I saw your program today, and have written to you before.
There have been a few programs that expose the sick behavior towards
animals escalating to humans. I agree with Lisa Bloom that people who
torture animals should be put away, and I believe that should happen even
if it does not escalate to humans. Do people think that animals do not
suffer? How shallow are we that as a society we do not care about their
suffering?
I was red flagged when Dr. Keith Ablow mentioned that
people who strived to harm children would get cats and, as he put it, PUT
THEM DOWN. This makes me believe that Dr. Ablow wants to minimize the
torture of animals, and does not care about what violent people do to
them. Putting down is when you euthanize by overdose with an injection. I
find it impossible to believe that someone who wants to harm children
picks up cats and administers a shot of sodium Phenobarbital.
As for the thrill of strangulation and watching someone
suffer, I worked at the Ventura PD, and when the head of the K9 team found
out I care about animals (could this be a form of hazing?) he brought his
K9 into the station, and while the dog was lying quietly on the floor, he
suddenly hoisted the dog up and hanged him to unconsciousness (with a
pronged choker, which stabs into the neck while strangling). Aside from
the fact that I went into shock and could not move or think straight, I do
not know how I could have stopped it. The cries of that dog while he was
being hanged were so heartbreaking. I cried the rest of my shift, and have
many times since.
When I complained and tried to get something done about
it, I was taunted and harassed, and, of course, nothing was done about it.
My supervising Captain told me that if I tried to expose it, he could not
guarantee that I would not be harassed at work, at home, and in public,
and that ultimately did happen after I found out that this is going on
regularly and made further efforts to get it exposed. When I generated
some letters to the chief of police, the harassment not only escalated,
but I had a tire slashed during this time, and then after having it
replaced, my car was wobbling while I drove it, and I pulled into a gas
station. I asked the attendant to look it over, and after he did, he told
me I was lucky to be alive (I had been driving on the freeway). He advised
me that my right rear tire had been grossly over inflated, and all but one
of the lug nuts on that wheel were missing.
After another woman, a civilian, complained about a K9
being manually strangled while also being kicked in the testicles, she was
physically shoved around by this monster, and then he went back to the PD
and filed a police report charging HER with battery. The testicle kicker
later chuckled, HEH,HEH,HEH, DID YOU SEE THAT GLAND JUICE SQUIRT ALL OVER
US?, referring to the dog losing control of his bowels while being hanged.
The nickname of their training course is THE HANG EM HIGH CLUB. It is a
long, long story, and I saved so much documentation, hoping that someone
would be interested. I found an attorney for the woman, but he took my
money and then backed out at the last minute before he was supposed to
file charges.
I left the department, giving up a pension, benefits, and
very good pay, for TWO reasons. The first is that I have so much saved
documentation, that I thought that writing a book about it would be
helpful, and I felt that I could not remain there while writing about
their crimes. I spent about $6,000.00 of my savings to write the book, but
I give it out free so that no one can accuse me of trying to make money
off of this horror (as if people would be rushing out to buy a book that
is not a FEEL GOOD book). The second reason is that when I experienced so
many police, right up to the chief, willing to come after me and do many
illegal things to try to shut me up (and shut up the civilian woman), I
decided it is a very toxic and evil environment, and I did not want to
associate with such low people for 40 hours a week. Of course, I have not
been able to get another government job, and I now make very little money
in comparison to what I made at the PD.
So, the BTK killer is not alone. David Inglis knew when he
hanged Armin in my presence, he was not only torturing his K9, he had the
extra thrill of tormenting me. He has killed and maimed dogs, and gotten
away with it, but he is not alone. There are many like him in the police,
military, and the private sector all over the world, as my research into
it has revealed.
I have been disappointed in the response from most of the
media. I guess if the police torture their K9s for no reason other than
THEY GET OFF ON IT (and I had plenty of time to get clear on this motive),
that is OK?
My website on the repeated torture of these dogs is
www.stoplynching.com
Sue Marston
Go on to I Am An Animal
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