OM students do the dangest things............

[futaba.79]

like get a hamster drunk and stoned and then bite its head off.

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/03/31/mississippi-teen-bites-head-off-hamster/70711144/

 

[dawgstudent]

Step-Diddy will take care of it.

 

[missouridawg]

Nice shirt, Brady.

 

[JungRebel]

Ozzie does this **** and he gets elected into the Rock N Roll HOF.

/morningshift**

 

[AlCoDog]

I'm confused about the star football player part in the description.

 

[Drewbowski]

I read an article about the incident from a British newspaper and assumed that the "star footballer" part was about the kid's soccer days at Prep.

 

[coach66]

I'm waiting for Mutt the weigh in on this*

nm

 

[patdog]

Saw that one too. Said he was a star soccer player and was on scholarship at Mississippi. I thought, he's damn sure not on a soccer scholarship up there. As big a douchebag as the kid apparently is, and as bad as what he did is, I'm not sure it should be a felony with 5-years in jail.

 

[DerHntr]

If this was the cow college, they'd never let it go. But of course the Harvard of the south has no rednecks from Mississippi attending.

 

[Drewbowski]

No way the kid serves the maximum for that.

 

[AlCoDog]

i don't know, max preps has him credited with 9 solo tackles and 1 int in 17 games played. Between those stats and this recent stunt, he probably can't get away from all the trim chasing him around.

 

[DerHntr]

No way the kid serves the maximum for that.

He is in a fraternity and therefore he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law**

 

[coach66]

Getting drunk and making a fool out of yourself these days is a dangerous sport.

This is nothing new other than a camera in the hand of every bystander. The sad thing and I talk to my children a lot about it is he will probably have to answer for this with a potential employer someday.

 

[patdog]

The will probably have to answer for this with a potential employer someday.

Speaking of this, I saw a story yesterday about the CFO in Arizona who went off on the rant against the Chick-Fil-A employee at the drive through a couple of years ago that was posted to You Tube. He lost a $200,000 a year job with $1,000,000 in stock options and is now unemployable. He's on food stamps and living in an RV.

 

[coach66]

Unfortunately it appears to be happening more and more. People love to take

other people down. Sad but true and it has gotten a lot easier.

 

[johnson86-1]

Speaking of this, I saw a story yesterday about the CFO in Arizona who went off on the rant against the Chick-Fil-A employee at the drive through a couple of years ago that was posted to You Tube. He lost a $200,000 a year job with $1,000,000 in stock options and is now unemployable. He's on food stamps and living in an RV.

While the options for $200k a year jobs were no doubt going away because of his video, I suspect the same deficiencies that allowed him to think it was a good idea to make that video and put it on the internet, and also to actually think it would portray him favorably, are what is keeping him from being employable in any job.

Not saying there's not a problem with people being disproportionately punished simply because their worst moments happened to be caught on video, but that is a little bit of a special case. Most people that make it to jobs like that despite really poor judgment will run into issues eventually, even without retaliation because of something that went viral on the internet. He's definitely getting hammered for his video, but a lot of what he is experiencing is probably more the result of underlying problems that were going to catch up to him anyway.

The girl that made a joke on twitter about white privilege and aids is another good example. Sacco maybe? She's pretty much unemployable in her field because she was in public relations. And while her joke was distasteful, it wasn't really that bad. Not really any different than all the people that posted videos of "criming while white," and to my knowledge none of them really paid a price.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Pro tip: don't be a smug douchebag to someone working a minimum wage job over corporate policies they have zero control over

 

[dawgstudent]

He doesn't deserve anything really. Give him some community service and learn from the mistake. Is it gross? Sure. But it's not really criminal.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Here`s the summary

Summary:This section constitutes Mississippi's anti-cruelty and animal fighting provisions, which were recently amended in 2011. The pertinent anti-cruelty law, § 97-41-1, states that any person who intentionally or with criminal negligence overrides, overdrives, overloads, tortures, torments, unjustifiably injures, deprives of necessary sustenance, food, or drink, cruelly beats, or needlessly mutilates any living creature , is guilty of a misdemeanor. The cat and dog cruelty provision, § 97-41-16, was significantly amended in 2011. This section, known as the "Mississippi Dog and Cat Pet Protection Law of 2011," makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally or with criminal negligence wound, deprive of adequate food, water, or shelter, or carry or confine in a cruel manner, any domesticated cat or dog. Aggravated cruelty occurs when a person with malice intentionally tortures, mutilates, maims, burns, starves or disfigures any domesticated dog or cat.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Guess ..

He doesn't deserve anything really. Give him some community service and learn from the mistake. Is it gross? Sure. But it's not really criminal.

It is just going to depend on the level of outrage amongst the PETA crowd. They may try to make an 'example' due to his Stepdad.

According to the article .. "The footage, allegedly filmed during a drunken spring break party in Florida, could see Eaves charged with felony animal cruelty charges, which carry a maximum jail term of five years and $5,000 in fines."

Apparently .. Panama City is not a good place for Mississippi College Students.

 

[patdog]

Apparently .. Panama City is not a good place for Mississippi College Students.

Or Alabama college students. The incident with Dak, Damien & the other football player could have been a lot worse. No way I'd let my kid go to PCB for spring break. Or anything really. There are other places to go.

Link

 

[PBRME]

That's really 17'd up.

 

[patdog]

No doubt. It's obvious he picked on her because she's staff-level employee who can't really fight back. I do feel sorry for him that he can't get a job (he did get another CFO job in Oregon a year or so later, but then they realized who he was and fired him). But, as johnson86 points out, the incredible judgment and character flaws he showed by not only doing that, but posting it to the Internet, would make me think twice about hiring him, even if he hadn't made himself a 15-minute celebrity.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Point of order ..

Summary:This section constitutes Mississippi's anti-cruelty and animal fighting provisions, which were recently amended in 2011.

'Alleged' act is 'alleged' to have taken place and filmed in Florida .. 'allegedly.'

 

[thekimmer]

Obligatory CL is biased post.....

like get a hamster drunk and stoned and then bite its head off.

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/03/31/mississippi-teen-bites-head-off-hamster/70711144/

Headline was, "Madison resident bites the head off hamster at spring break". Had this been a State student it would have been, "MSU Student........." They did mention his place of matriculation in the article.

With that said, what he did was gross, stupid, and foolish but felonious? It was a hamster. People feed em to snakes. Alive. How cruel is that? I've seen Bear Grylls bite the head off several live creatures on camera. For a TV show. Essentially for entertainment. Did he go to prison? Humans kill animals by the million for food and sport every year. Sometimes those deaths are painful. Its all a matter of perspective.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I think what they did to the animal before they killed it is going to be the kicker.

 

[jakldawg]

Nice cover

"out of town"
"dealing with a family matter"


...like his dipshit stepson.

Looks like this might be one of "those" weeks for them.
[h=1]Lawyer: Wrong student charged in Meredith statue case
[/h]hypothetical Dan Jones: "you know guys, retirement's starting to look better all the time"

 

[BulldogBlitz]

just send him to fiji for a mission trip.*

 

[aTotal360]

If they can prove that he was the one that gave the hamster booze and sticky.

 

[Dawgg]

I dunno... This is pretty beyond the pale...

He doesn't deserve anything really. Give him some community service and learn from the mistake. Is it gross? Sure. But it's not really criminal.

I mean... this was a living thing. He tortured it, then killed it in a cruel way (at least I feel like it was) for nothing more than his own enjoyment and/or the entertainment of others.

This wasn't for sustenance. This wasn't hunting or fishing. This wasn't self defense or the defense of others. This wasn't property protection. This wasn't humane euthanasia. Killing an animal (as humanely as possible) for all of those reasons I can understand and support. This was, for all intents and purposes, animal cruelty. It's just killing for the joy of killing. Call me crazy or a pansy or misguided or whatever, but I can't support calling this just "kids bein' stupid."

I think this deserves time. Not a lot of time, not years, but maybe a couple of months.

Here's the Florida statute on animal cruelty. Reads very similarly to Mississippi's:
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes...tute&URL=0800-0899/0828/Sections/0828.12.html

Long story short -
Misdemeanor: A person who unnecessarily overloads, overdrives, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter, or unnecessarily mutilates, or kills any animal, or causes the same to be done, or carries in or upon any vehicle, or otherwise, any animal in a cruel or inhumane manner, commits animal cruelty, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Prison not to exceed 1 year, a maximum $5,000 fine or both.

Felony: A person who intentionally commits an act to any animal, or a person who owns or has the custody or control of any animal and fails to act, which results in the cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering, or causes the same to be done, commits aggravated animal cruelty, a felony of the third degree. Prison not to exceed 5 years, a maximum $10,000 fine or both.

Here are two parts I found interesting:
If convicted of the felony and it's found that he tortured the hamster before killing it, there's an additional $2,500 fine and mandatory psychiatric evaluations and anger management counseling.
A person convicted of a violation of this subsection, where the finder of fact determines that the violation includes the knowing and intentional torture or torment of an animal that injures, mutilates, or kills the animal, shall be ordered to pay a minimum mandatory fine of $2,500 and undergo psychological counseling or complete an anger management treatment program.

Also... if the forced vodka and 'hot boxing' are considered 'torture or torment', he could be charged for each of those plus the head biting separately.
A person who commits multiple acts of animal cruelty or aggravated animal cruelty against an animal may be charged with a separate offense for each such act. A person who commits animal cruelty or aggravated animal cruelty against more than one animal may be charged with a separate offense for each animal such cruelty was committed upon.

 

[lowbird]

A couple months for a 17n hamster?????

Haaaaaa!!!!

Thanks I needed that.

No doubt this was a sick act. But cmon people it's a 17n hamster.

 

[MSUDawg25]

He needs to get something because there doesn't seem to be ANY reasonable explanation behind it. If a guy beats his dog to death, he can at least say he was "trying to teach it to mind" or something. If someone starves their horses to emaciation, they can say they couldn't afford to feed them. So you just have to wonder WHY? Why in the 17 would you do that? Did the hamster act drunk and high? Was there something particularly hilarious about biting its head off? Animals die every day and it is often necessary. It isn't about one dead hamster. To me, it's about a blatant disrespect for life and ignorance of the social climate regarding cruelty to animals.

 

[Big Sheep81]

He should have to swallow the whole thing*

nm

 

[dawgoneyall]

Which head?

 

[EAVdog]

That pink wolf shirt he was wearing is the real crime.

Seriously though that is messed up, not just that he did it but everyone was watching and cheering. I thought Spring Break was mainly about getting laid and seeing some T & A. What kind of party include Hamsters...

 

[Shamoan]

hamsters are people too bro.

 

[Shamoan]

he deserves some credit for creativity. most om dudes usually put the hamster in the other end.

 

[1msucub]

So I have a question about this...
Just now getting on the board today (for shame, I know). I'm a practicing veterinarian with close to 20 years experience. What should happen to me should I be the one in that video? Agreed, it's JUST a hamster, but what does that matter in the scheme of things? I'm no fan of PETA, but I don't think you can just blow this off with no real punishment. Five years in jail is a bit extreme, but considering that I'd never be able to practice medicine again, I just don't know. Very strange deal. And yes, Ozzy rules.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

I'm waiting for Mutt the weigh in on this*

"We are very disappointed and disgusted in Brady's actions. These actions are inconsistent with what we believe as men of Phi Delta Theta and are inconsistent with the creed of the University of Mississippi," Kneip said. "This incident was during spring break and is in no way associated with any chapter activity of Phi Delta Theta. Brady has been removed from the fraternity." We at Phi Theta Delta prefer our pledges stick to chanting racist slogans, overdosing on Oxycontin, and molesting High School girls visiting their sisters for the weekend.

 

[Predestined]

Well, there are worse things one can do with a hamster.....

according to ClintoninHelen, anyway.