Cat-trashing lady outed by internet.....

Nonno

Habari Na Mijeldi
Cat-trashing lady outed by internet in less than 24 hours

"Yesterday, Mark posted a disturbing video of a middle-aged woman petting a cat and then throwing it—alive—into a trash bin. Mark today posted an update that she's now under police protection. What hasn't been talked about yet on Boing Boing is what happened between those two posts. 4chan happened.

Often dismissed as little more than a gang of anonymous bullies, there is some truth to the notion that the site is simultaneously the best and worst of the internet, and that when they put their collective minds together, there is no stopping them. Sometimes they dun goof up, other times they emerge as victorious white knights on a quest from Ceiling Cat.

Almost immediately after the video started making the internet rounds yesterday, the 4chan legion set out to find this woman and destroy her life.

I don't know exactly how long it took, but within a few hours she was identified as Mary Bale, 50, of Coventry (England).

But there's more: they also found out where she worked. They posted the phone number and name of her boss. They found out where she lived, and posted a Google map of that address. They found her Facebook profile.

And because of what some suggested should be done with this info, the local police stepped in and helped her hide."

Full article Cat-trashing lady outed by internet in less than 24 hours - Boing Boing

 

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
That wouldn't be a problem in a place like Texas where you're allowed to defend your life and property
 

CrashTest

Well-Known Member
That lady deserves what she gets but that cat wasn't in danger. Someone would have heard it crying in that trash can.
 

Nonno

Habari Na Mijeldi
It had to happen.....

Cat, unaware of video camera, drops middle-aged woman into trash can

 

ArkRescue

Adopt me please !
update on this story

"LONDON (AP) - A British woman caught on tape stroking a cat, picking it up by the scruff of its neck and casually throwing it into its owners' trash bin pleaded guilty to a single charge of animal cruelty Tuesday."

"The court fined her 250 pounds (just over $395) and ordered her to pay more than 1,100 pounds ($1,800) in costs."

Woman caught throwing cat into trash pleads guilty - wtop.com
 
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