Posted on 09/03/2022 11:40:35 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
A California lawsuit brought by the girl’s parents accuses law enforcement of traveling hundreds of miles to confiscate a beloved pet.
When a young California girl purchased a baby goat last spring, the intention was to eventually sell it at a county fair livestock auction. But after feeding and caring for the animal for months, she bonded with the goat, named Cedar, and wanted to keep it.
Jessica Long sued the Shasta county sheriff’s department seeking damages and accusing the agency of violating her daughter’s constitutional rights and wasting police resources by getting involved in a dispute between her family and a local fair association.
In July, “two sheriff’s deputies left their jurisdiction in Shasta county, drove over 500 miles at taxpayer expense, and crossed approximately six separate county lines, all to confiscate a young girl’s beloved pet goat”, the lawsuit states. “As a result, the young girl who raised Cedar lost him, and Cedar lost his life.”
Instead, law enforcement officers allegedly travelled hundreds of miles to confiscate the pet, who was eventually slaughtered.
The story is laid out in a lawsuit, first reported by the Sacramento Bee, filed by the child’s parent this week, in a case that has sparked outrage and criticism that the police and the county fair went too far to reclaim the goat and send a child’s beloved pet to slaughter.
Jessica Long sued the Shasta county sheriff’s department seeking damages and accusing the agency of violating her daughter’s constitutional rights and wasting police resources by getting involved in a dispute between her family and a local fair association.
In July, “two sheriff’s deputies left their jurisdiction in Shasta county, drove over 500 miles at taxpayer expense, and crossed approximately six separate county lines, all to … (more)
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This is now the SECOND published incident of California police unlawfully acting on behalf of a personal vendetta.
Once was too much.
The entire state of California has gone lawless and is apparently an authoritarian state complete with thuggish police who are beholden not to the law but to the powers that be.
Another story of Jack-Booted thugs carrying out the will of the state. Think your friend and neighbor the cop won’t murder you if they’re told to? Think again.
“There is much more to this story than wanting to keep the goat.
She contacted Dahle’s office to explain the situation and representatives for the lawmaker said they would “resist her efforts to save Cedar from slaughter””
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I don’t think their quote was correct.
He gave up his rights to the goat.
Cops went two hundred miles to get her goat?
“So why couldn’t she buy the goat from the fair association?”
The association didn’t own the goat.
So there WAS a happy ending, after all.
In every county fair and state fair I have ever attended the fair animals purchased at end of competition are in fact slaughtered.Im certain they were well aware of this rule before joining.Yes it can be sad but in many cases youngsters have paid for college in this way.Animals are raised for slaughter and food,but many still think that food magically appears at the grocery store.
Cops being the enemy, again.
How could they break the heart of a little girl for her pet goat?
That IS heartless.
In July, “two sheriff’s deputies left their jurisdiction in Shasta county, drove over 500 miles at taxpayer expense, and crossed approximately six separate county lines, all to confiscate a young girl’s beloved pet goat”,
Lots of OT, mileage, and donuts for the lard@ss gunthugs.
Back the blue.....
Five hundred miles? Shasta and Sonoma Counties are only about 200 miles apart.
As a crow flies.
I agree. Who bought the kid (baby goat) in the first place, really?
Was it auctioned and sold at the fair?
Who took the money for it if it was?
What recourse was sought to avoid this event?
Why didn’t the LEOs involved coordinate in this?
Why was the political party of the official mentioned? Why were they even named in this story unless they bought the goat at the fair?
The girl clearly raised a pet and didn’t want to lose it. Understandable...and resolvable before the goat was taken. The owner of the goat should be compensated, IMHO.
“How could they break the heart of a little girl for her pet goat?”
She knew all along that the goat was destined for the dinner table.
4-H market animal projects usually end at the county fair, because the animal does just that – goes to market.
https://extension.osu.edu/today/4-h-projects-go-fair
Goat meat can be preapred to be very tasty!
1970 GTO Judge
Well said! Wish I had!
If the parents didn’t want somebody to eat Cedar, the Mom should have gone to the auction and bid.
If the original agreement was that she surrender the goat at a specific time and place, she would have to honor her agreement. But as you mention, she could then have attended the auction and bid for the purchase of the goat. Yes I think you are correct that telling others why she wanted the goat would probably have resulted in folks refusing to bid for it and her bid would have won the day. This is so obvious an answer that I assume there are many more extenuating details not mentioned in the story as to why the simplest, most humane outcome didn’t prevail....
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