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From last night's bear incident in the U District:

Chandler said a police officer used a Taser on the bear. "If you Tase a human, they usually say, 'I give up!' and stay down," he said. But as soon as the officer turned off the Taser, the bear got up and tried to run.
Chandler sprinted to his truck to retrieve a syringe with more tranquilizers, when he saw a group of officers running down the street.
"They looked like rats running off a sinking ship," he said. Behind them was the bear. An officer used the Taser again, and Chandler plunged the syringe into the bear's behind. The bear struggled and twitched.
"Then all of sudden, he was still," he said.
The bear was dead, apparently from the tranquilizers and shocks from the Taser.

article from local fish-wrapping.
Whenever I try to wrap my head around this, I just picture Dick Cheney saying, "I would have tasered the bear even if i knew the bear would be killed, the bear had to be shown that america is strong."
Basically, I can't get over the quail incident.
The following quote either explains a lot about america or is the most unfortunate use of pronouns ever:

Across the street, a man, who wanted to be identified only as Mark, said he thought police had someone dangerous in custody. Then he walked outside.
"I realized it wasn't a person," he said. "It's sad it turned out that way."

yah, buddy, you go.