Wanton Cruelty, Innocent Victims.
Being a staunch animal lover a had a profound reaction to this story.
When Antoine Draper sent his two year old pit bull, MiMi, to live with his brother for a while, he said it was like parting with one of his kids.
“From a puppy I fed her with a bottle. From the time she was born,” Draper said.
But just days before Christmas, he got a call that made him sick to his stomach.
“I was working, I got a phone call said somebody set my dog on fire. When I came down here my dog was on fire,” Draper said.
Mimi was set on fire while she was giving birth to puppies. The dog was still burning when Draper got there and he said he knows who did it.
“I found out later on it was my brother’s girlfriend who was mad and high. She sent her friend to get gasoline to kill my dog to hurt my brother. She thought it was my brother’s dog. But it was actually my dog,” Draper said.
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But to make matters worse, nobody has been charged with the crime.
Draper filed a police report. He said he even brought witnesses down to the station with him. But a month later, his brother’s ex-girlfriend still hasn’t been arrested.
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Draper says justice won’t bring MiMi back. But her killer should be punished.
While I’m not a pacifist I avoid violence to the fullest extent possible. I understand the impulse for revenge not only from being human but from my Psychology studies. But I just can’t fathom engaging in such behavior–particularly taking it to such levels of wanton cruelty.
Sadly there are many in the world who can, and do.
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