Kitten tossed from car window finds paw-some new home with rescue cop: ‘Everyone meet Toby’

Nypost · Jun 06, 2026 · 238 words · By Jeanne Erickson

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Claims checked 6

Techniques found 3

Topics 3

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What happened

Kitten tossed from car window finds paw-some new home with rescue cop: ‘Everyone meet Toby’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA Wisconsin State Patrol trooper helped a kitten hang on to one of its nine lives — adopting the tiny fuzzball after it was abandoned on a highway ramp.

Common ground

The trooper, Brody Schmitz, stopped to help a driver pulled over on a ramp near Interstate 90 who reported that she saw “someone throwing kittens out of a moving vehicle,” the Wisconsin State Patrol said in a May 29 Facebook post.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Pity, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Schmitz brought the black-and-white Tuxedo cat to a nearby animal shelter, then told staff he wanted to adopt him?
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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.

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Appeal to Pity 80% confidence

Evoking sympathy to win support rather than using logical arguments.

Why it matters: Recognizing appeal to pity helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence

Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.

Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Schmitz brought the black-and-white Tuxedo cat to a nearby animal shelter, then told staff he wanted to adopt him.”

CORROBORATED

Evidence confirms the trooper took the kitten to a shelter and intended to adopt it. One source specifically mentions a 'tuxedo kitten' being brought to a shelter.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Refusing to give up, she contacted a rescue network, which quickly mobilized to help. A foster mom named Celine took the kitten in, naming him ...
https://www.facebook.com/Rob.wakeley/posts/a-wisconsin-state…

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web search NEUTRAL — ... white,particular,problems,media,according,upon,page,continue,black,study,issues,inside,technology,five,value,further,access,reason,short,true,simple,natural ...
https://bjc.berkeley.edu/bjc-r/prog/5-algorithms/U5L1-Spell-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago ... ... A ... tuxedo kitten and immediately brought it to a nearby animal shelter for care.
https://www.instagram.com/therealfrankcaprio/?hl=en

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Claim 2: “The offending vehicle wasn’t located, but one of the kittens was found.”

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The general narrative of the rescue is corroborated, but the specific detail that the offending vehicle was not located is not explicitly repeated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; other results discuss different kittens (Hemi, etc.).

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 1, 2025 ... Tiny Hemi had traffic coming from every direction, yet she found shelter where no one expected, inside a parked car's engine compartment. After ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOEvAgPDNFQ/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 18, 2020 ... I heard a story once about a kitten that snuck into a dryer once and spent a few minutes in it while it was running before the owner realized ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/hth45u/kitte…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 18, 2026 ... ... after believing a kitten was stuck inside the engine block of their vehicle. ... while kittens have a secure, quiet space to grow and recover.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYgI6pMu-mL/

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Claim 3: “The trooper, Brody Schmitz, stopped to help a driver pulled over on a ramp near Interstate 90 who reported that she saw “someone throwing kittens out of a moving vehicle,” the Wisconsin State Patrol said in a May 29 Facebook post.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources identify Trooper Brody Schmitz and the specific detail of a driver reporting kittens being thrown from a vehicle on a ramp near Interstate 90.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... A routine traffic call turned into a life changing rescue for Wisconsin State Trooper Brody Schmitz when a motorist told him she had witnessed ...
https://www.facebook.com/therealfrankcaprio/posts/a-routine-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 6, 2026 ... The trooper, Brody Schmitz, stopped to help a driver pulled over on a ramp near Interstate 90 who reported that she saw “someone throwing ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/06/us-news/kitten-tossed-from-car…

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Claim 4: “A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper helped a kitten hang on to one of its nine lives — adopting the tiny fuzzball after it was abandoned on a highway ramp.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent web search results confirm that a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper adopted a kitten abandoned on a highway ramp.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, the state police is a police body unique to each U.S. state, having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations. In general, state polic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_police_(United_States)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin responsible for planning, building and maintaining the state's highways. It is also respons…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Department_of_Transp…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Wisconsin State Patrol is the state patrol for the state of Wisconsin and is a division of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The Wisconsin State Patrol enforces traffic and criminal laws…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Patrol

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Claim 5: “the Wisconsin State Patrol said in a May 29 Facebook post.”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

While the event itself is corroborated, the provided evidence does not specifically confirm the date of the Facebook post as May 29. The search results for claim 2 are unrelated to the kitten incident.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From February to June 2011 in the US state of Wisconsin, as many as 100,000 protesters demonstrated their opposition to 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also called the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill. The bill pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, shot and killed two men and wounded another man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shootings occurred during the protests, riots, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_unrest_shooting

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Wisconsin. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 529 law e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agenci…

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Claim 6: ““Well, everyone meet Toby,” the State Patrol said in the post.”

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Multiple sources confirm the kitten was named Toby by the trooper and this was shared via the State Patrol.

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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.