Distracted boyfriend becomes distracted dog.
If ever there was proof that dogs can improve anything, this canine recreation of one of the most popular memes of all time is it.
If you’ve spent any time on the internet in the past two years there’s every chance you’re aware of the distracted boyfriend meme, a stock image showing one man, walking with his girlfriend, noticing another woman.
The image became an instant meme, and so when one dog owner was going through some photos of her day at the dog park, she couldn’t help but notice the resemblance.
Mina, 24, is from Malaysia and works as a makeup artist, as well as being a beauty and lifestyle blogger on Instagram – and she has her eight-month-old Husky/German Shepherd mix Kaya to thank for the picture.
“The Chihuahua is her friend called Cupcake who also frequents the dog park that we go to, and Cupcake is one of the few small dogs that isn’t terrified of bigger dogs so they always play together,” Mina told the Press Association.
“When the picture was taken, Kaya was no longer interested in the Husky beside her and was about to run off to Cupcake.
“As I was editing the picture to post on my dogs’ Instagram, it made me laugh out loud since she looked so evil with her tongue lolling out like that, and it dawned on me that it looked so similar to the meme.”
Unsurprisingly the combination of dogs and one of the most successful memes of all time prompted thousands upon thousands of upvotes on Reddit, with social media users stunned by the likeness.
“I wasn’t expecting it to blow up like it did!” said Mina.
“I think the picture got so popular because people love dogs and memes, so put those two together and the internet will go wild.”
If someone could only get a golden retriever to sing Chocolate Rain we could all be millionaires.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors filed a new indictment Tuesday against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor’s door before they fatally shot her.
The Justice Department's superseding indictment comes weeks after a federal judge threw out major felony charges against former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany.
The new indictment includes additional allegations about how the former officers allegedly falsified the affidavit for the search warrant.
It says they both knew the affidavit they used to obtain the warrant to search Taylor's home contained information that was false, misleading and out of date, omitted “material information" and knew it lacked the necessary probable cause.
The indictment says if the judge who signed the warrant had known that “key statements in the affidavit were false and misleading,” she would not have approved it “and there would not have been a search at Taylor’s home.”
Attorney Thomas Clay, who represents Jaynes, said the new indictment raises “new legal arguments, which we are researching to file our response." An attorney for Meany did not immediately respond to a message for comment late Tuesday.
Federal charges against Jaynes and Meany were announced by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022. Garland accused Jaynes and Meany, who were not present at the raid, of knowing they falsified part of the warrant and put Taylor in a dangerous situation by sending armed officers to her apartment.
When police carrying a drug warrant broke down Taylor’s door in March 2020, her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot that struck an officer in the leg. Walker said he believed an intruder was bursting in. Officers returned fire, striking and killing Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, in her hallway.
In August, U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson declared that the actions of Taylor’s boyfriend were the legal cause of her death, not a bad warrant.
Simpson wrote that “there is no direct link between the warrantless entry and Taylor’s death.” Simpson’s ruling effectively reduced the civil rights violation charges against Jaynes and Meany, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison, to misdemeanors.
The judge declined to dismiss a conspiracy charge against Jaynes and another charge against Meany, who is accused of making false statements to investigators.
FILE - This undated photo released by the Louisville (Kentucky) Police shows Louisville Police Det. Joshua Jaynes an officer fired Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Louisville Police via AP, File)
FILE - Sgt. Kyle Meany of the Louisville Metro Police Department testifies, Feb. 23, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, Pool, File)
