Teens Threaten Service Dog, Owner Runs Them Over with Golf Cart
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A man golfing at a Portland, Oregon course says he was forced to take matters into his own hands when a group of teen punks threatened to shoot his dog.
Vancouver resident Charles James and his dog Bishop were at the Heron Lakes Golf Course when he noticed four teens vandalizing a green on the hole he was approaching. He turned his golf cart in their direction and was going to ask them to stop when one of them pulled a gun.
“The guy lowered the rifle, and I thought he was lowering it at him,” James said, pointing to Bishop. He said all bets were off when they threatened his pet, and that instinct kicked in when he floored the pedal in his golf cart and ran over all four of the troublemakers. One of them was injured.
“I stepped on this (the accelerator) and ran right into him, and he came through the window and the rifle went that way,” he said.
One of the teens pulled a knife. “When he started at me, Bishop grabbed his leg, and when he did, I back knuckled him in the face,” James said.
James grabbed the rifle and the four teens bolted, one of them limping behind.
Bishop is trained to assist James during medical episodes. James said he was surprised that his normally mild mannered dog protected him from an attacker. “In fact, I never thought he’d be aggressive,” James said. “I mean, he runs from cats.”
James said there was no way he was going to let the juvenile delinquents hurt his loyal companion. “If they were lowering it on me, I would have turned around and left, but he was gonna pop my dog,” he said.
The suspects are described as young Hispanic males, one wearing a brown and white shirt, one wearing a black shirt and black pants. All suspects were wearing long pants and were seen running on a nearby bike path, according to police.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Portland Police Bureau at (503) 823-0000.
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I would have done the same thing, kids are punks now days.
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LOL! More people need to start doing this
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Good for him.
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GOOD I HOPE BACKED UP TOO.
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Works for me
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Likin’ it!
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good for him!
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Yes.
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JUSTIFIED
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good for him
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well deserved!
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I will do the same thing too!~!!!
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Well they will think twice about threatening a persons dog again!
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Good for him! That is the least he should do!
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Good for him!!!!
wtg <3
protect myself and my dog!!!
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You go Charles!
right on
Fabulous!!
You have my support, Charles!
Way to go, Mr. James!!
hero
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Hell yeah! Punks need to be run down, and out!!!! good for him!
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love!
Lovin’ this story and heh, heh, (sing song voice) we got somebody’s finger prints! Too bad the dog didn’t bite that kid’s face off! I have two big dogs and you need to have a healthy respect for those very strong jaws and very sharp teeth. Would you look at the size of this doggie’s head!
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Good for him!
That man & his beautiful dog are awesome! Way to go!
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AA you should check out my mate Bradley Trevor Greive and his book…”Why dogs are better than cats”…BTG; keep ‘em coming.
Hope he backed up over them again. Punks.
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No doubt <3
Good.
Good for Charles!! If it were my dog those punks would not be able to walk.
I think it’s great, they need to know they can’t bully people and animals. Hope it all ended well (for the dog and his owner).
Yes Sir! You have done the right thing! They messed with the wrong guy. I probably would have done the same thing..Good for you!
nothing like protecting your young aka your animals. will teach the teen to be such a pussy and cowards!
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Just what would you recommend when one is confronted by a thug pointing a rifle at one’s dog who is seated right beside him??? Negotiate???
Justified self-defense, Jeff. TOTALLY justified ~ both Mr. James AND Bishop’s actions.
P.S. If you read the article ~ he didn’t actually “run him over”, he ran INTO him. Kind of hard to get run over AND fly through the windshield…
Peddle to the metal!!!!!
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Awesome!
What a great story! Would’ve been the perfect ending if those thugs were caught though. I’m glad the man and his best friend weren’t hurt at all.
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Well done.
Awesome! Being in a wheelchair I would have ran over those thugs too!
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Good!
Love!
Good for him!
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GOOD FOR HIM!
Good for him
Good for him – I hope they never try something stupid like that again. People are unbelieveable any more!
Should have run them over twice.
I have absolutely NO problem with this……
big brave men threatening an older man and his dog-NOT- nothing but worthless POS thugs
Good Bishop! Catch those bastards and put them in jail! Ya did good Charles James!
Awesome!
good for him.
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Good for him.
Good for him!
GOOD FOR YOU DUDE! HOPE YOU HURT THEM!
WAY TO GO MR. JAMES, YOU ARE ONE BLESSED MAN WITH BISHOP BEING ONE BLESSED BABY TO HAVE EACH OTHER. ALL MY RESPECT TO YOU AND BISHOP. HOPE THEY CATCH THE PUNKS.
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Good for him. I would have done the same thing. Nobody threatens my dogs or my cats, NOBODY!!! That’s the same as threatening my family because they are part of my family.
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good for him.
Good for him!!!!!
Hurray!
Awesome! The dog’s owner rocks! They took care of each other!
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Sick ppl they need to be shipped to an island jail is too good for them.
He did the right thing! I applaud him!
good for him…I would have done the same thing
I appear to be turning into a somewhat violent old lady…What would Betty white say?
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Very brave of this man, especially since I’m pretty sure his dog would have done the same thing if in a different circumstance. We have to stand up for them when they can’t stand up for themselves.
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Well done, Mr. James ! Did you back up and do it twice ?
I would have done the exact same thing maybe worse
Today’s youth. SIGH.
man i would love to hurt these a..holes,rot in hell you stupid jerks,hope they put in in jail for life!!
You go Mr James!!
You go Mr. James!!
Way to go guy !!
Punks! Most people view their pets as actual family. You don’t mess with family.
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Run over them, then backed up, then run over them again, just to make sure they got the message.
WTG! Booooyah! ^..^
good and I hope he put the cart in reverse and ran over them a 2nd time. Bunch of low class punks.
Good for him…….
I agree..way to go Charles..glad you protected you and your friend…
I truly wish we could un-invent guns, but I have to say that if similar thugs ever threaten my dog, I would run them over and back up!
Yay! What a wonderful man!
Love it!
Too bad he wasn’t in a real car.
good for him and his doggie bahahahaha punk kids
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…good for you mr. james…
AWESOME! SO very proud of that man for protecting his baby!!!
His dog might run from cats but a dog KNOWS when someone is “no good”! Such a sweet face that dog has!<3 I would do anything for my dogs too!
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YOU GO CHARLES JAMES!!!! Protect your “baby” at any cost! I did & still would (if I still had any dogs)
Too bad he wasn’t driving a Hummer! Stupid punks got off easy
Good for him I only hope he did some damage. No one and Nothing threaten my dogs they need beware of owner signs cause they’d die for me and I sure as hello will defend with my life and die for them.
I would’ve taken that rifle and popped each one of them with it.Prob illegal punks who dont belong here anyway…Great job James.
Great job, run them over again
I love it Good for You Mr Charles james !!!
I would have done the same thing!!! Im very protective when it comes to my dogs!!