NationStates Jolt Archive

Florida firefighters armed with rifles go on assault on terrorizing chickens

Minoriteeburg

12-02-2006, 05:10

Uproar over armed firefighters killing chickens by homes
By Christa Jenkins
Herald Writer

HIGH SPRINGS — After seeing High Springs firefighters toting rifles through a neighborhood and shooting at chickens last week, residents said they are infuriated.

The southwest sector of town between Southwest Fourth Avenue and Poe Springs Road has had a chicken problem for years.

Many residents said they were upset not that the chickens were killed but the manner in which the situation was handled last Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Residents said they were not notified that the shooting would happen, that they worried about the safety of their children and pets, and that firefighters ran through private property without permission.

When the shooting was over, residents said they were left to deal with injured chickens and a bloody mess.

City officials, however, said that multiple safety precautions were taken, including having the city’s police chief on the scene with a safety perimeter in place.

>>FULL STORY (http://www.highspringsherald.com/articles/2006/02/09/news/news01.txt)

This story gets a nice little wtf. It's good to see firefighters putting the law into their own hands.

Sumamba Buwhan

12-02-2006, 05:13

because chickens are a fire hazard?

Minoriteeburg

12-02-2006, 05:26

I mean couldn't they just round em up? or were they bored?

Ritlina

12-02-2006, 05:28

Ha! The Funny Thing Is, I Got An Advert On The Page Which Says: Do You Want To Move Here? Kind Of A Bad Page To Put An Ad Like That On.

H N Fiddlebottoms VIII

12-02-2006, 05:29

because chickens are a fire hazard?
No, because those chickens were encouraging people to break the law. What with their legs and their breathing (the sluts), their whoring whorishness was only moments from tricking the Fire Marshall into an act of bestiality.

Super-power

12-02-2006, 05:30

WTF, over?

Minoriteeburg

12-02-2006, 05:31

No, because those chickens were encouraging people to break the law. What with their legs and their breathing (the sluts), their whoring whorishness was only moments from tricking the Fire Marshall into an act of bestiality.

What bastards....they should all be destroyed and eaten.

MARAUD Incorporated

12-02-2006, 05:43

I can understand these people's outrage.
I mean it's the fire department, they should have been using flame throwers, or at least heald a BBQ for the neighborhood.

Minoriteeburg

12-02-2006, 06:00

I can understand these people's outrage.
I mean it's the fire department, they should have been using flame throwers, or at least heald a BBQ for the neighborhood.

I would bring the BBQ sauce to that event.