WTF is wrong with people these days?

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/local_news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/20/0320goosers.html?cxntlid=inform

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"Bail set for two of three suspects in beating death of family's goose Judge Nancy Perez set bail this morning at $8,000 and ordered house arrest for a teary-eyed 18-year-old accused of beating a goose to death with two friends. Anthony Karney's lawyer said he is a student at Palm Beach Community College and works part-time, living an "exemplary life" since the alleged goose attack in December. His parents were in the courtroom but walked out with their lawyer. They would not comment. Perez ordered Karney, who lives in suburban Boynton Beach, to stay out of the neighborhood west of Lake Worth where Lily the goose was considered a pet. Karney is charged along with two others in the goose's death. The judge set the same bail for codefendent Bradley Trout, 17, got the same bail. He also had a private lawyer, who said Trout is set to graduate from high school in May. Trout's parents were in the courtroom to support him and encourage the judge to send him home, but they left without commenting. Trout also is from suburban Boynton Beach. A third defendent in the case, Christopher Mullan, 19, of suburban Lake Worth was not in court today. Police who arrested all three this week say they beat and kicked to death the family pet, holding the dying animal by the neck as they drove off with her. The goose, which would sit on her owner's lap and play in the pool with children, was found blocks away from her home days before Christmas with a broken neck and bashed-in skull. All three defendents are charged with cruelty to an animal, a felony. Trout is being charged as an adult. The detective who made the case got a tip that the three had bragged about the fun of beating a goose and built a case over three months from their conflicting stories. All have admitted to participating in the attack, he said. "Even after numerous interviews, I still can't come up with the mental process that led them to do this for fun," Palm Beach County sheriff's Detective Frank Walters said Wednesday. Andrew Paolilli, 19, of Palm Springs drove the others to the suburban Lantana neighborhood where the white goose with red-painted toenails was something of a mascot. He did not get out of the car during the incident and has not been charged. All four have been arrested before: Trout on domestic battery and burglary charges; Mullan on burglary and criminal mischief charges; Karney on burglary, larceny, concealed weapon and probation violation charges; and Paolilli on a felony domestic battery charge. Mullan, the only one of the group who had lived in the neighborhood, also has been the subject of a restraining order. The group pulled up to the street with an aluminum baseball bat around 2:30 a.m. Dec. 17, according to arrest reports. The three chased and kicked the goose and took turns swinging the bat at Lily's head, the reports said. Paolilli told Walters he could hear the ping of the bat every time it hit. Lily was dazed and bleeding but alive when neighbor Robert Capi saw the three chasing the bird and approached the car Paolilli sat in. Trout jumped in, "holding the goose out the window by its neck to avoid getting any blood on the inside of the car," Walters wrote. The group drove to a nearby subdivision, where they threw Lily on the road. Karney beat her head with the bat until she died, the report said. A woman in another subdivision found the body, noticed the bird's red painted toenails, and called Lily's owner, Debbie Parker, when she read a Palm Beach Post story about the missing bird. Images of what happened to her family's pet replay through her mind, Parker said Wednesday. "I'll be relieved when they go to jail," Parker said. "How can a human being do something like this for fun?" Arrested Tuesday, Karney appeared in court for a bond hearing Wednesday morning but his hearing was postponed after he could not remember his attorney's name. Trout and Mullan were arrested Wednesday."

Christopher Mullan



Anthony Karney


[Edited on March 20, 2008 at 10:04 AM. Reason : names]

3/20/2008 10:03:25 AM

3/20/2008 10:06:19 AM

what the fuck.

3/20/2008 10:08:17 AM

that's horrible

3/20/2008 10:08:46 AM

I blame hip hop.

3/20/2008 10:10:17 AM

idiots

3/20/2008 10:10:56 AM

Lock 'em up.

3/20/2008 10:11:23 AM

I would love to have a pet goose. They're really cool.

I don't think I would paint its toenails, though.

3/20/2008 10:12:20 AM

why would you want to do that? I mean were they abused as children? I don't get it. somebody help me understand why one would want to beat a goose to death

3/20/2008 10:13:23 AM

I think some people just get a weird sense of power by doing stuff like this. I remember guys I went to high school with bragging about putting firecrackers inside frogs and blowing them up. It's really sad what some people will do.

3/20/2008 10:15:13 AM

I'll bet anyone a dollar that "yo yo yo" is part of their daily vernacular, knowwaddimsayin?

3/20/2008 10:16:20 AM

i'm guessing the goose is not the first animal they've tortured and killed. they'll probably grow up to be violent criminals.

3/20/2008 10:17:52 AM

I blame hip hop and video games.

I say they should be beaten to a bloody mess with baseball bats, not enough to kill them, but enough to require a year of rehabilitation and recovery.

3/20/2008 10:19:36 AM

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"I say they should be beaten to a bloody mess with baseball bats, not enough to kill them, but enough to require a year of rehabilitation and recovery."

sounds good to me.

christopher mullan has a facebook page. i can't find anybody else.

3/20/2008 10:21:54 AM

It's definitely a pattern with them. Most likely this wasn't a surprise to people who knew them.

From the article:

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"All four have been arrested before: Trout on domestic battery and burglary charges; Mullan on burglary and criminal mischief charges; Karney on burglary, larceny, concealed weapon and probation violation charges; and Paolilli on a felony domestic battery charge. Mullan, the only one of the group who had lived in the neighborhood, also has been the subject of a restraining order."

3/20/2008 10:26:37 AM

where'd these kids get the idea to do this? As far as I know, there aren't any videogames in which this is possible...

3/20/2008 11:01:11 AM

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"I say they should be beaten to a bloody mess with baseball bats, not enough to kill them, but enough to require a year of rehabilitation and recovery."

3/20/2008 11:05:23 AM

reminds me of the time those Davidson frat boys beat up a goose with a golf club

seriously, wtf

[Edited on March 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM. Reason : .]

3/20/2008 11:11:15 AM

3/20/2008 11:13:04 AM

cruelty to animals/children makes me soooo fucking sick. i hate people like that

3/20/2008 11:44:15 AM

i had a feeling marko would post his patented vlad pic

3/20/2008 11:55:39 AM

it's an uncontrollable reflex whenever i hear "what is wrong with people these days"

3/20/2008 12:20:53 PM

0EPII1 said:

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"I blame hip hop and video games."

Because their parents are unquestionably blameless.

3/20/2008 12:22:28 PM

white people

3/20/2008 12:24:03 PM

it's george bush's fault

oh wait

3/20/2008 12:25:21 PM

the kid that abused that giant tortoise was hispanic

3/20/2008 12:25:33 PM

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"A woman in another subdivision found the body, noticed the bird's red painted toenails, and called Lily's owner, Debbie Parker, "

Most disturbing part of the story IMO.

3/20/2008 12:28:33 PM

that first pic clearly shows his mother made a tragic mistake when she decided not to have a c-section, resulting in a squished brain. the other kid is pissed off because his mom dropped him on his head after the birth. no wonder they beat up a goose.

3/20/2008 12:31:55 PM

Does anyone remember when the frat pledges from Davidson killed a goose with a golf iron about 5 or 6 years ago??

3/20/2008 12:34:41 PM

^ I bet StillFuchsia does.

3/20/2008 12:40:56 PM

what ever happened to just TP'in peoples houses, or blowing up the mail box?

3/20/2008 12:46:32 PM

^ http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2607988/

3/20/2008 12:49:27 PM

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"Does anyone remember when the frat pledges from Davidson killed a goose with a golf iron about 5 or 6 years ago??"

I do, that shit was really fucked up. What ever happened with them?

3/20/2008 12:56:12 PM

Best quote from ^^ story...

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""I lost control of myself that night," Aronson told District Court Judge Jennifer Knox. Knox asked Aronson if he was stupid, and defense lawyer Bill Finn said the teen isn't."

[Edited on March 20, 2008 at 12:57 PM. Reason : ]

3/20/2008 12:57:14 PM

That defense lawyer is doing a damn fine job.

3/20/2008 1:02:09 PM

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"When the Broughton High junior admitted he had been drinking and driving that night, Knox personally cut up his driver's license and ordered him not to drive for a year."

Haha...so she calls him stupid and cuts up his driver's license. NICE.

3/20/2008 1:06:09 PM

haha, wow

3/20/2008 1:22:34 PM

i remember that one rap song that talked about beating a goose to death...not only are geese prevalent in the ghetto, but its more gangsta to kill a goose than it is to shoot someone, rob a bank, etc

3/20/2008 2:21:04 PM

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"I remember guys I went to high school with bragging about putting firecrackers inside frogs and blowing them up."

my dad was just telling me a story last week about how he blew up a frog by sticking a firecracker inside it when he was a kid. he said it's usually the people who torture animals are the ones who turn into serial killers. then he mentioned how much pleasure he gets from killing bad guys

3/20/2008 3:27:18 PM

haha, this is funny to me because it makes me think about how bad I would hurt those people.

3/20/2008 3:31:36 PM

somebody should really show HockeyRoman this thread

he was ready to go on a killing spree when he heard a golfer ACCIDENTALLY killed a hawk

i wonder what he'd think about some kinds INTENTIONALLY killing a goose

3/20/2008 3:33:16 PM

^ I wasn't really all that upset over the hawk, but I wouldn't really call it an accident. Even if it was an amazing shot, he was still aiming for it.

3/20/2008 4:43:42 PM

wow thats the worst fuckin thing i've heard in awhile

3/20/2008 5:01:42 PM

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"Anthony Karney's lawyer said he is a student at Palm Beach Community College and works part-time, living an "exemplary life" since the alleged goose attack in December."

then

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"Karney on burglary, larceny, concealed weapon and probation violation charges"

really now? what a bunch of douchebags. they should be

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"beaten to a bloody mess with baseball bats, not enough to kill them, but enough to require a year of rehabilitation and recovery."

[Edited on March 20, 2008 at 5:23 PM. Reason : !]

3/20/2008 5:22:25 PM

It's just a goose

3/20/2008 5:46:44 PM

make them play naked duck duck goose in D block with Tyrone and Carlos

3/20/2008 5:53:04 PM

Would it have been a crime if they ate the goose afterwards?

3/20/2008 5:55:54 PM

the judge just served y'all

3/20/2008 7:25:07 PM

Their street cred in prison is going to make them bitches with a quickness.

[Edited on March 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM. Reason : a]

3/20/2008 7:30:30 PM

I mean, to make foie gras the goose is fucking tortured, and thats considered cultured and sophisticated

3/20/2008 7:42:27 PM