Earlier this year, The Eagle Herald reported that three police officers have been accused of deliberately and cruelly killing a cat by drowning her in the icy waters of the Menominee River. According to a police report, Officer Chad Racine, with the assistance of Sergeant Alan Gritzon and Officer Brook Foster, responded to a complaint about a "vicious" cat and allegedly decided to kill the cat by drowning her, even though the cat was in a carrier and clearly posed no threat to the officers. After tying a rope around the carrier, they lowered the cat into the Menominee River, out of public view, and waited for her to die. Afterwards, they reportedly removed the cat's body from the carrier, placed her in a bag and dumped her in a city garbage truck. There are further allegations that the officers tried to cover-up the drowning incident.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Because the accused in this case are law enforcement, the county prosecutor has requested a special prosecutor from Michigan's Attorney General's Office to investigate and prosecute the allegations against the officers. So far, the Attorney General's office has failed to respond. Please contact the Michigan Attorney General and encourage his office to appoint a special prosecutor in what appears to be an inexcusable and blatant case of animal cruelty. Otherwise, the case will continue to be ignored.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox
G. Mennen Williams Building, 7th Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-373-1110
Fax: 517-373-3042
Let him know that the fact that the alleged perpetrators are law enforcement officers does not excuse them from being investigated and prosecuted for animal cruelty. If anything, as peace officers, they should abide by a higher standard of justice and compassion.
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