My husband, @mattvanswol has been locked out of his X account for refusing to delete a post he made this morning.
X locked his account for “abuse and harassment” which of course, he did not do.
In fact, he did the EXACT OPPOSITE and stated how horrible the video was and how awful it was to watch.
How can we “be the news” if we cannot post the news without being forced to delete it?
This is wrong.
People should be allowed to see the content Matt posts, regardless of whether it is hard to watch or not.
Personally, I often find it really difficult to watch some of the content Matt posts because it is so horrible.
And that’s exactly the point.
People need to KNOW things like this are happening… because without people like Matt, so many stories would not be national news and catalysts for change.
@x and @elonmusk please fix this.
🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting in Jacksonville FL after a 77-YEAR-OLD man with a BROKEN ANKLE, walking with a CANE, was put in HANDCUFFS at his own warehouse...
...for leaving cat food out for 7 stray cats he's cared for for 16 YEARS since his ONLY SON passed away!!!
The charge? "Feeding raccoons."
Florida put a grieving 77-year-old father in HANDCUFFS over a bowl of cat food.
His name is Louis Abbruzze.
In 2010, Louis and his wife lost their only son, and not long after, a few stray cats started showing up around their warehouse.
They did everything right.
Trapped them.
Got them vaccinated.
Got them fixed.
Found homes for as many as they could.
But even with all of that work, seven cats stayed.
Every night for 16 YEARS, Louis has cracked the warehouse door so those cats can come in out of the weather, eat, and sleep.
"These cats are not just cats," Louis said. "They're my children."
"That's what kept my wife and I going. We found something that made us human again."
Then, about a year and a half ago, the property's HOA hired new management.
Suddenly the door had to stay shut.
Then, somebody called Florida Fish and Wildlife and said a tenant was feeding raccoons.
FWC officers came out and warned him and he was cited.
Louis says he did exactly what they told him: feed the cats, and pull the food if a raccoon shows up.
"I started doing exactly what the FWC said," he said.
AND IT GETS WORSE.
On September 15th, the officers came back.
Not with another citation. With HANDCUFFS.
"He says, 'Now turn around and put out your hands,'" Louis said.
"Cuffed me. Put my cuffs on right there. I can't walk. I've got a broken ankle. I'm walking with a cane."
They put a 77-year-old man with a cane in a car an hauled him off from his own property on a MISDEMEANOR.
He says he was treated "as a common criminal."
Meanwhile, in the same state, violent offenders walk out on no bond every single day.
But the old man with the cats? Cuffs.
LET THE MAN FEED HIS FREAKING CATS!!!!!!!
An Open Letter to Anyone With a Voice Big Enough to Matter
To those who can be heard when others cannot:
Please help save Sergeant Snuggles.
Snuggles is a young Anatolian Shepherd—a livestock guardian—who belongs to a veteran family in Pima County, Arizona. In October 2025, on his own property, he bit a family member during a moment of extreme stress: a female dog in heat, coyotes nearby, days of agitation, and a startle from behind. It was his first bite. The family member recovered. She has since said, in her own words, that he did not “attack” her, that he stopped when he recognized her, and that she wants him home.
A court still ordered him destroyed. Pima Animal Care Center has held him ever since. He has now spent nearly a year in a kennel. County medical records document repeated “shelter stress.” His family has posted bond, paid thousands in boarding fees, offered stronger fencing, professional behavior work, and even transfer to a qualified sanctuary. They have asked only that he not be killed while those options exist.
Mercy is not the same as pretending a bite never happened. It is choosing the least irreversible path when the person who was hurt is asking for his life, when the dog has no prior history, and when a working guardian breed did what that breed is wired to do under the wrong conditions. Death cannot be undone. A second chance, with conditions, can.
If you have a platform, use it. Share his name. Ask why a first-incident dog is still locked away nearly a year later while his family begs for a humane alternative. Ask Pima County officials to allow transfer to a sanctuary or return under strict safeguards instead of carrying out a death sentence the family and the injured relative oppose.
Snuggles cannot speak. The people who love him have nearly exhausted their money and their legal options. What they still have is the hope that someone with a louder voice will refuse to look away.
Please help bring Sergeant Snuggles home.
#FreeSnugglesNow
#SaveSnuggles
Petition: https://t.co/KGh9P7zFC9
Legal filings and updates are public in Evancho v. City of Tucson / Pima County, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona.
With respect and urgency,
A friend of a family that only wants their dog back.
Please @LauraLoomer Please, help‼���‼️‼️ We’ve been trying to find a champion. We’ve gotten help but we need more! Please consider helping Jennifer. #FreeSnuggles
@2StefanMoore No child should have to suffer like this. Sometimes I just don’t understand why these things happen! I feel awful for your pain as well. Watching your child in pain would be so awful!
@TheRealMadOx Our pitbull’s name was Buddy. He followed me home one day and I can assure you he was never starved or mistreated like this Buddy! She should be locked up!
⚠️Urgent in Southern CA-Adopter or Foster Needed
I can’t believe this gorgeous dog is still at the shelter! This is gorgeous , 2 year Old, Old English Sheepdog , 51lbs, named Def Leopard. He’s described as “loving attention, wants someone to hold his paw, and is submissive with people. He can be carried with no issues. He did well with staff cutting his matted fur. There were no issues.”
He’s located at the very deadly, Apple Valley Municipal Animal Shelter, in Apple Valley, CA.
There is very little foot traffic at this shelter
Please go adopt or offer to foster or adopt so a rescue can pull him. Fostering is free if you live in Southern California through a rescue.
This shelter gets very little foot traffic Please consider out-of-state adoption🇺🇸.
It’s possible through a rescue. Adopter does pay for transport.
Please share Def Leppard to help find his hero 🙏
#AppleValley #CA #SanBernardino #LosAngelesAngeles #Riverside #oldEnglishsheepdog #Victorville #Hesperia #Fontana #MorenoValley #Glendale #Anaheim #LongBeach #SantaAna