Grosse Ile H.S. lacrosse team accused of killing animal before game

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I know: "Posts about Israel/Palestine, religion, guns, showbiz, or sports are restricted in this forum," but this isn't about the sport of lacrosse.

Grosse Ile H.S. lacrosse team accused of killing animal before game

Katrease Stafford and Daniel Bethencourt, Detroit Free Press 7:19 a.m. EDT May 11, 2016
Contact Katrease Stafford: [e-mail] or 313-223-4759.

Members of the Grosse Ile High School lacrosse team are under investigation by police and the school district after allegations surfaced Monday that some of the teens killed an animal prior to a game.

Grosse Ile Township Police Chief Joseph Porcerelli confirmed Tuesday to the Free Press that his department is investigating the incident involving the team, which is known as the Grosse Ile Red Devils.

"Allegedly some of the team members got together before a game and killed an animal," Porcerelli said in an e-mail. "This incident is an open investigation."
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It's unclear whether the act was committed by members of the school's varsity team or its junior varsity team. A game scheduled for the junior varsity team at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday against West Bloomfield High School has been canceled, according to the team's schedule on Schedulestar.com. The varsity team's game at 5:30 p.m. against West Bloomfield was postponed, according to the website.

[snooper2]

1. Religious right to sacrifice an animal to the lacrosse gods before a game

happens all the time, especially by the devils

[NV Whino]

3. Damn. You beat me to it.

[jberryhill]

2. And?

It is illegal to kill "an animal" in Michigan?

I'm pretty sure animals are killed in Michigan pretty regularly.

Was it a federally protected species or something?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. The animal in question? Whoops, I left that out. Editing in 5 ... 4 ....

Actually, the DFP article left that out too. Try this:

High school lacrosse team accused of killing guinea pig, using blood like face paint

The story is beginning to get picked up nationally. I've posted it in LBN.

[moonbabygo]

4. How can anyone

kill an animal for fun? It just sickens me. I understand for food, but to do it just because... what have we become

[yeoman6987]

5. What animal was it?

[Iggo]

7. Who said it was for fun?

Maybe it was part of some religious ritual so their god would show them favor in their upcoming sportsball match.

Who knows. Not me, that's for sure.

[jberryhill]

8. "what have we become"

Apparently we have become people who make the strangest assumptions on the basis of partial and/or incomplete information.

For all I know, these kids stepped on a cockroach, since the "animal" in question isn't mentioned.

[moonbabygo]

9. a cockroach is an insect

however I like you theory much better than mine. I'm thinking dog or cat

[jberryhill]

10. Insects are not plants or minerals, they are animals

These are animals:



But, in any event, having Googled further, it is alleged to be a guinea pig.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. I concur that insects are in the animal kingdom. Anyway, other stories confirm

that the animal in this incident was a guinea pig.

[moonbabygo]

12. LOL, always

nice to talk with someone that has a sense of humor. Thanks for the laugh and I will remember a cockroach is an animal