African-American fire official gets 90 days in jail for dog beating

Animal rights activists yelled puppy killer and obscenities at a retired Los Angeles County assistant fire chief after he was sentenced to 90 days in jail for beating a dog so severely with a rock it had to be euthanized. In a Riverside courtroom full of activists and a handful of supporters, a judge also required that Glynn Johnson, 55, perform 400 hours of community service working with dogs, take anger management courses and pay the veterinary bills. Johnson, of Hillcrest, was convicted in January 2010 of animal cruelty using a deadly weapon — a 12-pound rock — for the 2008 attack in which he repeatedly bashed the head of a 6-month-old German-shepherd mix named Karley. The dog had to be put to sleep because of the injuries.