News By TooFab Staff | 7/21/2021 1:00 PM PT The on-duty officers used their batons to slaughter the animals — videos of which were posted to Snapchat. Two Maine police officers have been jailed for beating several porcupines to death with retractable batons while on-duty. Michael A. Rolerson, 31, and 28-year-old Addison Cox were sentenced last Thursday, having been charged with misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and night hunting back in October. The incidents happened in June of last year, but didn’t come to light until the end of August when another officer found out what happened and reported them. Instagram/Twitter TikToker Arrested for Failing to Inform Police Deadly Spitting Cobra Escaped 7 Months Ago View Story “This was not dispatching a deer that was hit by a car, this was not dispatching a pest animal that may be a threat to humans or domesticated animals,” Officer Anne Griffith wrote in her statement reporting them, per the Portland Press Herald. “These porcupines were in their natural habitat and causing no harm. Officer Rolerson not only chased the animal into the woods to kill it, but returned with a smile on his face and appeared as though he enjoyed it.” “I…
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Two Maine Cops Jailed For Beating Porcupines to Death
