Animal Cruelty - FBI Agent - Final Update

This will most likely be my final update on Leslie Ledger, an FBI agent who shot his neighbors dog. Ledger has finally been sentenced to two years of deferred probation and 300 hours of community service. The incident happened in February of 2008, explained in posts from March of 2008, and then again in July of 2008. What is still not clear to me, is how this may or may not effect Ledger's position as a FBI agent. What happened is that Ledger shot and killed a neighbors Chihuahua in cold blood, and then initially lied to police claiming that he didn't do it. However, another neighbor happened to witness the crime, and Ledger confessed when he realized there was little other choice.

While we can all respect FBI and law enforcement agents who pursue this type of work out of a desire to help others, and many do, at the same time we can only fear those who seek positions of power and abuse those that are weaker and unable to defend themselves. Leslie Ledger's attorney said "...some have portrayed Ledger as a villain, but that is the opinion of some self-righteous and holier-than-thou people.” As if judging Ledger for animal cruelty is just being holier-than-thou, seemingly suggesting that it's somehow normal to just go out and kill neighborhood pets. At the risk of being self-righteous and holier-than-thou, anyone that would intentionally hurt an innocent animal, is not someone that I want in a position of power.

You can read more about this case on the Waco Tribune.