Leroy N. Soetoro
2018-11-21 20:04:59 UTC
https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/activist-who-threw-fishermans-
tilapia-back-slapped-with-500-fine
Five-hundred bucks may sound a little steep for a single tilapia, but
that's what an animal rights activist has been sentenced to pay after he
was found guilty of taking a fishermans catch and tossing it back into
the lake.
A judge in Florida has sentenced Michael Leaming to pay the $500 in
addition to court costs following the July 2017 incident, during which
Leaming confronted two fishermen at Crescent Lake Park in St. Petersburg,
The Tampa Bay Times reported.
Leaming had originally been charged with interference with taking of
fish, but the state switched the charge to petit theft after prosecutors
realized that interference didnt apply to city-owned waters.
Even still, Leamings attorney Peri Sedigh argued that her client
shouldnt be found guilty of theft, as throwing the fish back was a
rescue.
Judge Robert Dittmer, however, claimed that the two fishermen Bob J.
Hope and father, Bob Hope Sr. were fishing legally at the park, and were
within their rights to keep their live tilapia on the ground after
catching it from the lake. Dittmer handed down the $500 fine, though he
earlier estimated the value of the fish at around $6.
In the footage from the incident, which went viral last year, Leamings
young son Landon can be seen approaching Hope and Hopes father, asking
them to please stop because the hooks can hurt the fish's mouths.
Leaming, alongside a small group of activists, then approaches and begins
to question the men about a freshly caught tilapia flopping on the ground
nearby.
What if this was a dog, and I hooked the dog in the mouth and threw her
in the water? Leaming argues, later adding, What if this was a human
child?
Hope's mother Brenda later approaches and steps between the tilapia and
the activist, at which point Leaming grabs the fish from underneath her
and tosses it back into the lake, daring the Hopes to call the police.
I just saved a fishs life! Leaming yells. How about that?
Leamings friends then begin chanting, Its not food, its violence! at
the Hopes and other bystanders.
Leaming was not arrested at the time. After the footage went viral,
however, he was charged with interference, which carried penalties
including a fine of up to $500, 60 days in jail and mandatory counseling,
The Tampa Bay Times reported last week.
One of the fisherman, Bob J. Hope, had earlier told Fox News he hoped
justice is served at the trial.
"You don't get to infringe on someone else's rights because of your moral
ground. That is what terrorist[s] do," he said.
The activist group, which included Leamings wife Kayla, was reportedly in
the area following a protest of Chick-fil-As Cow Appreciation Day, where
members of Direct Action Everywhere turned up to the restaurant covered in
fake blood, Huffington Post reported.
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tilapia-back-slapped-with-500-fine
Five-hundred bucks may sound a little steep for a single tilapia, but
that's what an animal rights activist has been sentenced to pay after he
was found guilty of taking a fishermans catch and tossing it back into
the lake.
A judge in Florida has sentenced Michael Leaming to pay the $500 in
addition to court costs following the July 2017 incident, during which
Leaming confronted two fishermen at Crescent Lake Park in St. Petersburg,
The Tampa Bay Times reported.
Leaming had originally been charged with interference with taking of
fish, but the state switched the charge to petit theft after prosecutors
realized that interference didnt apply to city-owned waters.
Even still, Leamings attorney Peri Sedigh argued that her client
shouldnt be found guilty of theft, as throwing the fish back was a
rescue.
Judge Robert Dittmer, however, claimed that the two fishermen Bob J.
Hope and father, Bob Hope Sr. were fishing legally at the park, and were
within their rights to keep their live tilapia on the ground after
catching it from the lake. Dittmer handed down the $500 fine, though he
earlier estimated the value of the fish at around $6.
In the footage from the incident, which went viral last year, Leamings
young son Landon can be seen approaching Hope and Hopes father, asking
them to please stop because the hooks can hurt the fish's mouths.
Leaming, alongside a small group of activists, then approaches and begins
to question the men about a freshly caught tilapia flopping on the ground
nearby.
What if this was a dog, and I hooked the dog in the mouth and threw her
in the water? Leaming argues, later adding, What if this was a human
child?
Hope's mother Brenda later approaches and steps between the tilapia and
the activist, at which point Leaming grabs the fish from underneath her
and tosses it back into the lake, daring the Hopes to call the police.
I just saved a fishs life! Leaming yells. How about that?
Leamings friends then begin chanting, Its not food, its violence! at
the Hopes and other bystanders.
Leaming was not arrested at the time. After the footage went viral,
however, he was charged with interference, which carried penalties
including a fine of up to $500, 60 days in jail and mandatory counseling,
The Tampa Bay Times reported last week.
One of the fisherman, Bob J. Hope, had earlier told Fox News he hoped
justice is served at the trial.
"You don't get to infringe on someone else's rights because of your moral
ground. That is what terrorist[s] do," he said.
The activist group, which included Leamings wife Kayla, was reportedly in
the area following a protest of Chick-fil-As Cow Appreciation Day, where
members of Direct Action Everywhere turned up to the restaurant covered in
fake blood, Huffington Post reported.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.