This was Religiously motivated in part, he was a Strident Atheist and his Hate occurred in a Church!
The points that stand out to me about this American Calamity are the 'Slap-on-the-Wrist', Nobody is to Blame, Punishment is Bad -Mentality, we have
here in the United States ! That is a Liberal Generated Mindset, those same minds that want to remove weapons from Citizens. The reason they want to take Arms from anyone they can, is to build an Illegal Government after their Own Image, that certainly would not be a Free State but a Dictatorship that would kill many more !
OK this man dragged, slugged his pet Dog, and what punishment occurred ? One and a half year 'Probation'. Probation accomplishes nothing in finding the root of Deviant Behavior that Harsh Animal Abuse is ! He should of received a year and half of Psychological Evaluation in the State Prison System ! Also I'm alerting my readers here, that We have very many Societal Problem due to Budget Crunches, which is not helped whatsoever by the well-to-do refusing to pay their Share in Taxes, instead with their political clout pushing through more Sales/Regressive taxes on the poor, which will not make up for the deficits!!!
If that wasn't enough to signal-out this Human Time Bomb; What he did to the Child under his Supervision, deliberately Cracking it's Skull. (or is that different in what We Accept from Abortion?)
Where I come from that is grounds for putting someone away for Life!
Now, the U.S. Air Force took the prize in 'Slap-the-Wrist' punishments, by giving Him Only One Year in Jail
followed by a Discharge!
That Air Force Prosecutor certainly possesses lots of Hutzpah to get on TV and admit that He was part of such a Brain-Dead Decision, and saying Such Violence upon Children was "Common" in Military Families! Our Nation Needs to 'Un-Common' It
by the Use of 'Proper Punishments' !!!!!!!