If you have ever had a yard, you have probably had the not-so-fresh feeling of stepping into a nice warm dog turd on the way to get your paper or your mail. It is one of those truly frustrating events, because there is no one around to take out your anger on. Well, Joel Krupnik of New York City got his chance to take his anger

out on someone. He caught a Chihuahua pooping in front of his brownstone (no, really).
So did he run up and punt the animal across the street?
Did he turn the hose on it?
Did he pick up the little feller and squeeze it to death in his big meaty hand?
No. He did not touch that poor little dog. Instead, he picked up the poop and followed the dog's thirteen-year-old owner. When they got to her apartment, he smeared the poop in her hair and on her Catholic school uniform.
Mr. Krupnik seems to have his share of media exposure. Before this it was bloody Santa -- a controversy caused by a great Christmas display in front of his place that I would have been proud to have in front of mine.
So Mr. Krupnik was a controversial figure before this incident. Now it's worse. To some, he's the devil incarnate. To others -- well, check out the comments left by the locals on Gothamist.com. Indeed, one guy named Shoveler seemed to have a very New York attitude about it: "This delights me even more than bloody Santa! The Catholic school uniform detail is the cherry on top, as far as I'm concerned. There's NO excuse for not scooping, EVER (unless you happen to be projectile vomiting, in which case that's fine). Grab a handful of leaves for Christsakes! 13 year old girl + Grammercy + 4 lb dog doesn't add up to someone who deserves my pity."
Still -- I, SamDamnit, your intrepid reporter, have had a few run-ins with dog poop in my yard. I have often wondered what I would do if I caught the poopertrator in action. It is obvious that Mr. Krupnik went too far -- he may have some minor anger management problems. But what *is* the proper response to such an event? Would it be different if a human dropped trou in your front yard? I wonder if Mr. Krupnik would have picked up *that* poop and smeared it on the pooper.