How To Rescue Chained Dogs and Practice Nonviolence At the Same Time

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25. I'd take the dog, and then I'd call the police.

Or maybe I'd go back without the dog later and bang on the door.

There are only a few sorts of things I ever involve the police in. Outcomes are generally better that way.

This dog probably wouldn't have survived police involvement.

Chaining a dog is illegal in California, but it's very low on the list of calls the police will respond to, especially in place like Oakland, or my community.

The only thing that assures a quick police response in my city is a gunfight or a drive-by shooting with people down. They won't even respond to minor stuff, they'll ask you to fill out a report on their web page, or to come down to the station to tell your story to a community relations officer.

Visiting the police station and waiting your turn is fascinating, in an Alice's Restaurant Group W Bench kind of way, some of them wearing only underwear too.