“A retired astronaut and a celebrity elected official’s husband are involved and police quickly determine that they did nothing wrong. I wonder how that would have worked out for Joe Citizen?”
Most states have “harassment of wildlife” laws, and sea lions are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. A guy was recently fined a large amount for merely riding a protected whale.
Joe citizen would most likely be facing a minimum of a large fine. “Equal Protection” doesn’t equal protection.
Looked up Gifford’s Daughter, they are her stepdaughters. Pretty wild scandal on line claiming sex w a high school coach, who then killed himself.