Its the NE and some flaming liberal called the cops.
I like the part about a defenseless skunk so I say;
BS Skunks can be quite nasty,mean and rabid in the wild.
Probably road kill or some one is walking around smelling pretty bad.
A long time ago, I had an encounter with a rabid skunk (while I was not armed).
I left the area as fast as my legs, and then vehicle, could carry me. That little animal was a twitching bag of spitting, snarling, frothing, hate. Fortunately, he had been indiscriminately spraying just about everything in sight and was “out of ammo” when I encountered him.
A return trip with a .22 put an end to his reign of terror.
Skunks are one of the least defenseless animals out there.
Other animals carefully walk around them. Skunks have evolved to expect this, which is why they get hit by cars so often.
Turns out cars aren’t as impressed by a skunk’s threat posture as a bear is.