Target: Mark Messmer, Indiana Senate Majority Leader
Goal: Support tougher sentences for animal cruelty felony convictions.
The city of Indianapolis was shocked and sickened when a deceased dog was discovered in a dumpster. After an examination, reports confirmed that this animal, named Deron, had likely been stabbed and choked to death. Four people have since been charged with animal cruelty, including one defendant who later came under suspicion for the shooting death of a person.
The horrifying incident has sparked a new legislative push for tougher animal cruelty laws. A state senator from Indianapolis, where the alleged crime took place, has introduced a bill that if passed would become law across Indiana. Under the legislation, several types of animal cruelty would be reclassified from level five felonies to level six felonies. As a result, sentences in the event of convictions would yield significantly longer prison terms of up to six years.
Sign the petition below to support this strongly backed call for greater accountability in the worst cases of animal cruelty.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Senator Messmer,
SB41, which enhances penalties for the most heinous animal cruelty felonies, has immense popular backing. Senator J.D. Ford, who introduced the bill, said of the initiative: “we too often hear terrible stories of animal cruelty in Indiana, including in Indy just a few months ago.” He believes this measure would “ensure that the penalty for animal cruelty better aligns with the crime after listening to the folks who want justice for animals in these cases” The incident of which the senator speaks involved the brutal apparent stabbing and choking death of a defenseless dog and the subsequent arrest of four individuals.
These suspects, and any future Indiana residents found guilty of animal cruelty, need to face the full measure of justice. At least one of the defendants in the aforementioned case allegedly went on to kill a person. Please send a decisive message that irreparable harm inflicted upon any vulnerable living being will not be tolerated in this state. Help pass SB41 as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Linnaea Mallette
JUSTICE….. for that poor Angel….. dog spelt backwards is GOD …… what SICK …. TWISTED PERVERTS…… and NOT just a SLAP on the WRIST…… TRUE JUSTICE
Whenever I hear about these horrible crimes it makes me despise the human race.
EVERY FUCKING DAY I HAVE TO SEE THIS SHIT!!!
I know. Me too. It’s so vile. black souled scumbags who engage in this type of behavior need to be taken off the planet. Plain and simple
At the very least, remove them from the Gene pool…
These bastards have tortured and killed an innocent trusting animal, so there is only one way to deal with the shitbags and that is — KILL THE FUCKERS BACK!!
I think there are now many people who would be willing to beat seven barrels of shit out of these tossers and break a few bones to let them know what pain is all about before their demise!
A good vigilante group fired up, would know how to quickly disappear without being seen and would no doubt, feel no remorse afterwards.
This is what is soon going to happen. Of this I am very sure because us normal people will not take this shit from these arrogant ‘sickko’ torturing bastards for much longer.
All 4 of these Pos need to end up in a landfill! You can’t fix stupid!
I totally agree! I believe the punishment should fit the crime!
F…. the murderer!!
The bags of crap that did this are: Sierra Makin (20), Zech Thomsen (19), Clifford Massey and Denitra Hughes. If you encounter them, make them pay for torturing, abusing and killing this innocent dog who wanted nothing more than to be safe, loved and cared for. Worthless lives for an innocent life works for me.
That poor, wonderful dog was owner-surrendered on June 29th – you know that owner was wanting that sweet dog to go to a good home where he would be cared for and loved. Not to these worthless psychopaths! My God, this ticks me off. Indiana laws are pretty much worthless and useless regarding animal abuse and that ticks me off too. Lawmakers in Indiana should be ashamed for not defending innocent animal against their psychopaths. Anyone know their addresses? If so, put all information you have out there for the public to see what kind of evilness is among us.
I agree with your feelings and I feel that justice is not rendered by the “law”. Unfortunately. A kid some years ago in this area chopped to death with an ax his “buddies” cat and dog that had been left to him a year before by his father who had died. They threw the animals in a trash bag and threw them in the woods across the street. The kid who was left the pets evidently felt so haunted by what had happened HE showed the police where these poor babies hacked bodies were. Kid who did it spent some time in jail but I was a slap only. I think and eye for an eye when I hear about these things. That is the only way to make them really pay. They torture and murder animals? It has been proven that many murderers started that way. This is why there must be tougher laws and sentences – these people need mental help because you have to be nuts to do these things.
No!!! They are not crazy they are evil!!! Big difference. Mental illness can be helped but medicine won’t help evil. That’s part of the problem. People thinking you can counsel this away. Protect society and put them down!!!
As we now know the names of these worthless bastards,
Can a ‘Posse’ or mob ( vigilante group ) be gathered together to take these arseholes painfully out of existence?
I am thousands of miles away but would relish the chance to help with these fuckers last minutes on earth and would sleep very well afterwards.
Bollox to the law, they will do NOTHING.
It is up to us, the normal people to teach these bastards a permanent lesson.
And we all know what that is!!
People of Indiana, find these monsters and do to them what they did to the sweet dog!!!! I wish I could find them.
If I knew their addys I’d be more than happy to be a vigilante in this state!
Lawmakers are SHIT. Waste of good space.
The only way forward is for us ‘normal’ people to take care of these bastards ourselves.
And I am very sure that most of us who comment on this site would be more than willing to beat these worthless pieces of shit hopefully to death and quickly disappear. Then sleep very well knowing that justice had been served! Or at least permanently ‘cripple’ the bastards so they would remember what they had done for the rest of their pathetic lives!
We know who they are. And a fired up group or ‘mob’ if you like is what is needed to severely deal with these animal torturing shitbags.
DEATH to these arrogant fuckers who think it is fun to torture innocent animals.
If any of you named bastards read this then be very aware
That you could be living on ‘borrowed time’ you bloody tossers. You sure need to watch your backs as you are certainly NOT NEEDED on this planet you scumbags!!
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what kind of sick monsters would do something like this. They have to pay for what they have done. They are danger to society — please make sure they are kept away from normal people and animals. I hope that karma will be swift. Each one of them deserve the same fate.
Teenagers are losing it!!! Someone has posted their names and ages, so somebody knows something. These evil sub humans need to be convicted to the fullest extent of the law!! Please change the animal cruelty laws to ensure severe punishment! Sickening!
There is NO SHORTAGE OF CRUELTY IN THIS WORLD!!! Therefore, I say find these BASTARDS, THROW THEM IN A LOCKED DUMPSTER & FORGET ABOUT THEM!!!
THE WORLD WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE WITHOUT SUCH MONSTERS…
Set fire to the scumbag that’s what he deserves.
Far too many stories of shelters just giving cats and dogs to any old person without checking them out thoroughly, and far too many stories of perpetrators just getting a slap on the wrist when the law provides adequate punishment.
If Indiana needs to strengthen their animal welfare laws then courts MUST follow through.
Monstrous monstrous evil, heartbreaking and horrific, karma is theirs – I feel you, poor lost innocent souls; their blood on your souls
The abuse, torture & murder of the innocents
Some heartbreaks can never be unseen, some horrors never unheard – PLEASE GOD
And the universe weeps tears of blood
Your life as theirs, as their death
RIP Deron, you did not deserve this. Take those sick bastards and do the same to them. It is obvious they are NOT good members of society, one picked up for shooting someone.
Kill them and rid the society of these bastards.
this happens too often and I read about it in multiple articles every day.
Amazing how lawmakers and the courts still “don’t get it” – people like this are dangerous sociopaths and their behavior always escalates. LOCK THEM UP and keep society safe.
This poor dog needs justice. Those monsters deserve to die!
This is horrendous. Let the punishment fit the crime.
Despicable
ONCE AND FOR ALL PASS LAWS THAT GET THESE EVILS OFF THE STREET. I AM DEMANDING PUNISHMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CRIME!!!!
GIVE THIS SWEET BOY DERON HIS JUSTICE!!!!!
Why should someone that commits these heinous crimes walk free??????????? Get the four of them to rot in jail. Hope your get what you deserve from the inmates!!
ROT AWAY!!
People who intentionally harm animals are not good people. They need to be removed from society!
Amen…
No, they are sick non caring bastards who seriously need terminating painfully!!
I Commend the State Senator from Indianapolis, for introducing a Bill that if passed would increase prison terms for those convicted of animal cruelty and I hope that this much needed new Bill becomes Law. Animals across the Country have been the target of violent individuals and it is time to hold them accountable for these unspeakable crimes against the most innocent and vulnerable of victims.
Why? Why? Why? This sick piece of Garbage needs the same treatment