Man on police ride-along stomps opossum to death

[FNA209]

opossums cause equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (nerve disorder) in horses, I aim for them when driving and wouldn't mind if a ride along jumped out to kill them (assuming we're actually in an area with horses, not in downtown Orlando).

Generally speaking, a lot of opossums around my farm seem to commit suicide. They decide to play dead in the exact spot we're using a hoe or shovel. One day, I was split wood and one jumped right up on the log as I was swinging the maul. They seem to walk in front of the target when we're sighting in a rifle. Go figure.

I'm just glad I don't live in VA where opossums are a protected species.

[exdrip]

oh.....man....haha.

[CruiserClass]

If I was the guys defense attorney I would have made the argument that the possum wasn't really dead if the prosecution couldn't produce the corpse or a death certificate. After all, aren't possums notorious liars about being dead?

[DaLAW]

I can't get past the image of a person on a ride-along with a police-officer...just deciding to "JUMP" out of the car and violently kill an animal...and then somehow think it would be perfectly acceptable to stroll back to the car as if it was nothing out of the ordinary. Lmao, that's classic...

[Mstangfk]

is anyone else expecting this to be the focus of "will this hurt me in the background" in "ask a cop" in the future?


lol

[pulicords]

Fresher "grub" than roadkill? Sounds like an ideal candidate.

[jcioccke]

I say I say your doing it all wrong boy, that aint no way to kill a possum. LOL

For the younger generation that was Foghorn, Leghorn from Loony Tunes.

[willbird]

I can't get past the image of a person on a ride-along with a police-officer...just deciding to "JUMP" out of the car and violently kill an animal...and then somehow think it would be perfectly acceptable to stroll back to the car as if it was nothing out of the ordinary. Lmao, that's classic...

I was picturing the police car swerving to hit the possum and not getting it, or only winging it, and the guy then jumping out to finish it off.

[az4code23]

I felt resentment for a long time when two wild dogs came to my farm and killed my pig. For a long time, I did not like dogs, couldn't stand them. However, I decided to buy a small dog and didn't feel that way anymore. However, I still have resentment over the two wild dogs.

[jcioccke]

This post is still funny to me. I keep reading it. lol
I'm going to fail the Psych exam

I just picture that Officer's face, He must have been thinking WTF?
Then bringing his ride-along back, and booking him. That guy will probably be immortal in the Department.

[velobard]

I felt resentment for a long time when two wild dogs came to my farm and killed my pig. For a long time, I did not like dogs, couldn't stand them. However, I decided to buy a small dog and didn't feel that way anymore. However, I still have resentment over the two wild dogs.

That's it, this guy just needs to go get a pet possum.

[DAL]

Did he take the carcass and eat it, too?

[JasperST]

You don't make possum pie unless you're gonna eat it.

[Till]

You can always distinguish who's from where by whether they say "possum" or "opossum".

Around here, we have possums.

[jcioccke]

Will this disqualify me?

I'm waiting to see that in the next year or two in Ask a Cop.