{"id":1464837,"date":"2024-01-25T19:14:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1083789"},"modified":"2024-01-25T19:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:14:35","slug":"horrific-crush-videos-pennsylvania-woman-charged-after-peta-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/01\/25\/horrific-crush-videos-pennsylvania-woman-charged-after-peta-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrific \u2018Crush Videos\u2019: Pennsylvania Woman Charged After PETA Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><p>After receiving a tip from PETA, police in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, arrested a woman who allegedly live streamed and posted \u201ccrush videos\u201d\u2014in which humans harm animals for the sake of a sick \u201cfetish\u201d\u2014on YouTube. Officials thanked PETA for the information leading to this arrest and urged anyone who comes across similar content to contact law enforcement if they know where it\u2019s been filmed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/video\/embed\/?pid=14355025\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Arrested for \u2018Crush Videos\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Police charged and arrested the woman on January 19 after PETA caseworkers were able to deduce her identity and location using clues and background details they had discovered in her videos, including one that included a tour of her house in Upper Darby.<\/p>\n<p>So far, charges against her include four felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. PETA is pushing feds to file charges under the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect\u2019s latest video\u2014uploaded on January 17\u2014appears to show her torturing a chicken for 10 minutes before stepping on and killing the bird with a dull knife. In other videos, she appears to cut animals and scald them with boiling water. In a September upload, she seemingly disembowels a frog while singing \u201cHappy Death Day\u201d to the tune of \u201cHappy Birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1083822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im.jpg\" alt=\"three separate stills from a woman's horrific 'crush videos,' showing her with a rabbit, a pigeon, and a chicken\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im-602x401.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/crush-videos-PA-woman-blurred-high-res-feat-im-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Animals Killed for These \u2018Crush Videos\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/headlines.peta.org\/every-animal-is-someone\/\">Every animal is someone<\/a>, <em>not<\/em> a prop to be mutilated for disturbing videos. The arrested woman allegedly slowly beheaded a pigeon and tortured and killed frogs, a rabbit, and a chicken\u2014all individuals with distinct personalities and a desire to live. Some of these animals\u2019 agonizing deaths were prolonged for 30 minutes or more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/small-white-rabbit-in-grass.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1037318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/small-white-rabbit-in-grass.jpg\" alt=\"white rabbit with gray ears in grass\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/small-white-rabbit-in-grass.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/small-white-rabbit-in-grass-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/small-white-rabbit-in-grass-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/small-white-rabbit-in-grass-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/small-white-rabbit-in-grass-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a January 23 interview, PETA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/investigations.peta.org\/petas-rescue-team\/\">Emergency Response Team<\/a> director, Kristin Rickman, spoke with gratitude about the Upper Darby police\u2019s swift response to PETA\u2019s report:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey\u2019ve done a great job, and they\u2019ve understood fully how damaging this content is, not only for the animals who suffer indescribable agony and torture but also for the minds of the people who watch. Most people who might stumble across this would likely be traumatized by this content, but others actually seek it out. This kind of activity is just so deplorable and so damaging that anyone engaging in it needs to be sought and held accountable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/frog-peeks-out-of-grass.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1023463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/frog-peeks-out-of-grass.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted frog pokes out of grass\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/frog-peeks-out-of-grass.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/frog-peeks-out-of-grass-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/frog-peeks-out-of-grass-602x401.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/frog-peeks-out-of-grass-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We should never use our fellow animals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-in-entertainment\/\">entertainment<\/a>. Instead, we should choose compassion and show kindness to other species when selecting what we watch and create.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1066562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"two pigeons orange and green background\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-602x489.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-1536x1248.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-2048x1664.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/two-pigeons-orange-and-green-background-150x122.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Take Action for Exploited Animals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Always report cruelty to animals. Contact PETA if officials are unresponsive.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><p><a class=\"bright-blue text-button button small\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/about-peta\/contact-peta\/report-cruelty\/?en_txn7=blog::crush-videos-upper-darby-woman\">Contact PETA if Officials Don\u2019t Respond About Cruelty to Animals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1083789\"\/>\n<\/div><p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/youtube-crush-videos\/\">Horrific \u2018Crush Videos\u2019: Pennsylvania Woman Charged After PETA Tip<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/youtube-crush-videos\/\">Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how a Pennsylvania woman\u2019s alleged involvement in the production of \u201ccrush videos\u201d led to her arrest after PETA sent a tip to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/youtube-crush-videos\/\">Horrific \u2018Crush Videos\u2019: Pennsylvania Woman Charged After PETA Tip<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3406,6510,2646],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466652,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464837\/revisions\/1466652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}