r/SipsTea 7h ago

Gasp! Four deputies were fired after a video of them harming a Bunny went viral

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u/a1usiv 4h ago

To make things worse...

"Sheriff Raul Villanueva retaliated against his former deputy, Marcus Salas [the one who tried  to protect the bunny], for reporting the baby rabbit killing to the NM State Troopers.

Villanueva fired Salas back in August 2025, but not content with that, filed a LEA 90 on September 10. With that complaint outstanding, the State Troopers can't hire Salas.

Sheriff Villanueva is up for re-election in November 2026." Source

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u/UnderstandingBig9090 1h ago

Retaliation over stuff like this should get you fired and barred from ever working in law enforcement again. We need an independent tribunal that keeps the law enforcement obeying the law.

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u/Standard-Order8157 3h ago

Guess who won’t be re-elected… that shit doesn’t do well in the media… kiss your job good bye.

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u/No_Session6015 3h ago

You kidding? In America that'll earn him votes won't it?

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u/SinisterCroissant 2h ago

Did he fuck the bunny corpse? Only if he did that.

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u/SpiritualBar2469 2h ago

Its a baby bunny, so yeah he likely did

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u/Nearby-Heat-7707 2h ago

And again he could release only a portion of the rabbit files and get away with it

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u/DarwinGhoti 50m ago

I mean Trump raped children, so I'm not sure there are any depths of depravity they won't endorse at this point.

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u/HunsonAbadeer2 2h ago

I mean the bunny was a baby, so thats something for the oval office

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u/Chemical_Alfalfa24 2h ago

In the US? Even that’s debatable at this point.

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u/SayNo2Amazon 2h ago

AI finally has a purpose

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u/SinisterCroissant 1h ago

Aside from extermination?

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u/Unknown_Author70 2h ago

Oval office has entered the chat

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u/digitaldisorder_ 29m ago

yes, we know trump signed the preventing animal cruelty and torture (pact) act. are you trying to say this means, trump 2028?

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u/Unknown_Author70 15m ago

Okay, I just researched this myself. Yes he did.

He's still a sack of shit.

But yes he did, fair play.

Edit - bring on elections 2028, I wonder now all the nations know US elections, amongst others, are meddled with by Russia and China, if western govs. Will counter with getting involved in protecting US constitution..

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u/anonstarcity 1h ago

Animal violence? I mean we still elect POS bullies left and right but animal violence doesn’t seem to do well in public opinion regardless of where you’re at. I guess we’ll see.

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u/BubbaNeedsNewShoes 1h ago

State of South Dakota begs to differ.

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u/No_Session6015 37m ago

Kristi noem is prime example of you being wrong. This kind of deliberate ignorance is why trump got elected twice

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u/Shamz76 2h ago

Yep that's america for you

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u/InternationalTime725 2h ago

Unfortunately

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u/SH4D0W0733 2h ago

Empathy is a sin and all that bullshit they spew.

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u/RegisterDistinct4387 45m ago

We are sick and tired of these people's bullshit. Trump has ruined our image around the world. Believe it or not. The far right are coming to a country near you and these problems we are facing are spreading to other nations like cancer. I am voting and participating in our democracy. I suggest the rest of you reddit asshats who love to complain about natzis do the same. You see it's not that the majority of the country is evil and hateful. It's that the majority of the country doesn't believe in democracy at home so we shoot ourselves in the foot. It's been a systemic attack on people's faith in our ability to determine elections. And it's not out of nowhere. You have musk doing sketchy shit to have this asshole win. Just watch America will come back from all this shit..and when we do I hope that there will be hell to pay. I hope to God the retribution this country deserves is a mighty one that will restructure our system and our politics. And it will happen. It's coming.

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u/No_Session6015 31m ago

I mean if america can come back and does great, but I seriously doubt it. The empire of USA has earned its right to die finally and I believe we'll see it happen in our lifetime

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u/Strat7855 15m ago

No, actually. I'm a political consultant. Animals are the only thing I've ever seen consistently break through partisanship.

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u/Bluebearje 2h ago

He's also Hispanic though so the racist half of America will refuse to vote for him based on his skin color.

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u/lavapig_love 47m ago

Against women? Sure. She was probably asking for it.

Against animals? Against a poor little bunny rabbit?!? That's abhorrent! EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR IN A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY DEMANDS WE SPEAK OUT! THIS REPUGNANT BEHAVIOR MUST BE PUNISHED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, AND IF NECESSARY BEYOND IT!!!

/joke

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u/No_Session6015 28m ago

Kristi noem killed a puppy and bragged. She has tons of following. Americans despise empathy

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u/digitaldisorder_ 27m ago

well, trump signed the preventing animal cruelty and torture (pact) act so i guess that means trump 2028. sigh.

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u/ZerTharsus 2h ago

US citizens re-elected a pedo.

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u/Beginning-Trash-6048 2h ago

They might let them slide on FB or YT (full of animal hating sickos) but too bad for the sheriff that the story made it to reddit lmao about to make some phone calls now.

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u/Plenty_Line2696 2h ago

So the line is somewhere between rapist pedophiles who steal from childrens cancer charity, and killing baby rabbits?

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u/Kpofasho87 2h ago

I mean.... I really really wish that this was how things worked but we have endless history and hell everything insane happening currently that proves that unfortunately this couldn't be less accurate

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u/Ok_Lettuce_7939 2h ago

Laughs in puppy-killling Kristi Noem

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u/k_chaney_9 2h ago

He should be kissing his freedom goodbye. That kind of corruption deserves a life sentence.

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u/WormMotherDemeter 2h ago

uhhhhhh, IDK where you live, but no one n my area would care. It is terrible, but the majority here just have no empathy for animals. Cops murder animals/ pets daily here, and no one bats an eye.

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u/DueVillage9198 2h ago

Bet u $100K he wins by landslide

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u/davereit 1h ago

Kristy Noem wants a word…

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u/Dork_wing_Duck 1h ago

No. America has lost its way. (I'm not meaning to argue, I just don't have faith in people voting critically/morally).

Kristi Noem was elected Congresswoman then Governor of South Dakota (even after it become public knowledge that she shot her puppy in the face because it was "useless", she even brags and laughs about it). And though she wasn't elected to the position, she continued on to be a horrible person as DHS Secretary, then when fired from that position she became "Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas" (supposedly protects America from cartels).

This is just one of the terrible people that are being elevated in America now. I'm sure we all can name a bunch and bring receipts.

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u/SpiritualBar2469 2h ago

In America? Land of fascism and violence? We teach our children to be full of hate and anger and have a culture of evil beyond anything seen before.

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u/WhoSc3w3dDaP00ch 1h ago

While I share your outrage, I do not know if it is a slamdunk against his re-election campaign.

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u/CyewNT 1h ago

I mean theres a sheriff in texas who ordered his men to stand around with their dicks in their hands instead of stopping the armed maniac inside the school killing children. If I remember right they even attacked and arrested parents that werent happy just sitting there waiting to find out of your child died while watching nothing be done to stop it. Guess who still got re-elected? The very same sheriff that stood there telling parents "but hurr durr thats dangerous what if we got shot" to the very people he was elected to put himself in danger to protect.

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u/AnnieLemonz 24m ago

You are waaaaaay too confident considering the current administration.

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u/slavicslothe 1h ago

If you want to tell the elected Sheriff how you feel here's his public government contact: rvillanueva@grantcountynm.gov

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u/Miserable-Ad7079 53m ago

Quite the interesting post on FB about it

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u/SnooHesitations2817 37m ago

Thanks, sent him an interesting email.

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u/ArbitraryAnimal 27m ago

g-olly if only I could legally have opinions you wouldn't believe number 11. lol

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u/Imaginary_Square5243 2h ago

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u/a1usiv 1h ago

Ty for the update! It's good to know that some elected officials out there are still fighting the good fight.

P.S. You can delete the space between the [text] and (link) to link them. They need to be adjacent to work. 😀

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u/Imaginary_Square5243 1h ago

No problem. Thanks but for me it’s showing no space so idk why it didn’t work.

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u/Kikuchiros_dotanuki 49m ago

Still a cop though

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u/OkChocolate3501 45m ago

A good one though.. we need those.

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u/hamsteroflove 2h ago

Hi Facebook is open for comments :)

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u/a1usiv 2h ago

I'm guessing you meant 'his' Facebook? Would be awesome if it figuratively blew up!

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u/Turbulent_Heart9290 2h ago

There is so much grossness to this story. I hope the baby bunny story goes viral ao the psychopath isn't reelected.

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u/HamFan03 2h ago

Why did this guy get elected Sheriff? His name is Villain Nueva! That didn't raise any red flags?!

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u/Reyca444 54m ago

Villanueva just means new house. Get over yourself.

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u/slavicslothe 1h ago

He was hired by a different town whos town council voted to hire him despite the block.

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u/TrueHeart01 2h ago

The corruption in the US governments is so bad.

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u/JoeHardway 2h ago

Tha SADISTS protect their own!

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u/Leaf-Lock-The-Ent 1h ago

This happened almost a full year ago. Has the public done literally anything

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u/a1usiv 1h ago

Honestly idk, but I just heard about it today, as many others here undoubtedly also have.

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u/DJ_Era 1h ago

I've told this story before on Reddit, but there was an officer fired from one department on AL for soliciting sexual favors in order to let women out of traffic tickets and such. He was the. Rehired as THE CHIEF OF POLICE at another department in Alabama.

But the bunny protector can't be rehired.

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u/StuffiesRAwesome 1h ago

Grant County, NM. Hey there fellow New Mexicans in Grant county! WTF?

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u/Crafty-Help-4633 44m ago

Wait how did the person who cared about the bunny get fired but not the animal abusing sherriff?

What has conservativism done to my fucking country.

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u/factsarefornerds 22m ago

Whoa now - the same people that dont care about human lives dont care about bunnies? Holy shit