Whitey Ford
07-21-2023, 12:01 PM
Man sentenced for encouraging suspect to kick cat like a 'football field goal'
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A judge has sentenced a man to 18 months in federal prison for his role in what investigators call a horrific case of animal cruelty, also known as 'animal crushing' under the law, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Decorius Mire, 24, encouraged the other suspect, Donaldvan Williams, to kick a cat as if he were 'kicking a football field goal,' propelling the cat 15-20 feet through the air, all the while recording it on his cell phone and later posting the video on social media, according to prosecutors.
The already seemingly poisoned cat somehow survived the initial kick from Williams and was lying against a nearby curb. That is when Mire “aided, abetted, incited, counseled, and commanded” another unknown person to “soak[ ] the live, injured cat with an accelerant and set the cat on fire,” prosecutors wrote.
Mire made another video, this time filming the animal being set ablaze and “running while engulfed in flames, trying to escape the fire.” He posted that video to several social media platforms and sent it to various individuals via direct message as well.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/man-sentenced-decorius-mire-for-encouraging-suspect-to-kick-cat-like-a-football-field-goal-animal-cruelty-crushing-social-media-beaumont-texas-preventing-animal-cruelty-and-torture-act
https://i.imgur.com/Ov5X9wN.jpg
A judge has sentenced a man to 18 months in federal prison for his role in what investigators call a horrific case of animal cruelty, also known as 'animal crushing' under the law, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Decorius Mire, 24, encouraged the other suspect, Donaldvan Williams, to kick a cat as if he were 'kicking a football field goal,' propelling the cat 15-20 feet through the air, all the while recording it on his cell phone and later posting the video on social media, according to prosecutors.
The already seemingly poisoned cat somehow survived the initial kick from Williams and was lying against a nearby curb. That is when Mire “aided, abetted, incited, counseled, and commanded” another unknown person to “soak[ ] the live, injured cat with an accelerant and set the cat on fire,” prosecutors wrote.
Mire made another video, this time filming the animal being set ablaze and “running while engulfed in flames, trying to escape the fire.” He posted that video to several social media platforms and sent it to various individuals via direct message as well.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/man-sentenced-decorius-mire-for-encouraging-suspect-to-kick-cat-like-a-football-field-goal-animal-cruelty-crushing-social-media-beaumont-texas-preventing-animal-cruelty-and-torture-act