The pigeon had it coming

From "Out There:"

SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - Police in Suffolk say they arrested a naked man clutching a pigeon he had been beating against a car.

Police say two Whaleyville residents had just pulled into their driveway Friday night when 30-year-old Juan Lopez of Virginia Beach came up and repeatedly pounded the pigeon on the car.

The people went to a neighbor's house and called police. Officers chased Lopez and caught him in nearby woods.

Lt. Debbie George, a spokeswoman for the Suffolk Police Department, said police discovered that Lopez had destroyed two of the homeowners' bird cages, freeing 15 small chickens and four pigeons. Four birds were killed....

To summarize, the man was guilty of pounding the pigeon, but innocent of choking the chicken.