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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:27 PM Oct 2014

California Teens Arrested in 920 Chicken Deaths

Fresno County sheriff's officials acting on several tips Wednesday tracked down 18-year-old Gabriel Quintero of Riverdale. Also taken into custody were two 17-year-olds and a 15-year-old.

All have been booked on charges of burglary and felony cruelty to animals.

Fresno Sheriff's Department spokesman Christian Curtice said he cannot release information about what prompted the killing of the chickens. He didn't anticipate any more arrests and said he did not know if the suspects had attorneys.

Investigators say the suspects pulled back a fence on Sept. 20 to break into a barn south of Fresno. Once inside they beat 920 chickens to death with a golf club and possibly another blunt instrument, investigators said.

The suspects were caught by detectives from a special Fresno-based agriculture task force, a sheriff's unit established to investigate farming-related crimes in the nation's leading agra-business county, with $5 billion in annual revenues.

More here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-teens-arrested-920-chicken-deaths-25914123

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California Teens Arrested in 920 Chicken Deaths (Original Post) Playinghardball Oct 2014 OP
Future CEOs. Or cops. nt valerief Oct 2014 #1
GOP candidates? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2014 #2
Definitely! valerief Oct 2014 #4
Any or all of the above. hifiguy Oct 2014 #6
Little Mitt Romneys and George W Bushes n/t ReRe Oct 2014 #14
Or Fox News correspondents. Initech Oct 2014 #8
Yes! valerief Oct 2014 #20
Future serial killers, perhaps. Arkansas Granny Oct 2014 #10
bingo 1dogleft Oct 2014 #18
That's exactly how Dexter got started. Initech Oct 2014 #26
Future Freepers AndyTiedye Oct 2014 #15
higher asperations 1dogleft Oct 2014 #17
Good lord, why? uppityperson Oct 2014 #3
see posts 1 and 2 Volaris Oct 2014 #5
Why? Sick guys need practice. Humans will be next on their list. Doubt they'll do any time. freshwest Oct 2014 #7
That was my thought also. Keep an eye on them and check out their backgrounds, uppityperson Oct 2014 #9
When I first read this story it reminded me of this article from Molly Ivins Playinghardball Oct 2014 #11
Pluck him flamingdem Oct 2014 #12
It was a fowl deed... mindwalker_i Oct 2014 #13
I'll remember to joke when you are beat to death with a golf club. CrispyQ Oct 2014 #24
Vile, disgusting and pathetic Stainless Oct 2014 #16
In addition to the burglarly, they should serve a week of hard time for each chicken rocktivity Oct 2014 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Oct 2014 #21
Future factory farm workers. demmiblue Oct 2014 #22
Shitty little monsters. flvegan Oct 2014 #23
Given our approach to factory farming, I'm not surprised RedCappedBandit Oct 2014 #25
well that wasn't a stretch at all LOL snooper2 Oct 2014 #27
Explain to me how their behavior is different from that of factory farmers. nt RedCappedBandit Oct 2014 #28
oh, after thinking about it you are right- snooper2 Oct 2014 #29
Do you believe there are no parallels between the two scenarios? RedCappedBandit Oct 2014 #30
You think these fucking idiots learned this behavior from doing deep research on factory farming snooper2 Oct 2014 #31
Maybe they simply internalized our collective disregard for the practices done on these farms LanternWaste Oct 2014 #32
Sociopathic behavior has no parallels to sociopathic behavior. RedCappedBandit Oct 2014 #33
Ward Egg Ranch in San Diego county used a wood chipper. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #34
 

1dogleft

(164 posts)
17. higher asperations
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 08:15 PM
Oct 2014

most likely serial killers and a soft hearted judge will release them because "they are really really sorry"

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. Why? Sick guys need practice. Humans will be next on their list. Doubt they'll do any time.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:19 PM
Oct 2014
They will be out on the streets soon to do more mischief to others.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
9. That was my thought also. Keep an eye on them and check out their backgrounds,
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:21 PM
Oct 2014

see what if anything was in their past as far as treatment of them also.

 

Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
11. When I first read this story it reminded me of this article from Molly Ivins
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:55 PM
Oct 2014

How to cure a chicken-killing dog?

Do you know how to cure a chicken-killing dog? Now, you know you cannot keep a dog that kills chickens, no matter how fine a dog it is otherwise.
The way to do it is to take one of the chickens the dog has killed and wire the thing around the dog’s neck, good and strong. And leave it until that dead chicken stinks so bad that no other dog or person will even go near that poor beast.
Thing’ll smell so bad the dog won’t be able to stand itself. You leave it on there until the last little bits of flesh rots and fall s off, and that dog won’t kill chickens again.
The Bush administration is going to be wired around the neck of the American people for four more years, long enough for the stench to sicken everyone. It should cure the country of electing Republicans. And at least the Democrats won’t have to clean up after him until it is clear to everyone who made the mess.

*Molly Ivins of Creators Syndicate

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=18028

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Maybe the suspects should have the chickens tied around their necks....if found guilty....

CrispyQ

(36,460 posts)
24. I'll remember to joke when you are beat to death with a golf club.
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 10:54 AM
Oct 2014

~insert flip-the-bird smilie here.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
19. In addition to the burglarly, they should serve a week of hard time for each chicken
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 08:37 PM
Oct 2014

Divided by four, that should keep them behind bars until they're over 21.


rocktivity

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demmiblue

(36,841 posts)
22. Future factory farm workers.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:09 PM
Oct 2014

Or psychopaths.

Or both.

Legal or illegal, this how your proverbial sausage is made, folks. Sometimes crueler.



flvegan

(64,407 posts)
23. Shitty little monsters.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:15 PM
Oct 2014

Fuck you and your shit parents that "raised" you.

Thankfully, a "task force" likely on the lookout for "violent" activists armed with cameras were there to witness and potentially prosecute a real crime (though overlooking the crime of factory farming...an inconvenience, I'm sure).

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
29. oh, after thinking about it you are right-
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 11:46 AM
Oct 2014

I forgot they use bats to kill livestock and sometimes have backhoe night when they swing the bucket and see if they can kill the cow in one hit.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
31. You think these fucking idiots learned this behavior from doing deep research on factory farming
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:46 PM
Oct 2014

That is what you started with-

You are the one drawing parallels when they don't exist. With that, I leave you with the greatness that is the-


ALL BACON BURGER!

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
32. Maybe they simply internalized our collective disregard for the practices done on these farms
Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:51 PM
Oct 2014

Maybe they simply internalized our collective disregard for the practices done on these farms, and acted from there...

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