then says "Well they need a haircut". I said" No, then they would look stupid like you". She didn't say anything more as I drove away.

[Jeff Higgins]

It takes a special kind of inhumanity to harm the helpless, be they people or animals. As such, there should be a special level of punishment that addresses this behavior. Simply charging them with "assault" or "cruelty to animals" just ain't enough.

At the other end of the spectrum, and far more common and pervasive in our society, are the "animal rights" loonies, like our beloved Baz. Baz, I have to say, I'm with rusnak on this one - all of my dogs have always tagged along with me, pretty much everywhere I go. They absolutely love going for their "truck ride", even if it's in the back of my Landcruiser or Outback these days. Hell, sometimes they even ride even shotgun in the 911. They get left in the car a lot, even long enough to grab a quick lunch at times (there is always a leftover goodie for them in it, though). I always leave a window open enough that they can stick their entire head and neck out, but not jump out. Oh, and at the times when I have owned a pickup truck, they always rode in the open back, totally unrestrained - I understand the nincompoops have managed to make this illegal in places... gimme a break... I've never seen a happier dog than one with his ears and jowls flapping in the wind in the back of a pickup.

There is not a god damn thing wrong with doing this. I've gotten into a heated discussion or two over the years with hand-wringing do-gooder animal welfare types who were completely unreasonable, and far too pushy about it. I do hope that, even if you are "totally against" this practice, that you have the good common sense and grace enough to stay out of others' business.

[KFC911]

Gotta agree withe the others Baz...you don't have a monopoly on loving all things dawgy or animal related. Mine have always been my shadow and go everywhere...left in vehicles, etc. but rest assured there has NEVER been one iota of neglect or carelessness involved. You need to rethink this IMO...

Edited: As mentioned in Patrick's other thread, were I to witness such animal abuse firsthand, I'd almost certainly be arrested for my reaction....I'd just totally lose it...

[john70t]

Originally Posted by Baz

Personally, I'm totally against any dog(s) left unattended inside any vehicle no matter what the weather conditions are and no matter what length of time.

This actually hints on a good point.
(Please sheath thy swords for a moment gentlemen and ponder this point.)
Keeping a single window open/cracked has a huge effect on interior air quality. Two is better.


I try to be a good caretaker and dad but still have a long ways to go.

And yeah I've also ran into the store for a single item and back out to find myself confronted by an abusive animal do-gooder a minute later.

There are a lot of stupid people in this world.
The one's who kill children and dogs.
I don't reject the concern. Only the human interface.

[Don Ro]

"...no matter what the weather conditions are and no matter what length of time."
.
Baz can get a bit intense, even rigid, at times around doggies.
.
My pup goes ape siht when I reach for his leash harness...what I put on him any time he tags along...out for a walk or just to Home de Pot, etc. He loves going any and every place that I go.
.
64 degrees outside temp. recently here, went into Costco for one item, left the AC on in the SUV as is my practice, and his Water Hole filled w/water...I don't leave him in there in the summer.
Came out within 16 minutes and a small crowd of five around my car.
Same as others said, do-gooders telling me that they almost called LEO.
One old bitty got in my face...I told them all to mind their own damn business.
Got into the SUV and it was 58 degrees in there.
.
Lord, save us from the do-gooders.

[jyl]

It is an interesting question.

Animals are considered to have minimal financial value. If you run over someone's dog and kill said dog, and the owner sues you, he won't collect more than a token sum.

Animals are also afforded very few protections by law. Dogs can be, and routinely are, killed simply because no-one wants to adopt them, or because they've bitten a person even if there were good reasons for it (in the dog's view), or because they have medical conditions that no-one wants to pay for, or are old. Not so long ago, military dogs were shot as surplus simply because their units were being rotated out of the war.

Yet if you terribly maltreat, torture, or maliciously kill a dog, you can go to jail for four years. And many of us, including me, support the punishment.

Why is this? Is there an unemotional, logical explanation for why a person can be jailed for many years for killing an animal that is routinely killed in the thousands each day for mere convenience reasons?

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by john70t

This actually hints on a good point.
(Please sheath thy swords for a moment gentlemen and ponder this point.)
Keeping a single window open/cracked has a huge effect on interior air quality. Two is better.


I try to be a good caretaker and dad but still have a long ways to go.

And yeah I've also ran into the store for a single item and back out to find myself confronted by an abusive animal do-gooder a minute later.

There are a lot of stupid people in this world.
The one's who kill children and dogs.
I don't reject the concern. Only the human interface.

I never leave my dogs in a car with any windows shut unless it's raining. I always leave them all open. My terrier will jump out, so I have to leave only the top of the window open. Otherwise, the windows stay completely open. That is why I was befuddled when some hipster claimed that my dogs could not breathe.

[Arizona_928]

4 years? Excessive, compared to how much time you'll get for say manslaughter of a human bring!?
Pets are property, not people.