Seattle lady sues Blue Angels, claiming the army jets traumatized her dying cat | EUROtoday
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A Seattle lady has sued the Navy Blue Angels, claiming its army jets traumatized her dying cat.
The Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, made up of 140 active-duty Sailors and Marines, has been performing exhibits throughout the nation since 1946. They have a present scheduled in Seattle in early August.
A lawsuit filed by Lauren Ann Lombardi on Monday claimed the Blue Angels’ annual airshows over Seattle in August 2023 and 2024 put her cat Layla, who suffered from congestive coronary heart illness, below excessive misery, native outlet KIRO 7 first reported.
Lombardi claimed the sound of the squadron’s low-flying fighter jets brought about Layla to have panic assaults and dangerously elevated her coronary heart fee. She was put down in August 2024.
“Layla’s final days on Earth were marred by sadistic suffering — cowering in terror beneath furniture while her ailing heart struggled against the Blue Angels’s relentless noise pollution. Layla died knowing only fear when she should have known only love,” the lawsuit learn.
The lawsuit was filed towards Commander Adam Bryan, the commanding officer of the Blue Angels; Lieutenant Ben Bushong, public affairs officer of the Blue Angels, and an unnamed social media administrator of the Blue Angels.
When the The Independent reached out to the Blue Angels, a consultant stated it doesn’t touch upon pending litigation.
Lombardi additionally claimed she was censored when she tried to voice her opposition to the airshows on Instagram.
She had written on-line criticisms of the Blue Angels, which included profane language, and she or he additionally shared a petition titled, “We All Want to Feel Safe: No More Blue Angels Over Seattle.”
Lombardi stated her account was blocked by the official Blue Angeles Instagram account following these on-line criticisms.
“She was prevented from commenting, receiving information, or participating in public discussions on the page,” the lawsuit stated, claiming it violated her First Amendment rights.
The lawsuit seeks to have her account unblocked and prohibit the Blue Angels from blocking different accounts “on the basis of viewpoint.”
Lombardi can also be asking for the defendants to finish coaching on the significance of the First Amendment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/seattle-blue-angels-cat-lawsuit-b2794851.html