14 Year Old Girls Post Video Of Them Kicking Cat - Arrested

[matcom]

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A tip from an animal-rights group led to charges against two 14-year-old Marion County girls who posted a video of themselves kicking a cat wrapped in plastic on the popular Web site MySpace.com.

"I think we have a pretty good case," Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Thursday as he watched the video online for the first time.

Authorities were alerted to the video by a letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, charging documents indicate.

The nearly two-minute video, which was still on the Web site Thursday afternoon, shows the girls dropping, shoving and kicking the plastic-wrapped cat, named Stump, around a room, making comments such as "How does it feel?"

MySpace.com officials could not be reached for comment. The social-networking site, used by more than 40 million people, lets users create their own Web pages and is especially popular with teens and young adults.
"Someone saw this video of cat abuse and contacted our organization," said Kristin DeJournett, a cruelty caseworker for PETA based in Memphis, Tenn. The organization contacted animal control and the Marion County prosecutor's office.

PETA learned of the video April 12 and sent out the notices the next day, DeJournett said.

The cat was removed from the home by Indianapolis animal-control officers, according to the prosecutor's office.

Both girls have been released to their mothers pending a trial June 13. Authorities withheld the girls' names because the animal cruelty charge they face would be a misdemeanor if it had involved an adult. Names of juveniles charged with felony-level offenses are public.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060428&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=604280486&SectionCat=&Template=printart

[skygazer]

1. Our future Republican leadership

Warming up.

[Beaverhausen]

2. Dear god in heaven - what the fuck???

These girls need some major therapy/anger management/sensitivity training/ass kicking.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. How fucking sadistic!

[Sequoia]

4. Future Serial Killers.

[madinmaryland]

5. Must be Bill Frist's daughters!!

[Lisa0825]

6. Well, maybe by catching them doing this early,

they will get the counseling they need. Lots of depraved adults started out by abusing animals and moved up the food chain.

I wish there were a cure for the disorder of being born without compassion. :cry:

[Radio_Guy]

7. OH, 14 year olds

I was about to guess the Bush twins.

[LostinVA]

8. Little sociopaths

[Left Is Write]

9. That is nauseating.

I can't even imagine how terrified that poor animal was, and the pain they inflicted on him.

Vicious little monsters.

[DS1]

10. Let them kick some tigers

:D