Happy New Year!  While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” San Mateo County (california) statute enforcement officer Chris Laughlin (acting under-color-of-law) sics his K-9 dog on Richard May, a 64-year-old retired sound engineer, for trying to rescue his neighbor’s cat.

       [added 12/22/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.