The victim - At Work....
Posted on 09/25/2009 9:57:52 AM PDT by dead
Perhaps the Garden State should switch its nickname to the Barnyard State.
A New Jersey judge has dismissed animal cruelty charges against a cop accused of committing a sex act with cows, saying a grand jury had no way of knowing whether the animals were "tormented."
Moorestown police officer Robert Melia, who is currently suspended, allegedly stuck his penis in the mouths of five calves in Southampton in 2006. Since New Jersey currently has no law explicitly banning such an act, prosecutors in Burlington county brought animal cruelty charges against Melia, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.
"If the cow had the cognitive ability to form thought and speak, would it say, 'Where's the milk? I'm not getting any milk,'" Judge James J. Morley reportedly said.
Judge Morely said ultimately, it was highly questionable that Melia's acts, though "disgusting," constituted animal cruelty.
"I'm not saying it's OK," the Philadelphia Daily News quotes Judge Morely as saying. "This is a legal question for me. It's not a questions of morals. It's not a question of hygiene. It's not a question of how people should conduct themselves."
The dismissal reportedly irked the prosecution.
"I think any reasonable juror could infer that a man's penis in the mouth of a calf is torment," a Burlington County assistant prosecutor, Kevin Morgan, said. "It's a crime against nature."
The prosecution also claims a video in which a calf allegedly head-butts Malia was never seen by the grand jury, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.
But this is not the end to Melia's legal woes. He, along with girlfriend Heather Lewis, were arrested in April 2008 for sexually assaulting three girls over a five-year-period...
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What does Distinguished Professor Peter Singer of Princeton have to say about this case?
As I was walking one morning for pleasure
I spied a cowpuncher riding along
His hat was throwed back and his spurs were a-jingling
And as he approached he was singing this song
Whoopee ti yi yo, git it on little dogies
It’s your misfortune and none of my own
Whoopie ti yi yo, git along little dogies
You know that Wyoming will be your new home
1. ????
2. Moron took videos.
No more Helen Thomas pix!
Sundstein
Shaking my head. The man is nuts. He should have tried that at my barn where we have a zoo. I bet he would have lost his nuts to the llama. He belongs in jail as does the disgusting g/f & be banned from going near animals for life. I wonder if he had a dog?
I wonder what kind of cow it was?
So,what does Rosie O’Donnell have to do with this? :P
His favorite song: “I’ll love you for-heifer, Don’t forget me heifer. Our love was meant to beef. Please don’t stop low-ing me.”
Judge’s decision probably based on Bill Clinton’s belief that he doesn’t consider oral sex, a sex act.
Ya gotta cut them some slack and have compassion say the Libs. After all, Nature didn’t give them a full deck upstairs nor any natural physical attractions.
So they are victims too.
Re: “I wonder what kind of cow it was?”
Blind or multicultural. Take your pick. (I didn’t mean that last as a joke, honest)
“’Where’s the milk? I’m not getting any milk,”
Just (pant) give (pant) me (pant) a minute!
String them up.
Sounds like they will use the Singer defense.
Sorry, city boy here. What does the calf do?
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