Justice for the Pets Murdered in St. Bernard Parish
Warning: Extremely Graphic Photos Contained Within this Video Charges Dropped in Katrina Dog Killings In the days following Hurricane Katrina, former Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Minton and Sergeant Clifford (Chip) Englande were video taped by David Leeson, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer for The Dallas Morning News. Patrolling the hurricane devastated region of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, one sequence in the video shows dogs being shot, another shows the men driving away, leaving a mortally wounded black Labrador retriever on the street. Video can be viewed here…. www.youtube.com Additional footage can be viewed here… youtube.com In a subsequent interview recorded by Leeson, Minton acknowledged shooting the dogs, citing safety and humanitarian concerns. Indictments were obtained by Charles Foti in November 2006 and both men were indicted on charges of Aggravated Animal Cruelty. A State Grand Jury concluded that they fatally shot numerous dogs that had been separated from their owners and were roaming the streets after Katrina swamped the Parish. State Drops Dog Death Case Citing insufficient evidence, the new Attorney General James Caldwell, Foti’s replacement, has dropped the animal cruelty charges against Minton and Englande. Filed Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 in 34th Judicial District Court in Chalmette, Louisiana Despite the existence of probable cause for the arrest and sufficient evidence for a grand jury indictment, considering all the facts and …
