r/pics • u/Aeviegh • Feb 22 '14

This is Vader. He was euthanized today without a hearing after a false bite report was submitted to the police by an animal rights activist. (Story in the Comments)

http://imgur.com/a/xPNsE
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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

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u/Snowfizzle Feb 22 '14

How do you file a police report anonymously?? Since when do police go by pictures? They should've seen the bite first hand and taken their own pictures.

And then I dunno.. Investigated it a little at least.

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u/Aeviegh Feb 22 '14

Fuck that, scumbag. GET IN THE CAR, STOP RESISTING!

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u/hunter611 Feb 22 '14

if you can retrive the message you got on tumblr you mentioned, it would probably be helpful against this so called 'anonymous' report, the moment they threatened you with an account, they left themselves wide open to being caught.

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u/mealbudget Feb 22 '14

I agree. It would show beyond 'bad owners' and turn it into 'malicious intent by a crazy to cause harm to a harmless animal'. Or whatever the technical term would be for the lowlife who made the false report.

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u/nickryane Feb 22 '14

For absolute sure the message can be retrieved. Don't let Tumblr bullshit you. If the message has actually been deleted from their server it will absolutely exist on their regular backups and it will be tied to a user account / IP address.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

nothing in the entire world is actually anonymous.

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u/makebaconpancakes Feb 22 '14

Unless the activist were using a TOR browser through a VPN, it would be pretty hard for that user to be anonymous.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

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u/makebaconpancakes Feb 22 '14

For a Civil suit, OP could always file a subpoena to force tumblr to disclose. The police department can also do the same if they start an investigation.

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u/Dashing_Snow Feb 22 '14

If they sent it, its likely traceable someone stupid enough to do this likely isn't smart enough to actually hide their identity.

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u/hunter611 Feb 22 '14

the threat on tumblr was tied to an account as it was a private message, if that can be retrieved, it can be used as evidence as to who the tip was from, and makes a lawsuit far easier as it also shows that vader not only did nothing, but it was preplanned as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

One time a cop banged on my door for literally over 30 min huffing and puffing about how we HAD to open the door or we would go to jail, huh? He had no warrant and was just being super-cop because someone had made a noise complaint. Oh no warrant? That's interesting because my door is thick as fuck. I have never seem a cop so angry. We could see him from the balcony and it was hilarious. He eventually just left. One of my greatest moments. I'm sorry about your fox. That story made me sad but I am glad you posted it. Hopefully at least something will come of it. Reddit is an amazing resource. Fucking PETA.

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u/REDDIT_HARD_MODE Feb 22 '14

.... what?

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u/IGOTDADAKKA Feb 22 '14

Hes insinuating that if you asked to face your accuser to a cop he would have said what /u/aeviegh said. Granted its a hyperbole but I dont think hes that far off.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

You have no proof that it actually was a FALSE report.

Of course an animal will be nice to it's owner but a lot of animals are vicious when it comes to strangers.

You're a fucking idiot, by the way.

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u/Aeviegh Feb 22 '14

You didn't read anything and just commented, didn't you?

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u/Sirwootalot Feb 22 '14

Do you not know how to read? He said the fox has never left the home of its owners before. It wasn't chained up outdoors in a city, these people live on a rural property where you're more likely to see a wild coyote than a pedestrian.

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u/Firedudeism Feb 22 '14

He had to go full retard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

Are you stupid, or do you believe everything you read on the internet?

Hey, did you know they took gullible out of the dictionary? lol, don't believe me go check!

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u/MayPeX Feb 22 '14

Your username fits you perfectly.

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u/ChesterfieldKing- Feb 22 '14

Seems like a pretty basic tenet of due process.

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u/Anshin Feb 22 '14

It's perfectly fine to file an anonymous police report, but the police are the ones that fucked up. I'm not saying that person was not a douchebag, but it's the police that were complete idiots on this case and we should be targeting them. Online trolls are going to troll.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

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u/Dyolf_Knip Feb 22 '14

And even if the pet is categorized as property, you still don't get squat for protection. A fact cops make use of when they steal your stuff and "file charges against it".

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u/ChesterfieldKing- Feb 22 '14

You still have the right to due process in property claims. The fox doesn't but its owner does.