Dog the Bounty Hunter: Today's the Day We Send the "Bring Back Dog" Petition to AE Network

Today's the day.

After 2 and 1/2 weeks, we're sending our "Bring Back the Dog" Petition into Arts and Entertainment Network, complete with all of your comments.

Dog supporters have sent us [at latest count, at all locations] over 400 pages of comments, pleas and emails.

All are overwhelmingly in favor of a return to the airwaves of the "Dog the Bounty Hunter" TV show.

We are going to send in the petition and the attached names and comments by email today and follow it up with mailing the printed out pages to A & E.

We know we could have collected more signatures if we would have left the petition up longer. And many of you asked us to do that.

But we felt that it was important to start the ball rolling in Dog's favor.

We will be putting another petition up in the near future. Our purpose it twofold: we want to keep the pressure up on A & E Network and we want to keep the Dog's situation alive in the minds of his supporters.

We have some other ideas in the works also--but they're not ready yet.

If you have an idea on how we can better make your voices heard, drop us an email.
Send your idea to mondoreb@gmail.com.

We'll be contacting others who've posted online petitions in an effort to report on how their efforts are going.

Other Dog the Bounty Hunter petitions we know of: Save Dog the Bounty Hunter Save Dog the Bounty Hunter, Boycott Max Factor Products Keep Dog the Bounty Hunter Keep Dog the Bounty Hunter Going Keep Dog the Bounty Hunter on the Air Help Keep Dog on TV Save Dog the Bounty Hunter Show Bring back Dog the Bounty Hunter back on the Air Keep Dog the Bounty Hunter on the Air Help Get Dog the Bounty Hunter Back on TV! Put Dog the Bounty Hunter Back on TV The Reinstatement of Dog the Bounty Hunter Dog the Bounty Hunter Save the Dog the Bounty Hunter Show

This is not all of the petitions out there: only the ones of which we are aware.

There is a letter writing campaign underway. Information on this is below.

Send your e-mails and comments to bond@bondinfo.org or write to us at:

BOND
c/o “DOG Letter Campaign”
P.O. Box 35090
Los Angeles, CA 90035

Meanwhile, boycotts of everything from Yum Brands (Taco Bell, Long John Silvers, Pizza Hut) to Max Factor Products to the A&E Network itself are organizing.
For more information, check out December 13 is Global Dog the Bounty Hunter Day


So that is the state of the Dog for December 6, 2007. One week away from the rally for Dog at the A & E Studios in New York City. If you can't be there, sign a petition or send A & E a pineapple (Pineapple Drive to Save Dog the Bounty Hunter).

DBKP will keep reporting new news; in the meantime

Bring back Dog.

by Mondoreb




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Dog's the Bounty Hunter: Racist Rant Video

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Video of the N-word Tapes that got the Bounty Hunter in trouble

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Dog the Bounty Hunter: Son Sold Tabloids Info Before, Appears to Have Violated Law

Dog's Son May Soon Be In Doghouse

Dog the Bounty Hunter:
Dog's Son Punk Sold Info to Tabloids Before
Dog's Son May Be Guilty of Violating Taping Private Conversations Law

The Dog story keeps getting more bizarre. Gloss Lip and TMZ report that Duane "Dog" Chapman's son, Tucker, had sold information about his father to the tabloids before the tape incident.

It's also been reported that his son probably violated Hawaii state law by taping the conversation and releasing it in the first place.

Startling news from TMZ and Glosslip:

It would seem that Duane “Dog” Chapman’s son Tucker has a bit of a chip on his shoulder about his famous bounty hunter dad…because this isn’t the first time he’s sold information about his dad to the tabloids:

Meanwhile, a source tells TMZ that the revelation that Dog’s son Tucker was the one who sold his father’s rant to the National Enquirer isn’t so shocking — given that he’s done it before. We’re told that just a few months back, Tucker was paid by the tabloid for a story about his dad disappearing.

Tucker seems to be upset with his father because Dog disapproves of his girlfriend, who happens to be black:

Attorney Brook Hart told The Associated Press that Chapman’s son, Tucker, sent the recording to the tabloid for “a lot of money.”

“I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner,” Hart said. […]

In the conversation, Chapman urges Tucker to break up with his girlfriend. He also expresses concern about the girlfriend trying to tape and go public about the TV star’s use of the N-word.

In a statement, the 54-year-old Chapman said he has “utmost respect and aloha for black people who have suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.

“I did not mean to add yet another slap in the face to an entire race of people who have brought so many gifts to this world,” he said. “I am ashamed of myself and I pledge to do whatever I can to repair this damage I have caused.”

Hart said his client is not a racist and vowed never to use the word again.

“I have never seen anything that suggests he judges people by the color of their skin or racial background or anything but on their character,” he said. “Duane lost his composure and made very, very inappropriate remarks, for which he truly regrets.”

Chapman said he was “disappointed in his choice of a friend, not due to her race, but her character. However, I should have never used that term.”

From what I’ve read about the incident, and heard on the recording, it isn’t the fact that the girl is black that upset Dog…it was her questionable character. He seemed to be under the impression that Tucker could have chosen more wisely in his choice of companion, considering the family profession. And you know what? He’s right. When you’re in that sort of job, you do need to be very careful about the company you keep.

It also seems that Tucker, 23, has just been released from prison after serving time on a 20-year drug charge. Perhaps he needs to take a closer look at his choice of friends.

Tucker violated the law in taping the conversation and then releasing it for money? More on this development.

The statute is a bit confusing. (Or maybe it’s just been too long since I’ve practiced law.) But from what I can tell, Tucker might have a problem. The Code seems to say that someone who records a phone conversation without the permission of both parties is criminally liable. On the other hand, the Code’s commentary says: “If one of the parties to the communication authorizes its interception or recordation (e.g., in an attempt to trace obscene or extortionary telephone calls), criminal sanctions ought not to result.”

More sad news for the Dog family. Meanwhile, the door might be left open for the Dog The Bounty Hunter Show to return to TV.

MORE DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER NEWS:

Al Sharpton Responds to Dog
For audio and video tapes, as well as a total recap on the whole n-word story and news about the possible return of the Bounty Hunter to TV:
Door Open for Dog the Bounty Hunter's TV Return?



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Dog the Bounty Hunter Show Now Canceled

Dog the Bounty Hunter: A&E just canceled the "Dog the Bounty Hunter" show on their network--it's been learned just minutes ago. Duane Chapman, who stars as the big-hearted bail bondsman, is now out of a TV job.

More from the Honalulu Star Bulletin:

The Hawaii-based reality TV show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” was canceled today by the A&E cable network, two days after the release of a tape in which star Duane “Dog” Chapman was caught in a racist rant about his son’s black girlfriend.

“In evaluating the circumstances of the last few days, A&E has decided to take 'Dog The Bounty Hunter' off the network’s schedule for the foreseeable future,” A&E said in statement, according to Multichannel News. “We hope that Mr. Chapman continues the healing process that he has begun.”

An A&E network executive did not return Star-Bulletin calls for further comment this morning.

The network had suspended the show Wednesday after the National Enquirer posted the tape online in which Chapman repeatedly uses the N-word as he tries to convince his son Tucker to break up with his girlfriend.

Bad Dog.

It looked like Duane Chapman was rallying. Now more trouble for the Dog. After it was revealed that the Dog was sold out by his son PUNK. The tapes which have caused all the uproar were sold by his son PUNK to the National Enquirer.

Now a civil rights leader is saying: Get the Dog OFF television.
From the National Enquirer:

This is awful. This man should not have a show on television!"

Tamika Mallory — who heads the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network's Decency Initiative — lashed out at Duane "Dog" Chapman after hearing a tape of the bounty hunter's racist rants.

"I think the A&E network should uphold their standards, which should be that people are not allowed to use demeaning language toward another racial group and marginalize them."

Maybe just the first in a series of calls? Or will the Bounty Hunter rally?

EARLIER:

Dog Gets Punk'ed!
Dog's son, Punk put him in the doghouse.

Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter's, son, Punk, sold the old man out for 30 pieces of silver.

Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's son taped a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for "a lot of money," Chapman's lawyer said Thursday.

"I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner," attorney Brook Hart told The Associated Press.

Tucker Chapman could not be reached for comment; no one answered the telephone at a Honolulu number listed under his name.

The National Enquirer on Wednesday posted on its Web site a clip of a conversation in which Duane Chapman, star of the hit A&E series "Dog the Bounty Hunter," repeatedly used the N-word in reference to Tucker's girlfriend.

Chapman later apologized to his son and the woman, then learned about how the tape got into the tabloid's hands, Hart said.

A & E now says Series "Not Canceled", Only "Suspended"
A&E has suspended production of the series, saying the network takes the matter seriously.

"When the inquiry is concluded, we will take appropriate action," A&E spokesman Michael Feeney said in a statement Thursday.

The show, in its fifth season and one of A&E's top-rated programs, has not been canceled.
--From CNN
and the National Enquirer.
Click here for SHORT VERSION of the Dog the Bounty Hunter N-Word Audio Tapes.

Dog the Bounty Hunter is still planning on meeting with black leaders in attempts at rehabilitation.
CLiCK HERE for Audio full version.

More Dog the Bounty Hunter Stories:
FULL STORY:Dog the Bounty Hunter Canceled for Use of N-Word Click Here.
Dog the Bounty Hunter Hopes to Meet with Black Leaders Click Here



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