OPINION/COMMENTARY

PETA Thug Arrested


Meet Billy Prusinowski, a 19-year-old college student. Billy was arraigned last week on second-degree assault charges in Syracuse, NY. Police say Billy punched a fellow teenager in the face so hard that he needed to see an eye surgeon. They also say he's "affiliated with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals," according to the Syracuse Post Standard. When Billy arrived at his arraignment, the paper adds, "he had PETA literature and what appeared to be a member card with him." Police Captain Tom Winn told the Post Standard that this "vicious assault" was motivated by the victim's family business.

The victim's father, you see, owns a fur store....