Washington man arrested for allegedly throwing rock at seal in Maui

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• JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “the man told witnesses that he was “rich enough to pay the fines” and walked away as Lani was immobile in the water"

  Since this asshole is already “rich enough” let’s make him famous as well.

  Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk

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  • scytale@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I read somewhere a random local gave him a couple of punches after the news went viral.

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    • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That local should be eligible for sainthood, or at least a key to the city

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    • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Don’t worry guys. Alohandle this cunt.” — some local

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    • FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Eh, get cracks!”

      Saw that the local guy is also not having any charges pressed against him for this. Love to see it.

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  • Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Time to tie the fine to a fraction of percent worth, like how the Europeans do it.

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    • StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It just makes since. A fine is just a price, a percentage makes sure people feel it as much as a given law wants them to.

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    • Ashiette@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Only the finns.

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  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Someone needs to fish the rock out, hand it back to him and drop him in the arctic. Let him argue with a polar bear on how is wealth protects him.

    Alternatively, mob justice.

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    • Elilol@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Alternatively, mob justice.

      Ah, South American style.

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  • Elilol@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bless you.

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• gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Apparently after this he also hit some locals on their fists with his face. I hope the seal and their fists are okay.

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  • Sv443@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He’s the one who got the beating after the locals found out about it and he told them that he doesn’t care about the fine because he’s rich.

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    • pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You may need to take a second read of the comment you’re replying to.

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’ll get you killed on my beach.

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  • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fun fact: NOAA, although not a military service, is considered one of the 8 “uniformed services” of the US, which includes the 5 military services, the Coast Guard, NOAA, and the US Public Health Service.

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    • Archer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wait so they actually have official uniforms? I know the Surgeon General has a very cool military looking one

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    • Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      An actual Seal team

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  • qprimed@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yeah, I’ll take them (whatever the hell they are) over ice/cbp any fucking day.

    “now go forth and make the world a better place!”

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    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I just imagine them handing out some Beretta 9mm’s to some lab technicians and them being told “You’re getting sent to Seattle. Find this guy”

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  • Seleni@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As it so happens, it did nearly kill him. Some locals beat the shit out of him afterwards.

    But hey, he said he could afford the fine, so I’m sure he could afford the medical bills too.

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  • FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There was that story of da guy who killed one on Moloka’i. Was like last year, two years, yeah? Never found em. Local guy I think.

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• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seriously infuriating.

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  • AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wrong sub then.

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• FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  His defense attorney is saying that the dude was trying to scare away the seal because he thought it was hurting some sea turtles. Story is here. Found this when I was looking for yesterday’s story quoting the dude as saying “I can afford the fines” when he was confronted by some local people.

  Not sure I buy this. But, we’ll see.

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  • GarboDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Even if that was true, isn’t that still illegal?

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    • FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Totally. Not trying to defend the guy, just sharing the story. Just seems super convenient. Why not tell the people yelling at you that you’re trying to protect the turtles? Why are we only now hearing about this? Seems like the sort of story one of my kids would come up with to try and get themselves off the hook.

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If anything, it probably makes it more illegal. Because now he’s admitting to intentionally throwing a rock at an endangered seal and at an endangered sea turtle.

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    • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most likely, yes. But might help to reduce the penalty

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• Elilol@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  allegedly throwing rock

  Isnt there a video, what do they mean allegedly?

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  • ScriptSage@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s the dumb thing where they have to cover their ass legally. If the guy goes to court and somehow wins by convincing them it “slipped” from his hand then he could turn around and sue all the outlets who said he threw it

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s not it at all

      As of right now he is totally innocent. It is on the prosecution to prove that he commited a crime.

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    • StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I imagine the more logical argument would be “I threw the rock, but it wasn’t at the seal” rather than “it slipped out of my hand at a high velocity”

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You are innocent until proven guilty

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    • bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Only applies to government. Not public opinion.

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    • Elilol@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Proven like what? Video or photographic evidence, for example? O.O

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• Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not one to call for doxing this person, but I’m sure one could easily find where this person works and let that company know what they think. Just talking out loud.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Let’s not dox people

    I’m sure prosecutors will have a field day

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      His name and face are posted all over the place in places with much more traffic than Lemmy. Kinda funny that it would be removed.

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• Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  …com.pk/…/is-lani-the-endangered-monk-seal-okay-v…

  Lani is ok

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  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thank you!

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• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He will be appointed the new head of US Fish & Wildlife

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• thefluffiest@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  WTF is wrong with some people

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• CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Let’s throw the book at this guy like he threw rocks at that seal. Fucking piece of shit.

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• inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  is a resident of Covington, Wash.

  That tracks.

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  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Does it? I just looked it up and it’s by Kent, yeah? I’ve never heard of it.

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• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  washington man sounds like florida man to me, and that guy better have a joint and a Rainier while wearing a hoodie, not this nutsack - he’s some russian shitbag who’s living in washington state. he’s not… washington man…

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  • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ukrainian. But hey, don’t let facts get in the way, they’re our greatest allies.

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      well slava ukraine but fuck this guy.

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• Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Alleged? There is video of it.

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  • CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Legal jargon. You have to say “alleged” until he’s proven guilty in a court of law, no matter how compelling the evidence is

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    • ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You don’t have to, it just reduces exposure to lawsuits.

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    • Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thank you.

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• Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Garbage human. I hope karma catches him.

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• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Throw his ass in the volcano.

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  • FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We’ll let Pele sort out how to pronounce that name!

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• Gammelfisch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel sorry for the seal. What a complete asswipe. Boot the Ukrainian out of the USA so he can throw hand grenades at the Russians.

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• Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When animals attack, that shit is funny. Love watching people getting fuckin owned by animals. I wonder why?

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  • FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I live on O’ahu and I’ll never forget the first time I encountered a monk seal while surfing. It was near sunset and I was kind of off by myself, away from the rest of the crowd. I heard a sound of heavy breathing from behind me and I thought that maybe someone was paddling up. Nope, it was a seal.

    At first my brain couldn’t make sense of it. I grew up in Florida and so immediately thought it was a manatee (for some reason I thought monk seals were like sea lion size or something smaller and leaner), but I knew this was impossible. Then it yawned and I saw its sizable teeth and realized what it was. It was funny because it was about that time that it realized I was looking at it and it had this “oh shit!” look in its eyes. We gave each other a cautious side-eye just before it went back underwater and swam away.

    These things are big. What would possess someone to think they can approach one is beyond me. A couple years ago there was a story of a lady out swimming in Waikiki and she apparently wandered into an area where a recently born seal was on the beach. The mother messed her up, iirc.

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• raynethackery@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  NOAA has cops?

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• RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sentence him to a high security mental ward.

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  • FrChazzz@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Swimming pool. Surrounded by seals trained to throw rocks.

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• huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I read sea at first and was very confused. Fuck this guy

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