Justice for Peanut

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An update on P’Nut. Turns out in this case, there actually was more to the story and not in Longo or P’Nut’s favor.

Looks like Longo had been warned, lied, was warned again and finally saw enforcement.

The description of excessive force was a little over done too.

And the reason for rabies testing is explained.

And gosh darn if this doesn’t smack of “there’s more to the story”, “their jobs are hard” and due process dialogue posted elsewhere, while elsewhere the “more to the story” bit is true but in reverse.

Squirrel Lives Matter.

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“Claiming excessive force was used to seize his beloved Peanut and Fred.”

The union countered those claims on Friday saying, “In truth there were three uniformed Environmental Conservation Officers who were responsible for securing an 80-acre compound, several plain clothes Investigators who carried out the search pursuant to the warrant, and three DEC wildlife employees who were not police officers.”

Not excessive force at all.

If one squirrel can John Wick all of them, I vote we replace LE with squirrels.

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I got some more story to P’Nut

Surely this will affect Lewiston Maine.

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To be fair, there was a raccoon too. But he’s not getting any love.

I think the broader context is important to consider. 80 acres to investigate while securing the animal, and various agencies with corresponding responsibilities as an effort to actually responsibly handle the animals. It’s unfortunate the squirrel bit somebody, and again unfortunate Longo set the squirrel up by lying and then literally snitching on himself.

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I’m not buying this line of thinking about the law and justifying its application, at all.

“Look what they were wearing, they were asking for it.”

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This is how you set up the squirrel

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Guy was warned with the opportunity to correct without action, didn’t and like a dumbass posted his continued P’Nut saga.

Really not all that different than Michael Brown or whomever else.

We can all form our opinions, but there are the facts.

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Yeah, we’re still talking about the public menace posed by a squirrel and a defiant squirrel owner. Staying consistent with previously expressed sentiments about law enforcement, I don’t fault any of the people doing their jobs.

I fault the politicians who make them do these stupid things, and by extension the voters who keep voting for absurdity.

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So Nazis are way overplayed.

But, I actually agree. I would like to see as little govt intervention in personal life as possible, don’t believe in victimless “crime” et cetera.

Especially on private property.

And my take in this thread is to point out irony, FTR.

If we are going to follow the “side with authorities”, “there’s always more to the story”, “due process is in place for a reason” line, then we should follow it.

Or admit it can often be bullshit and start asking more questions.

And if this is P’Nuts legacy, it was worth it.

In any case Longo was warned and given time to take corrective action, lied that he had, posted his lie on social media and initiated the chain of action that ultimately saw P’Nut bite someone and get tested for rabies considering. And wildlife showed up to handle P’Nut in addition to police to handle the legal matters.

And I believe this is where we insert “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”.

But it’s not like Stormtroopers blew up the place.

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I have photographic evidence.

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If only they took illegal immigrants, drug dealers, repeat violent felons, pro golfers and pedophiles as seriously as a squirrel.

Just like they didn’t blow up your golfer boyfriend. But you were ready to call Amnesty International and Bono to save him from the horrors of being inconvenienced.

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I’m supposed to be convinced by an article which makes the following claim:

Our Environmental Conservation Officers understand and accept that they risk their lives every time they begin a shift

They were also very quick to blame the Health Department for killing Peanut.

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Squirrels know martial arts. We have to protect our police from them.

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Yeah, I think some people aren’t grasping that the main problem many have with this thing is that a guy’s pet was taken for no reason. His pet didn’t randomly bite someone prior to being taken.

Weren’t the police investigating a fatal crash during that one? Seems the equivalent of investigation of someone having a pet.

There’s a huge difference between these situations. One was private property taken by the authorities seemingly without good cause; the other occurred on public property during the investigation of a fatal crash.

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Just goes to show that private property is an illusion.

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I think the real issue is that people are intentionally incorrectly framing P’Nut as a pet to carry an argument.

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First mistake is trusting government and government employees response to the uproar…typical arrogant, egotistical power hungry liberals running NY agencies

and dont forget…rabies check results were negative

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This loses order of operations though.

Somebody is illegally harboring wild animals.

They are warned apparently multiple times to release the animals and they lie that they did.

The govt agencies take the lie at face value and move on. No intrusive investigation, no arrests, no fines.

Somebody posts their lie on social media, repeatedly.

The agencies responsible for wildlife law regulation show up, as a last resort really.

One is bitten in the process. Say it was you.

Although squirrels are not frequently known to carry rabies, they can.

Raccoons, on the other hand, are relatively frequently infected.

The raccoon in the story who met the same fate as P’Nut was brought in to the home within the rabies latency period and very possibly could’ve been infected and spread it to P’Nut.

The only way to be certain is to sample brain tissue, or wait until it’s a full blown infection.

Meanwhile, you are wondering. Because you were bitten.

Do you wait, fingers crossed, until the infection threshold kicks off?

Or do you cut the animals head off and find out for sure while you still have time to treat in the event rabies is present?

At what point was NY overreaching? The warnings? The face value acceptance of a corrected scenario, based on a statement without investigation?

Or simply the fact that laws requiring licensing to house and care for wild animals exists at all?

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Was he charged and convicted? You need to insert the qualifier allegedly.

According to?

Again, according to who? Regardless, we could easily assume they were going to test both animals regardless. They haven’t stated what their original plan was if no one was supposedly bitten.

How?

If that even happened. They said the squirrel bit through two pairs of protective gloves. Talk about overstating your case.

When they went to a judge to get a warrant. They say they warned the guy; how? Did they go to his home to talk to him? Did they leave comments on his social media?

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