Its about more than the dog, dammit, don;t you GET it??
Its about governmental abuse of power and civilian intimidation by a paramilitarized constabulary which behaves like an occupying army instead of peace officers.
The same jack-booted thugs who are willing to blow away somebody’s pet dog as S.O.P. are more than willing to kick down your door and blow away you, your wife and your kid under a “no-knock warrant” and apologize later for getting the wrong house.
kindess, love of animals is not at all predictive of
kindness or even decency to people. however cruelty
to animals is highly predictive of cruelty to humans.
sorry I don’t have a cite handy.