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The second email I read this a.m. was from google pet news, containing a link to the story below. There's something in this story to piss off almost everybody. I haven't walked in Luttrell's (the SEAL) shoes, but if he changes his mind and goes after Hernandez and his kind, I don't think there's a jury in America that would do anything about it! Laws against "cruelty to animals" just don't cut it when they don't have serious consequences. These are violent, purposeless crimes which need to be dealt with accordingly. A 24-year old doesn't have anything better to do than kill dogs in the middle of the night? The driver of the car didn't have a license? I wonder why that it? Go Luttrell!
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The killing of a beloved pet given to a highly decorated soldier who survived the worst single-day loss of life in Navy SEAL history has reopened old wounds.
Marcus Luttrell was awarded the Navy Cross for combat heroism in 2006. He is the lone SEAL team member to survive a June 2005 firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan and was given a yellow Labrador to help him heal after he returned from the war.
A Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman says Luttrell was involved in a high speed chase in the early morning of April 1 after finding his dog shot outside his Huntsville home.
Luttrell stayed on the line with a 911 emergency operator as he tried to catch the car.
"I told them, 'You need to get somebody out here because if I catch them I'm going to kill them,'" Luttrell said he told the operator, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Onalaska Police Department stopped the suspects. The Walker County Sheriff's Department investigated the death of Luttrell's dog, Dasy. They charged Michael John Edmonds II, 21, and Alfonzo Hernandez, 24, with cruelty to a non-livestock animal. The driver of the vehicle was cited for not having a license.
"I could tell she tried to get away because there was a blood trail. "When I saw she was dead, the only thing that popped into my head was, I've got to take these guys out," Luttrell said.
There are at least five area dog killings in recent months that could be linked to the case, said Texas Ranger Steven Jeter.
Luttrell said he’s left town for now and wants to stay as far away as he can. Luttrell said he knows the attack on Dasy pushed him to a place where he doesn’t want to be.
"I was trying to talk myself out of being who I am," he said. "Talking to myself about not doing the one thing I am good at.
Houston Chronicle article
