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Petition to Amnesty, Amnesty International, UNICEF , LGBT, transgender, ftm , hormones
individuals will have to find a different way to get their treatment. Please keep in mind UK won’t helpRead more
Daniel WelchIreland
5,326 supporters
Created Nov 15, 2019
Petition to David Pascoe
Dorchester County Solicitor David PascoeSolicitor, First Circuit, South Carolina140 N. Main St #102Summerville, SC 29483
Re: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Case 17-09-0684 (Sgt. Andrew Godowns)
Dear Mr. Pascoe:
We the undersigned are writing to encourage you to file felony charges pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws 47-1-40(B) against the multiple defendants in the above-referenced case. This case, more than any other, invites felony prosecution of all parties present at this indisputable torture of an opossum. The perverse and undeniable torment of this animal has attracted the attention of people and organizations across the country because, sadly, it’s just as bad as it sounds.
This was no ordinary act of cruelty. The defendants are all responsible for the repeated, vicious beating of an opossum inside a garage where the animal could not escape torment. The circumstances are particularly heinous. The opossum was used as a “baseball” and hit repeatedly with a baseball bat, thrown across the room, dangled before a dog, and ultimately unmercifully beaten to death. The entire event was both videotaped and photographed by the involved parties and posted onto “Snapchat.” Still photographs of the beating are still circulating on the internet. Even those who may not have wielded the bat are wielding cameras and, in so doing, are encouraging the continued torture of the opossum. All present are flat-out amused by the killing. In the video, all defendants can be heard laughing and finding great pleasure in the torture.
While South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 47, Section 47-1-40(A) describes the rather generic “ill-treatment” of animals (such as depriving animals of food or shelter, or inflicting unnecessary pain and suffering) as a misdemeanor with a maximum 60 day sentence, it in no way covers the actions of these defendants. Rather we look to the more specific Section 47-1-40(B) which prohibits torturing, tormenting, cruelly killing or inflicting excessive or repeated unnecessary pain or suffering. The distinction is important. While subsection (A) covers generic pain and suffering, only subsection (B) addresses excessive or repeated infliction of pain. Moreover, subsection (B) prohibits “torture”, “torment”, “cruel killing”, “excessive pain or suffering”, “repeated pain or suffering” being inflicted upon an animal. This subsection is a felony and mandates a 180 day minimum. (We note that section 47-1-10 defines animal to include all living vertebrate creatures.)
The different intent, and application, of the subsections is patently clear. While the “ill-treatment of animals” is a misdemeanor, there is an additional penalty when the animal is tortured, tormented, cruelly killed, or has excessive or repeated pain and suffering inflicted upon it. The core of this subsection necessarily relies upon acts constituting torture/torment and acts which are repeated or excessive. There can be no dispute that using an animal as a “baseball” and repeatedly bashing the animal with a wooden baseball bat before cruelly killing it is more than covered by this subsection.
The elements of this subsection can be established in at least seven various ways, any one of which is sufficient to prove the offense. The elements can be proven by showing torture, or torment, or cruel killing, or excessive pain, or excessive suffering, or repeated infliction of pain, or repeated infliction of suffering.
To “torture” (noun) is defined as the action of inflicting severe pain, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. As a verb, it is defined as to “inflict severe pain on.” There can be no reasonable doubt that repeated beating by a bat inflicts severe pain. From the laughing on the videotape it is also clear that the pain was inflicted for the pleasure of the parties involved and no other.
To “torment” (noun) is defined as severe physical or mental suffering. As a verb, torment is to cause to experience severe physical suffering. Again, the criteria for torment is clearly present by the repeated use of a bat. The severe physical suffering continued until unmerciful death caused by this beating.
To “cruelly kill” is to willfully cause pain or suffering, or feeling no concern about it. Not only did the defendants willfully and intentionally cause the pain and suffering by using the opossum as a baseball, they clearly felt no concern about it. They were amused enough to laugh and post the torture on the internet.
“Excessive pain” is pain which is more than necessary, normal or desirable. This opossum experienced much more pain than any animal should have to endure. Similarly, “excessive suffering” is that suffering which is more than necessary. This entire event was unnecessary, and all the suffering was unnecessary. The continued suffering here is malicious.
“Repeated infliction of pain” is simply inflicting pain more than once. “Repeated infliction of suffering” is identical: inflicting suffering more than once. It is undisputed that the baseball bat hits were more than one. It was a repeated, continuous torture. If the opossum had been killed by one swift blow and in a non-cruel manner then we would not be having this discussion. However that is far from what has occurred here.
In short, this opossum suffered repeated, persistent, merciless pain. The pain and suffering inflicted upon the opossum goes far beyond anything tolerable in a decent society. This is not “generic” animal suffering, this is specific torture and torment. We encourage and support the filing of felony charges in this case. Please show the country that South Carolina will not tolerate such flagrant torture, torment and cruelty.Read more
Renate HartlandUnited States
42,232 supporters
Created Sep 27, 2017
Petition to AUSTIN BEUTNER, LAUSD
This Petition is to close ALL LAUSD schools because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Our kids and the staff members are taking the bus or commuting to school every day, contacting a lot people on the way and in school. They are in a dangerous situation as we can't be sure the next case will be someone in LAUSD. Let us not wait for an individual to test positive but make sure we close schools before that happens. There are currently 20 confirmed cases in LA (3/10/20) with possible community transmission.
Don't wait for our children to get infected, let us take serious measure and close schools! Proactive closures (before anyone tests positive at the schools) are vastly more effective than reactive ones (after someone tests positive).
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LAUSD Parents & IndividualsLos Angeles, CA, United States
82,823 supporters
Created Mar 11, 2020
Petition to President Donald J. Trump, Sheila Jackson Lee, Dallas City Council, Houston City Council
T.I's (or Targeted Individuals) lives matter. Targeted individuals are constantly harassed by follow the crowd may become (or already is) a targeted individual. T.I's (or targeted individuals targeted individual to eventually become isolated from friends and family. T.I's (targeted individuals: Targeted Individuals, Perps/Handlers, Organized Gang Stalking. Below are some YouTube links to actual testimonies of targeted individuals.
1) https://youtu.be/gq2bwhol39k
2) https://youtu.be/xg4WD-bpW5QRead more
Makala WrightPlano, TX, United States
3,408 supporters
Created Jul 17, 2018
Victory!
Petition to Massage Envy Corporation, Joe Magnacca
, my experience clearly indicates that Massage Envy has no practices in place to support individuals put in place better procedures to protect their clients and to support individuals who are sexually assaulted at Massage Envy stores. Read more
Danielle DickRichmond, VA, United States
61,553 supporters
Created Oct 24, 2017
Petition to UK Parliament
Individuals in the United Kingdom.
We understand this from frequent hints that she would like to change the way the NHS treats individuals under eighteen years of age struggling with dysphoria. We this summer. There is only one path towards conquering the transphobic individuals behind this proposal and secure our rights as individuals : we must gather the entire community together to firmlyRead more
Luna ReynoldsUnited Kingdom
60,356 supporters
Created Apr 23, 2020
Petition to JOE BIDEN, Donald J. Trump, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, KARMALA HARRIS
THAT HAS OCCURRED AT THE HANDS OF POLICE HAS ESCALATED TO WHERE "UNARMED INDIVIDUALS" ARE BEING, THOSE INDIVIDUALS REMAIN INCARCERATED FOR THE CRIME ACCUSED!!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crimeRead more
Danette ChavisNew York, NY, United States
1,065,063 supporters
Created Mar 24, 2012
individuals under this status to access student loan for level 3 and university level.
I can vote, pay taxes able to access student loans, so that we can get further education, progress as individuals andRead more
Temitope OketokunLiverpool, ENG, United Kingdom
48,009 supporters
Created Apr 8, 2022
Petition to Minister for Health
It has become increasingly difficult for parents to buy baby formula for their children due to the market for the sale of formula to people overseas. Formula is being sold over the internet on sites such as eBay (as well as being exported via various other methods) for exhorbitant amounts and has become hugely profitable for the sellers. The major supermarkets have put limits on the number of tins per customer, but unfortunately this does not combat the issue as the sellers merely recruit multiple buyers to go in and clear the shelves on their behalf. This problem has been causing frustration and often desperation for Australian parents legitimately trying to feed their babies for at least FIVE YEARS. A law that prohibits the sale of baby formula without a license would render this practise criminal and provide a solution to this seemingly endless debacle. Please sign my petition to put this issue in front of the Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Enough is enough.Read more
Cassandra AngeloneAustralia
19,608 supporters
Created Jan 2, 2019
Petition to Steve Brine MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Public Health and Primary Care) NHS transformation, includin
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition affecting more than 10,400 people in the UK. You are born with CF and cannot catch it later in life, but one in 25 of us. To have CF, you need to have inherited two faulty copies of the gene (one from each parent), and as there are many different gene mutations that cause cystic fibrosis, each person with the condition can have very different symptoms depending on the two genes they carry. While people with CF often look healthy on the outside, each individual is battling their own range of symptoms on a daily basis. 1 in 25 people in the UK carry the CF gene, and carrier testing can tell you whether you or your partner is a carrier of the defective gene that causes cystic.
The build-up of mucus in the lungs causes chronic infections, meaning that people with cystic fibrosis struggle with reduced lung function and have to spend hours doing physiotherapy and taking nebulised treatments each day. Exacerbations (a sudden worsening of health, often owing to infection) can lead to frequent hospitalisation for weeks at a time, interfering with work and home life. Cystic fibrosis can cause the pancreas to become blocked with mucus, and when this happens enzymes required for digesting food cannot reach the stomach. People with CF often need to take more than 5O TABLETS A DAY to help digest food and keep respiratory symptoms in check. Men with cystic fibrosis are usually infertile, and pregnancy can place a lot of stress on the body of a woman with cystic fibrosis. Our resource on fertility and pregnancy explains this in more detail. Other complications can include CF-related diabetes, bowel obstructions in babies and bone disease, among others.
50plus tablets, nebuliser, inhalers, vitamins, and alot more.
Just to live 1 day. Just to to remain healthy. Just to have a normal life. They have not chosen this life.
BUT STILL THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS.
JUST TO LIVE
SIGN AND SHARE LET'S GIVE THESE HERO'S JUST A CHANCE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE
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gillian ThompsonMALVERN, ENG, United Kingdom
8,332 supporters
Created Nov 23, 2017
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