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summer_in_TX

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59. Authoritarian abuse of power.

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 08:03 PM

Apr 2023

I hope their evil brings them great blowback and that the Shasta County Fair's notoriety makes them shunned.

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When a 9-year-old girl didn't want her goat to be slaughtered, county fair officials sent deputies.. [View all] Mosby Apr 2023 OP

What a sad story. Emile Apr 2023 #1

But at least the girl wasn't traumatized by seeing a man in a dress Silent3 Apr 2023 #2

WTF. We need these sick f@#ks out of positions of authority in this country. Kittycatkat Apr 2023 #3

A group of birds is a flock, a group of cows is a herd. Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #5

What's a group of assholes? barbtries Apr 2023 #20

I believe they call them a prolaspe icymist Apr 2023 #57

That would be "a Trump of assholes" jmowreader Apr 2023 #65

Made me LOL! nt Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #66

What the fuck? onecaliberal Apr 2023 #4

Enough. All these morons need to be removed from positions of power. c-rational Apr 2023 #6

Would these same assholes send armed LE to retrieve pardoned turkeys? Freethinker65 Apr 2023 #7

This has been a rule in most 4H shows and other agriculture shows as well for Bev54 Apr 2023 #8

The sheriffs already killed the goat. The man who bought it had agreed otherwise lostnfound Apr 2023 #12

I don't think they did. sl8 Apr 2023 #18

Correction to my last: sl8 Apr 2023 #31

Yes and that is why it needs to change, I know it has been changing in Canada Bev54 Apr 2023 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author Bev54 Apr 2023 #44

The lawmaker had donated the goat to charity ripcord Apr 2023 #71

The 4-H auction system horrified me when my spouse explained it to me (they'd been 4H as a child). NullTuples Apr 2023 #26

This is one of the reasons we need... dchill Apr 2023 #32

What they said Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 #9

The world doesn't need these kind of lessons to be taught to 9 yr. old girls. patphil Apr 2023 #17

Right. Traildogbob Apr 2023 #28

Thanks for taking this that one big step further...it's a cruel world for sure. patphil Apr 2023 #51

To be clear, that's a quote from the lawyer that's suing the county, not from the county officials. sl8 Apr 2023 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Thunderbeast Apr 2023 #10

We have so much food available. We don't need to eat animals. mucifer Apr 2023 #11

Speak for yourself ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #68

Killing kindness. Not a bug but a feature. Nt lostnfound Apr 2023 #13

Fascism: Accept No Substitute. Kid Berwyn Apr 2023 #15

While I think this went ALL wrong... hippywife Apr 2023 #14

I'm usually a careful reader. Mosby Apr 2023 #53

I hope you'll consider... hippywife Apr 2023 #54

Done. Mosby Apr 2023 #56

sick BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #16

How sick. Rebl2 Apr 2023 #19

Cops gotta kill! n/t TeamProg Apr 2023 #21

Could ththe parents have withdrawn the goat from the fair before judging? Karadeniz Apr 2023 #23

Short answer, yes. Bantamfancier Apr 2023 #30

Congrats, sick fuck cops. roamer65 Apr 2023 #24

+10000 Duppers Apr 2023 #27

Fern, is that you? intheflow Apr 2023 #70

Farming/ranching has a lot of pitfalls, a lot of hard knocks about life on the farm/ranch, that are SWBTATTReg Apr 2023 #25

"This is a goat, not Pablo Escobar"-- comment on the draconian search warrant Hekate Apr 2023 #29

Lawsuit (PDF) : sl8 Apr 2023 #33

"County officials." It's a definite type. dchill Apr 2023 #34

I'm truly sorry the girl got ambushed, but... Girard442 Apr 2023 #35

Deputies drove 500 MILES??? Grins Apr 2023 #36

3 counties: sl8 Apr 2023 #37

So sad 💔😔😪 nt Raine Apr 2023 #38

The worst part is she could have learned so many lessons from this. Demobrat Apr 2023 #39

Perhaps she did learn some lessons. NCjack Apr 2023 #40

"I wonder if they would have done that to a little boy." orleans Apr 2023 #45

They taught her a lesson all right. They taught her adults can't be trusted. appleannie1 Apr 2023 #41

"Rules are rules!" I agree that this was handled very, very badly Warpy Apr 2023 #42

Many years ago an enviromental group won the bid to clear-cut trees in a PNW National Forest, then spike jones Apr 2023 #46

Did the fucking deputies learn a lesson? Ilsa Apr 2023 #47

They got to act tough while scaring a little girl. Iggo Apr 2023 #61

For those who don't know California local politics, Mr.Bill Apr 2023 #48

Shasta County is over the edge. PufPuf23 Apr 2023 #69

Yeah, Shasta County is nuts not fooled Apr 2023 #73

Rules, Amendments, I'm done for the week, y'all! maspaha Apr 2023 #49

Sick fucks Oneironaut Apr 2023 #50

That's the rules on my planet too. hunter Apr 2023 #52

Once the new owner Is allowing the goat to live, how can the deputies kill his property? liberalla Apr 2023 #55

These are sick & deranged people who would go through all that trouble to kill a little girl's goat liberal_mama Apr 2023 #58

Authoritarian abuse of power. summer_in_TX Apr 2023 #59

Cops. That's who they are. That's what they do. Iggo Apr 2023 #60

Why couldn't the politician given her the goat? XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #62

Maybe because he never had physical possession of the animal Mosby Apr 2023 #63

Post removed Post removed Apr 2023 #64

look at you... druidity33 Apr 2023 #67

Why did the mother even agree to have her daughter enter the show? ripcord Apr 2023 #72

I don't understand this, either XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #74

I remember even as a little kid that loved animals that leftyladyfrommo Apr 2023 #75

I was raised on a ranch in South Texas by a father who was a cowboy hamsterjill Apr 2023 #76

Great perspective. Nt lostnfound Apr 2023 #77