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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Boomer with Attitude / News Don't ignore K-9 Corps' inhumane 'training'
Posted By John Grooms on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Happy day "before Thanksgiving." Some observers have written how the holidays are the best time of year to do something crappy, since everyone’s too busy to pay a lot of attention to the news. So, let’s look at a couple of very recent stories that have made the news, but, for whatever reason, haven't quite gotten the attention they seem to deserve.
And you thought child molestation was bad ... Former Roman Catholic priest John Fiala of Texas is a former priest because he was accused of sexual abuse of a minor two years ago. Fiala apparently really didn’t like being accused. Rather than deal with the crisis by delving into those old Catholic standbys, confession and repentance, Fiala tried something different. According to the police in Dallas, Texas, Fiala attempted to hire a hit man to kill the teenager for $5,000. Which makes sense, really, when you consider that the teenage boy says Fiala on occasions forced him to have sex at gunpoint (which would have been a new low for the Catholic priesthood, until this hit man thing came along). The 52-year-old priest was arrested, and is in jail on $700,000 bond. The abuse allegedly happened when Fiala was a priest in Rocksprings, Texas, a rural area known for — no snickering, please — sheep and goat herding. Read more about the case here.
And you thought taking joke photos of sedated kittens at Charlotte’s animal shelter was a bad idea ... Sgt. Charles Jones, a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper who was fired for kicking his canine partner and lifting it off the ground by its neck, will get his job back. Why? A judge ruled that the “techniques” Jones used — now get this — are no worse than others used all the time by the K-9 unit. So, just how are those brave dogs “trained”? According to the judge, the Highway Patrol’s “methods” include beating the dogs with sticks, whipping the dogs, and even using stun guns on them. Frankly, I don’t want to hear any defense of those “training methods.” Whatever you could say to justify the dogs’ mistreatment, I simply don’t care to hear it. There is no justification for it, even if the dog winds up catching Osama bin Laden. Animal cruelty is the province of (excuse my Southernness here) some of the sorriest assholes humanity can produce — whether they’re “peace officers” or not. The state should put a stop to the K-9 Corps’ practices, and if that’s not possible, then dissolve the K-9 Corps and find another way to catch criminals, for Pete's sake. And on that happy note, here’s hoping you have a great Thanksgiving!
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