AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: McGruff The Crime Dog Put Down.

In response to a growing anti-police sentiment, McGruff the Crime Dog has been taken to the vet and put down.

“We just didn’t feel safe with him around,” said activist Ray Clarke, one of the people who demanded McGruff be euthanized. “He was always urging people to ‘Take a bite out of crime,’ and we don’t need more violence like that from law enforcement. He has to die.”

Shades of this classic 1973 National Lampoon cover: