'CRUSH' VIDEO BILL DERAILED.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Staff Writer VENTURA - Ventura County prosecutors are disappointed that a bill designed to outlaw ``crush videos,'' which show animals bring mutilated mu·ti·late tr.v. mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing, mu·ti·lates 1. To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple. 2. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue. for human sexual gratification, is now buried in an Assembly committee. The bill was not brought forward for a vote in the Assembly Appropriations Committee In the United States government, the Appropriations Committee can refer to either:
``I'm very disappointed because this legislation is needed,'' said Deputy District Attorney Tom Connors, who handles animal abuse cases. ``These crush videos are unbelievably disgusting. The First Amendment has never protected criminal conduct. And that's what we're talking about - animal abuse is criminal conduct. You have to break the law in order to produce this video.'' The bill would have strengthened a new federal law that prohibits the interstate sale, purchase or possession of the videos, which show small animals taped or tied to the floor and slowly crushed to death by a woman's foot, clad in high heels high heels high npl → talons hauts, hauts talons high heels high npl → hochhackige Schuhe pl . The federal action, sponsored by Rep. Elton Gallegly Elton W. Gallegly (born March 7 1944), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, currently representing the 24th District of California (map). , R-Oxnard, was signed into law by President Clinton last December. But that does not prevent the sale, purchase or possession of the videos within the state, authorities said. The American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. opposed the bill. Connors said his office will push for a vote on the bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Thomas Calderon, D-Montebello, in the next legislative session. Currently, there are approximately 2,000 video titles on the market, many of which are sold on the Internet, authorities said. |
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