i have no link, but another piece of sage advice in the form of an actual court case a colleague of mine served as a juror for:

do not perform a B&E on a cop's house. if the cop resident there returns while you are in the act, absolutely do not shoot at him.

Re Pluto: I've not yet seen (admittedly I haven't looked very far) anything suggesting for certain that Pluto and the kid were not just engaged in high-spirited chasing-around, of the kind a lot of kids tend to like. Squeals and even screams aren't necessarily an indication that there's anything wrong if that were the case. Of course, the woman who stops Pluto obviously thought something was wrong, as do most of the Youtube commenters and posters of copies of the video, but do you have any better reference to suggest it *was* actually not just a game?

If it *wasn't* a game, then yes, absolutely not. If he had a problem with the kid, his handler should have been the one to have sorted it out. Personally, when I'm in suit, I know I have limited vision and can't be sure what's going on, so I would always be giving kids the benefit of the doubt anyway; if it got beyond that, a handler (in cases where I had one) should have had plenty of time to intervene by that stage.

I don't know the background on the situation at all. But I think the performer is still at fault (though less so) for not chasing while clearly in character. He didn't make it look like a game. Additionally, moving that fast with limited vision around guests could result in someone getting knocked over, which is bad practice.

*chuckle* Those "Do Nots" are Darwin Award winners for sure and certain :)

i'm sorry - but as a duck i have to say i found that oddly hysterical. i mean it's bad that he was punching the snot out of the other mascot... but it's college football... i have to say "woooooooooooooo! go ducks! even our mascot kicks ass... literally" take THAT beavers!