Discussion of ""Not Guilty" Doesn't Mean "Innocent"" by blackwolfjk13

In case anyone was wondering, this story is actually based on real life events...how closely I stick to the true facts is yet to be determined...

Well you have my attention!!!! I too write mostly on real life events however nothing like this.... Are you lookin for advice? I can tell you I can answer you from both sides. I use to be a general manager of restaurants and yeah I can't do anything else either because I put so much time and energy into that , I forgot to consider what happens if I don't want to do it anymore. But, I use to do bad things but for humble reasons. Like saving animals and protests that got out of hand. I'm wondering, if there were 5 of you that witnesses the act and agreed to testify how did he get away with it? If you are looking for advice or truly looking for reasons why he is keeping you around I have ideas on that too. Last question--- does he have a boss too or is he it?

Well, I don't know if I'll keep this particular story true to the real life events 'cause I can turn it into something much more exciting but I can tell you what really happened. I work at a dog training/grooming/boarding/daycare facility and my boss (he's the owner/manager of the store) beat up a jack russel that came in for grooming. There were eight of us that actually testified against him but all but one of us only heard what sounded like my boss was beating on the dog. The dog had to go the vet afterwards for an injury to the eye and it was so scared that it had urinated and defecated all over itself. Unfortunately, the case basically came down to my boss's lawyer saying we were just speculating and the one witness that saw what was going on was a 19 year old kid and it was just his word against our boss's. The prosecuting lawyer didn't put much effort into questioning us and in the end the judge pretty much said he wanted to say "guilty" but there just wasn't enough evidence to prove it. I've worked there for 7 years, don't have a college degree, and am having a hard time finding somewhere else to go. I love my job but I don't want to work for a guy that beats on the dogs there. The worst part is that he honestly believes that he didn't do anything wrong - he says he was just trying to train the aggression out of the dog and that he's not mad at those of us that are left for testifying against him...yeah right!

I understand. I say to you be very careful, if I were to guess he will do 1 of 2 things: he will really get over it and continue the behavior thinking that because you are still there you must quietly agree with his methods, true or not or he will find whatever reason possible to have you arrested: theft, abuse or neglect whatever he can pull off and it will be harder for you to win then it was for him. Can I ask what city and state, please understand it's simply because I am such a strong animal lover I ended up with 5 felonies and 15 misdemeanors because of protests and I am always curious what states have what laws to protect the innocent. To make you feel hopefully more at ease I am in Phoenix Az but did my things in Wisconsin and Ill

Longview, WA. There have actually been several articles in the local newspaper about the whole incident and it seems most of the community is against my boss in this one. We lost an awful lot of business so I'm hoping he'll just decide to try to sell it off. If he does, the new buyer will be the third owner of the kennel - it's kinda weird being sold and bought as if I was just part of the building! People like to keep me around since I've been there the longest. :)