Posted on 07/27/2016 3:38:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
An Austin man who is accused of beating a turtle to death with a hammer told authorities he was acting in self-defense, his arrest-warrant affidavit says.
Terry Washington, 55, told police that the turtle lunged at him and repeatedly tried to bite him after it had been hooked on a fishing line on the edge of Lady Bird Lake, KVUE-TV reports.
According to the affidavit, he said he killed the turtle in self-defense and in order to get the fishing hook back, then dragged it under a bridge to get it out of the view of passers-by.
The June 21 incident was captured on video by a runner, who posted it online. The graphic footage shows a man beating the turtle repeatedly with the blunt end of the hammer.
Witnesses told police that Washington never attempted to free the turtle from the line and said that the turtle was trying to get away from him, according to KXAN-TV.
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The turtle must have been bogarting that reefer too much so the dude hammered him for it
I’ve been to Austin, I know what goes on there.
Clear case of cold blooded murder
Well, looks like the dude will need to “shell” out for a big fine.
What kind of fishing requires a hammer? Sounds like he carried it with him for a purpose. I wonder how many times this happened before but with no witnesses.
It’s news that this is news.
I see someone else has got into the spirit of this stupidity. Thanks for bringing up the legalities so we can clarify if it s hit, uh, hate crime.
We have to be careful about these things. If the turtles decide to march to the capital, it’ll close traffic for months.
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Oh, yeah; Jimmy Carter DID have a weapon to use against that
“killer” rabbit attacking his canoe!
BAN ALL OARS!! . . But, when OARS are outlawed, only
outlaw RABBITS will have OARS!! = :O)
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