Imagine. You have a seizure. You fall. You shake helplessly. Your muscles no longer belong to you. It scares you. When you have regained control of your own body, you go to the ER. They send you to get an MRI. They hand you a blue gown. You go into a dressing room and take off your blouse and skirt. You slip into the hospital gown. You tie it tightly in the back, but you still feel exposed. You lay on the table. The room is empty. Then you feel it. The loss of control. Again. Right there on the table. You are alone in the room. You can't move. You can't call for help. The door creakes open. Help is coming, you hope. A man enters. He sees you on the table, dressed in nothing but a hospital gown. Unable to resist. He sees his opportunity. He unties the gown, exposes you, and does things that I will not mention here. While you cannot move. While you cannot cry out. While you cannot fight back. Later, you report it. The police contact the hospital. The surveillance footage shows it all. The man is arrested. Before justice can be done, however, the District Attorney swoops in, like a hero wearing a cape, to save the day. But not for you. For the man who violated you. She offers him a plea deal. 30 days in jail. That's all his abuse of you is worth, in her eyes. One month. This prosecutor says she wants to reduce "unnecessary" punishments. Apparently she thinks keeping your abuser off the streets is unnecessary. Now imagine, this experience leaves you feeling vulnerable - feeling even more scared than you were when you went in to the hospital. You know that predator is back on the streets. You think about getting a dog to protect you. Not so fast. In your city of Tucson, Arizona, the local government is throwing its whole weight behind an effort to euthanize a dog — a livestock guardian dog — who made a single, isolated mistake and bit a family member while under duress, trying to keep his home and animals safe against coyotes. One mistake made in the heat of the moment, trying to defend what it holds dear — its family — and the local government is going after it with everything it has. The man who sexually abused you is walking free, able to do it again, given the opportunity. Freedom for rapist monsters. Death for dogs defending the vulnerable. You don't have to imagine it. It's true. @Conover17L, you need to go. #SaveSnuggles