If they allowed a 9-year-old girl to change her mind, other kids might not want to have the animals they raised slaughtered, and those that ran the Fair appeared determined to prevent that from happening.
The object of that warrant was Cedar, a pet goat. And the alleged
perpetrator was a 9-year-old girl named E.L..... In Shasta County,
CA, sheriff’s deputies and other county officials emotionally harm a
child by taking and killing her pet. They must now answer in federal
court.
On July 8, 2022, two sheriff’s deputies “left their jurisdiction in
Shasta County, drove over 500 miles at taxpayer expense, and crossed
approximately six (6) separate county lines.” They were pursuing
what they claimed was a “criminal case” involving “property” that
was allegedly “stolen” or “embezzled.”
According to the Sacramento Bee, the 15-page search warrant and
affidavit was very specific about the target Shasta County sheriff’s
officials were after.
“The location is a single-family residence in a rural residential
area,” the warrant, signed at 6:33 p.m. on July 8 by Shasta County
Superior Court Judge Monique McKee, read. “The property has a tan
colored residence with a brown composite style roof.”
The document was accompanied by ground-level and aerial photos of
the property, along with a street address in Napa and the notation
that the subject of the search warrant had been “stolen or
embezzled.”
Officers were permitted to “utilize breaching equipment to force
open doorway(s), entry doors, exit doors, and locked containers in
pursuit of their target,” the warrant said, then listed areas that
might be searched.
“The residence, including all rooms, attics, basements, and other
parts therein, the surrounding grounds and any garages, sheds,
storage rooms, and outbuildings of any kind...”
The object of that warrant was Cedar, a pet goat. And the alleged
perpetrator was a 9-year-old girl named E.L.
Cedar was part of a 4-H program where children raise and then sell
the animals for slaughter. But E.L. came to love Cedar and did not
want to part with him. Her desires would count for nothing. The
deputies would ultimately seize Cedar and turn him over to the
Shasta District Fair, where he was apparently butchered and
barbecued, leaving Cedar dead, E.L. traumatized, and 4-H’s creed of
teaching truth, kindness, and sympathy in tatters.
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