How typical is this – the police of Freeport, Florida totally ignoring a blatant act of cat cruelty in broad daylight in front of two witnesses? A man walks up to an outdoor cat that was being looked after by two people, who I will presume are ladies, and fires two shots at the cat. The second shot was to the cat’s head to ensure the cat was killed. The man is a local resident. The ladies begged him to stop to no avail. It is simply a case of wanton cat cruelty of the worst kind. The man said he had shot the wrong cat. It seems very bizarre to me.
The bizarre became the absurd when the police did nothing about it and declared to the ladies who had made a complaint that “no criminal act was noted.”
Thus, the police considered a case of obvious animal cruelty, and a felony (a serious crime) under the criminal law, as perfectly legal and not a crime. This is turning the law upside down. It is not as if the prospect of a successful conviction is slim because of a lack of evidence. The police have all the evidence they need. This would be an almost guaranteed conviction.
If the police don’t arrest and charge people who are clearly engaged in criminal behavior it undermines the fabric of society as far as I am concerned. The rule of law is thrown out of the window and we have anarchy.
Is this a typical attitude of the police in respect of cat cruelty crimes? Elisa Black-Taylor who writes for PoC is constantly bringing to our attention stories that indicate to me that the police have a disdain for the domestic cat that prevents them carrying out their duties.
Police officers are under an obligation to behave to a high standard, which includes acting impartially and not introducing bias, preferences and personal attitudes into their work.
I sense that some police officers support the shooting of cats. In short, they are cat haters and dog lovers. It is a very crude, instinctive and uncivilised way to live.
Good police work requires a high degree of self-discipline and ethical behavior. None of these qualities were demonstrated by the Freeport police in their investigation of this crime.
What is disturbing is that the man who shot the cat seems to have believed that he could get away with it. If he thought that, it is because he is correct.
(For the record, I live where there are no zoning laws whatsoever. They don’t even have county ordinances where I live. The only laws governing the lands where I live are in The Constitution. The Jehova Witnesses nearby are even armed with automatic weapons, they practice with them every year. It’s not against any law in places like where I live. If you are going to quote laws, you should have more than an experience with your basement-bedroom walls for reference and the relentless ignorant lies told by your cat-fanatic friends, don’t you think?)
A premature congratulations on your part, Micheal.
What makes you presume his land was zoned as “residential”? That’s just more wishful thinking and manipulative lies and deceptions from cat-fanatics. Like that’s any surprise. The police would not have advised him to continue shooting more cats if it wasn’t already legal to discharge a firearm on his own lands. How are those mommy’s basements urban rental-units working out for you? A bliss of self-inflicted ignorance is a wonderful thing, isn’t it. You sure do seem to enjoy wallowing in it.
I want to hit him 😉
Thanks a lot Dee. Good work.
In this case, he’s a little correct. According to some of the news reports I read, the cat was on his property. But, the others were not. However it doesn’ make it legal. According to Florida Statute 790.15, it is still a crime to discharge a firearm in a place zoned as residential.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0790/Sections/0790.15.html
I agree that he is a coward. He shields it with a gun. However,
I wouldn’t want you to meet with him. He’s dangerous and, obviously, without boundaries.