Posted on 09/06/2013 10:26:01 PM PDT by chrisinoc
Today Andrea Neyes, an animal welfare advocate, found herself detained and searched by first two and then three San Bernardino police officers. What heinous crime did she commit to warrant the dispatch of three police officers in a crime-ridden city facing bankruptcy? She stands accused of giving treats to the dogs housed in the city’s animal shelter.
To be more specific, Neyes was forced to state on videotape, “I will follow Debi Shuker’s rules” and sign a citation, agreeing to appear in November for violation of San Bernardino Municipal Code section 9.12.010, Interfering with City Business. Shuker is the shelter’s operations manager.
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Amazing that the cops didn’t shoot all the dogs at the shelter....
Sadly, most of the dogs who are impounded there are put to death. Not my rescue’s favorite shelter.
We did get out this one last week:
http://www.gsroc.org/2013/urgent_detail.gsr?id=288
Does this stuff happen as often in rural and suburban Texas, the Midwest, Georgia, Northern Florida, Arizona and Louisiana as often has it does in the So Cal and East coast cities? That is what I often wanted to know.
And while police have become more militarized, the good news is that viewing technology has allowed people to be proactive in fighting police abuses of citizen rights and that now, police can get away with less than what they did 15 or 20 years ago. Since then, it was far less likely that if they blatantly violated a citizen;s rights that we would know about it like we do now.
Maybe they wouldn’t be bankrupt if they didn’t send three police officers for crap like this.
Did she have permission to give treats to the dogs? If some person off the street gave unauthorized food to the animals, I’d have them arrested, too. I bring treats in unopened packs and ask permission. I’ve never been turned down because I follow the rules.
“Did she have permission to give treats to the dogs?”
According to the accused, she did not have treats. The police searched her and found none.
Likely the shelter did not like her and got the police to get rid of her. This shelter is among the worst in southern CA in treating people and animals.
I see you are correct. I can easily videograph my adventures and I do. It’s legal and can come in handy in situations such as this.
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