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January 31, 2014
Assigned but whoever was getting this stuff and whatever they were doing with it does not seem to have anything to actually do with protecting any animals." "the society also exemplifies one where the motivation in joining has nothing to do with an interest in detecting animal cruelty or in the welfare of animals." this is michael russo. michael russo is one of the people in charge of that warren county chapter of the spca back in its sniper rifles and tear gas days. he was one of the three orig...
January 31, 2014
To animals. no, im not kidding. the new jersey commission on investigation issued 172-page report about the spca in new jersey in the year 2000 because it turns out the spca had been given an unbelievable amount of power by state laws that dated back more than a century. strange old new jersey state laws made the spca basically a law enforcement agency in the state. but one that operated outside all the oversight mechanisms that all the other law enforcement agencies in the state had. ostensibly...
January 31, 2014
Like new jersey state trooper uniforms. they did look exactly like state trooper uniforms except for an spca patch they were supposed to wear on one of their arms but some of them didnt wear that part of the uniform. they just didnt sew that patch on. eventually the state spca came in and took over the warren county chapter. but michael russo of paramilitary prevention of cruelty to animals fame, he did not go away. a few short years after the whole sort of terrifying sniper rifles for the spca ...
January 31, 2014
Governmental oversight at all. the state investigators singled out one particular county branch of the spca for particular scrutiny. was warren county, new jersey, and the commission said, "it is the paradigm of a society that is out of control and that exists for the personal benefit of some of its participants. it has wielded its authority in highly inappropriate ways." citing, "the arrogant display of weapons and citizens complaints about intimidation tactics, the commission found of the 12 o...
January 31, 2014
The state investigators singled out one particular county branch of the spca for particular scrutiny. was warren county, new jersey, and the commission said, "it is the paradigm of a society that is out of control and that exists for the personal benefit of some of its participants. it has wielded its authority in highly inappropriate ways." citing, "the arrogant display of weapons and citizens complaints about intimidation tactics, the commission found of the 12 officers of the spca in that cou...
January 31, 2014
Association of county law enforcement officials that backed the candidacy of chris christie and his running mate, lieutenant governor kim guadagno. according to "the new york times," sheriff trout and lieutenant governor were friendly. they exchanged chatty e-mails including the lieutenant governor thanking the sheriff for having dispatched deputies to help on the campaign trail. according to the local hunterdon paper at the time, as the prosecutors were building their case in 2009 and 2010 agai...
January 31, 2014
Exists for the personal benefit of some of its participants. it has wielded its authority in highly inappropriate ways." citing, "the arrogant display of weapons and citizens complaints about intimidation tactics, the commission found of the 12 officers of the spca in that county, six carried guns they had issued to themselves in the name of the spca. between 1991 and 1998, this one county branch of the spca purchased for itself 65,000 rounds of ammunition including sniper ammunition for the sni...
January 31, 2014
Sheriff trout, if he was not suing the state of new jersey right now for wrongful termination related to that case. bennett barlyn was one of the prosecutors in the hunterdon county office assigned to investigate sheriff trout. he says the christie administration wrongfully stepped in and squashed that prosecution against the sheriff and her gang from the spca. mr. barlyn says he was fired because he spoke up and when he spoke up. he says his firing was politically motivated. mr. barlyn is now t...
January 31, 2014
41-count indictment against sheriff trout, if he was not suing the state of new jersey right now for wrongful termination related to that case. bennett barlyn was one of the prosecutors in the hunterdon county office assigned to investigate sheriff trout. he says the christie administration wrongfully stepped in and squashed that prosecution against the sheriff and her gang from the spca. mr. barlyn says he was fired because he spoke up and when he spoke up. he says his firing was politically mo...
January 31, 2014
The new jersey commission on investigation issued 172-page report about the spca in new jersey in the year 2000 because it turns out the spca had been given an unbelievable amount of power by state laws that dated back more than a century. strange old new jersey state laws made the spca basically a law enforcement agency in the state. but one that operated outside all the oversight mechanisms that all the other law enforcement agencies in the state had. ostensibly, they were a law enforcement ag...