And this is why he is an a-hole:A Town of Oconomowoc man was charged Friday with felony mistreatment of animals after he was accused of kicking his dog, Zorro, to death in front of his children.
Michael H. Tessmer, 52, is being held in the Waukesha County Jail on a $2,500 bail and a $7,500 signature bond.
According to the criminal complaint, the dog's death was discovered because Tessmer's 11-year-old son drew a picture at school and wrote on the picture, "My dad is a killer!" School officials called the boy's mother, who then called police.
The boy told police that his dad kicked the 3-year-old black labradoodle between five and 10 times in the chest and that the dog died later that night, the complaint says.
The boy's mother recovered the body. The Humane Animal Welfare Society performed a necropsy, which showed the dog died of internal injuries consistent with being kicked in the chest, the complaint says.
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ReplyDeleteI'll bet the few days this piece of sh## spends in a cage are the only days his wife and kids can breath easy.
A-hole? Oh....I have a few words that would put your politeness to shame!
ReplyDeleteThe family needs a BIGGER dog who can return the favor...
ReplyDeleteHmm, I hate to bring this up, but abortion doctors are worse than him. Same with child abusers and abusers of the elderly.
ReplyDeleteDan...this topic is about an asshole who kicked to death a innocent dog in front of his children (which is child abuse). Why do you feel the need to compare it to abortion? Can't both be wrong and can't both be discussed independently of each other? I really hate it when people try to minimize the suffering of animals because they need to make a political point about abortion. Just in case you don't know this...dogs feel pain, joy, love, embarrassment, saddness, loneliness, etc..., just like humans. I will never understand why people (humans) have to be so selfish as to think their suffering is the only suffering that matters in this world.
ReplyDeleteI agree - and plus it shows the callousness of the anti-abortion people. REAL cruelty-Actual cruelty to actual living creatures and child abuse does not really affect them except as a tool for their favorite topic - dominating and controlling women.
ReplyDeleteIronically, women are usually forced to stay with these scumbags because they did have children with them. They know if they try to divorce, the abuser will get shared custody and abuse the children while he is alone with them. When they try to get family court to help, they will be told they are alienating the children and lose custody altogether.
This woman should leave NOW while this incident will give her some protection. If she stays, CPS should remove the children. But we don't really have any effective child protection services.
Father of the year material... A dead dog, screwed up kids and a wife... that allows such behaviour?
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ReplyDeleteDon't be too judgmental of the woman yet. There is a good chance she was a battered wife, with all of the complex emotions that go along with it.
After all, not everyone is a powerful princess like you.
Because she turned in the dog, I was thinking the mother might be divorced and the kids were there with the father on visitation? Can you find any follow up stories on this?
ReplyDeleteBecause as a woman who worked for battered women, I tell you a woman who stays in this situation is an enabler and a child abuser. She is an adult - not a child and she has a responsibility to protect those children as well as any animals in the family (as do the courts who should order this man never to own or work with any animal in the future).
Why we cannot accept a parent's weaknesses even in DV situations, is because these children are being destroyed. Look at Brown and Rhianna. They were raised to accept abuse, had to listen to all the excuses and here we go again.
No one has the right to raise children in this situation. But the legal system prevents many women from escaping.
The problem institutionally is the police, family court and children's protective services. Women cannot leave these situations if the legal system will not protect them and their children. It is important to make the family court realize they are part of the problem and they must stop returning children to abusive situations, especially where there is a police record of complaints.
No shared custody to abusers; no return of children to non abusers who fail to protect.
Instead, build Children's Villages which I have explained here.
http://www.greenconsciousness.org/weblog/#2799435065502731719
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ReplyDeleteI disagree with the Children's Villages. One would only be further putting the children through another layer of hell. It would be better to give the mother the support and the therapy that she needs to stay strong and to remove herself and the children from harm's way.
ReplyDeleteI too worked with battered women. I worked even longer in foster care.
CV's are almost as bad as doing nothing.
If you worked in foster care then you cannot be in favor of it even though many foster parent do care. Still it is no good. But some mothers are not good for the children either- take them away from one abuser and they find a new one. Screw around screw around and the kid is 14-15 and it is too late. Mike Malstead of the Mil Court system first proposed them. Children's Villages worked in Israel. They live with 3 shifts of rotating professionals in family like units. Their parents get counseling but their progress is monitored. You must realize the pedophilia is passed on generationally. So it battery. It is time for radical solutions.
ReplyDeleteStraight out foster care and/or adoption in an adequately funded and staffed system is much better than generating reactive attachment disorder.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever asked yourself what happened to those foster children at 18 years of age? I sure you did and I am sure you know.
ReplyDeleteThere is no reason why attachment disorder would occur in a stable unit of the Children's Village anymore than in a kid's fourth foster home.
Hence my criteria of a decent system, and not one that is short changed for convenience or political popularity, in order to "save on taxes", which it doesn't. It actually spreads out the burden when not necessary, with incarceration, prolonged mental health, issues and further programming needs of the now adult foster kid.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are correct but we have to stop being Utopian. Resources ARE limited. We are breaking the backs of working people with property taxes. You cannot just keep saying they have to give more and the system will work. I have no more to give. Most of the people I know are strained to the breaking point. I believe we have to stop trying to recreate an ideal which is only a patriarchal concept anyway. The nuclear family is not the best parenting model in the world. It is not the ideal family. There are other communal models which are not such an expensive drain on resources. We support an entire bureaucracy of social workers living apart from the children they serve and try to duplicate a delivery system in each small nuclear family. It is a tremendously duplicative and wasteful system with bad results. And there will never be enough money to make it work right. Children's villages can be self sustaining and renewable. They can plant gardens, build greenhouses, plan for trade work and higher education while working as interns in animal shelters, vet offices, etc. So much can be done in groups. Money can be pooled. Villages can be built in neighborhoods and be the source of revitalization for those neighborhoods and their schools. Really. I think we have got to stop doing what does not work and is too expensive. I think we have ruined enough children. At least we could build some models and see and measure the results in comparison to the traditional nuclear family model.
ReplyDeleteand i didn't even talk about the learning to work as a team in something other than high school football and cheerleading. Actually learning to work as a team in junior achievement business that sustain the village -- farmers markets, coffee houses, selling jams and jellies; sewing clothes and making alterations; dog walking; whatever. Learning to work without destructiveness and projection. Therapy as a part of the family environment - with safeguards and big brothers and sisters to advocate for each child if necessary. To practice democracy with respect for the minorities. Yes, so much can be done.
ReplyDeleteThey can plant gardens, build greenhouses, plan for trade work and higher education while working as interns in animal shelters, vet offices, etc.
ReplyDeleteWhen do they get to be children?
these are really romantic views of the world. They get to be not raped, not beaten, not the emotional punching bags of mentally ill parents, they get to be not victims of constant trauma, they get to not have their animals tortured in front of them, they get a sane environment and they get food shelter and regular baths. They learn to love one another and love them self. They get a quiet, peaceful environment where they can learn to learn instead of walking shell shocked through classes where nothing a teacher says gets through because they are in shock, hyper vigilant for the next attack. They live with adults who are trained to meet their needs and are not over stressed and too self absorbed to do so. They do not get pregnant and have babies at 13 because they are taught in sane ways about their own human development. That's is being a child and enjoying a childhood that builds a healthy platform for adult self-sufficiency. See all those teenagers on the street, living at their friends house, their girl friends house, moving from school to school, pregnant, dropping out? When did they have time to be a child?
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