In a case of animal cruelty, a Beaumont, Texas, man was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years in federal prison for kicking a cat in an act that was captured on video and shared on social media.
Donaldvan Williams, 30, received a 40-month sentence on Tuesday after pleading guilty to animal crushing and aiding and abetting, according to court documents in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
The incident, which dates back to October 2021, involved Williams and an accomplice, Decorius Mire, who filmed the act on his cellphone. Prosecutors say the pair found the cat in a parking lot when Williams kicked the cat with such force that it flew 15 to 20 feet. The footage caused widespread outrage after it was later shared on social media.
In addition, according to the indictment, an unidentified third person also set the cat on fire …