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His independent White House campaign has fizzled, but the flow of bizarre stories of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unorthodox handling of the carcasses of wild mammals has experienced no similar suspension.

An environmental group is calling for a federal investigation into the former presidential candidate for an episode in which he allegedly severed the head of a washed-up whale with a chainsaw – and drove home with it strapped to his car’s roof.

The episode has parallels with another extraordinary tale reported earlier in August in which Kennedy confessed to dumping a dead bear cub in New York’s Central Park and attempted to make it look like the animal was killed by a bicyclist.

The latest grisly revelation, about the whale head, is not particularly new – it stems from a 2012 interview Kennedy’s daughter Kick gave to Town & Country magazine, in which she talks about a visit to other family members of the political dynasty in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, more than two decades prior.

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Wild day for people who believe in consequences as we beg appeals courts to not let Trump off scot free for misuse of classified documents and hope theres a way to prosecute a Kennedy for decapitating a whale.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I don’t . . . What . . . How is . . .

Imma go lay down.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago
[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I wanna know how he wasn't arrested? I mean if any average person had done that their ass would be in jail ffs.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

average person

Found the reason.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm sure the DA will get right on it as soon as he and RFK Jr. get back from their falconry trip in the Hamptons.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The worst part IMO is using a chainsaw on a necrotizing, possibly rotten whale carcass. Chainsaws do not cut soft objects - like tissues - so much as they shred the hell out of them. That means a lot of splattered, fish-stench horror and fluids. And he probably didn't wear so much as a smock for protection.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Not weird at all.

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