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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:08 PM
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OMG...Man Kills Toddler Because He Was "Acting Like A Little Girl"
NEW YORK: Man Kills Toddler Because He Was "Acting Like A Little Girl"

A New York man is under arrest and charged with beating a 17-month old toddler to death because, in the killer's own words, "I was trying to make him act like a boy instead of a little girl."

The suspect has been identified as Pedro Jones, 20, of South Hampton. He has been charged with first-degree manslaughter after allegedly hitting the boy "several times throughout his body with close fists" and grabbed him by the neck, according to the felony complaint filed by police. Authorities say Jones also told them, "I was trying to make him act like a boy instead of a little girl. I never struck that kid that hard before." The infant, Roy A. Jones, was reportedly found in cardiac arrest and was rushed to Southampton Hospital where he died around 8:30 p.m. "I just found out my Grandson died last night that's all I know," Donna Collins Smith.told PIX 11 News. Police said Jones, who is not a member of the Shinnecock nation but lives on the reservation, is the boyfriend of the baby's mother. "He infiltrated my family through our trust, through the heart of my daughter and then stole the life of her child," said the baby's grandfather Daniel Collins. "I hope the justice system turns around and steals his."

Jones plead not guilty at his arraignment and is being held without bail.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-york-man-kills-toddler-because-he.html
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:10 PM
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1. There's a special place in hell for people like that...n/t
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:10 PM
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2. I'll file this under "What the fuck?!"
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:12 PM
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3. And just how is a 17-month old supposed to act like a boy OR a girl?
Fucking hell.

Stupid crazy people in the world, and stupid messed up culture that insists that there are "roles" for boys and others for girls, and that any crossing is somehow "gay" and therefore bad.

Assholes.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:13 PM
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4. MANSLAUGHTER
YGBSM

It sure sounds like intentional homicide to me
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:16 PM
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9. Murder.
The unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Malice can mean intent to cause grievious bodily harm. It can also mean a death committed in the course of a felony, felony assault in this case.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-10 07:40 AM
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22. Murder for sure
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:13 PM
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5. Disgusting. I wish him upon himself.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:14 PM
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6. speechless.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:21 PM
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11. No, not capital punishment.
Believe me, a life term is worse for someone who did a thing like that. Your average criminal isn't too fond of sex offenders and baby-killers.

Anyway, I believe that the death penalty is one of the major factors in perpetuating the violence in our culture.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:27 PM
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Could be. The whole prison system too. nt
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:32 PM
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13. I agree...
life without parole for these monsters. I can't imagine anything being worse than a life in prison.
Knowing that you will never see freedom again, and that you will die behind bars, has to be the worst
hell on earth.

Why put them out of their misery?
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:15 PM
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7. horrible
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PanoramaIsland Donating Member (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:16 PM
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8. Because sometimes, you've just gotta enforce the gender binary system with your FISTS.
:sarcasm:

This is disgusting, and it shows how deep the roots of transphobia and homophobia go. This sort of insecure gender rage is the same thing that gets parlayed into job discrimination, housing discrimination, alienation and violence against adult trans people.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:17 PM
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10. " I never struck that kid that hard before"...??? This is his defense?
He has no idea how terrible he is...


mark
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get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:27 PM
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12. He's right
He must not have struck him THAT hard before because the poor little baby was still alive up to that point. His defense is that he had never killed the kid before then.

Murderer.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:45 PM
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14. This is news only 'cause the kid died.
We kill plenty of kids... and damage almost all of them emotionally... by trying to enforce arbitrary and unnatural gender roles.


And to what avail?
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 02:10 PM
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17. This. This is so damn true.
I teach in an alternative high school, and we have many LBGT students because ours is the safer school for them. We don't put with any hazing or crap, and I've seen a teacher get in a bigot's face and shout him down over using derogatory language. We allow our students to define themselves: I wish everyone did.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 06:44 PM
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19. Your school is a drop of rain in the desert.
>>>We allow our students to define themselves: I wish everyone did>>>

Me too. We're a long way from there. But a little closer 'cause of folks like you.
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 11:19 PM
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20. It's also most of the students.
Our students are there because we're their last chance at a diploma, and they all know everyone there is hurting and has it difficult. I've seen our students not even blink at stuff that would've caused all kinds of crap in another school and even go against their own bigotry to be friends with someone they normally wouldn't like just because they're all in the same boat. In fact, whenever a kid is being a jerk, the other students are the first to say something, and then when I remind him/her that they're all hurting, all working through their own stuff, he/she usually apologizes.

It's a special place. I keep trying to figure out what makes our school work as well as it does and how other schools could do the same, and I think it really comes down to great staff and great administration.
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southmost Donating Member (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:52 PM
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15. these are the kinds of stories
that you need to chase down with a feel good /humanitarian type of story otherwise feel depressed about the state of humanity for a while
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NOLALady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 01:54 PM
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16. I had a neighbor
who used to say he would kick his son out if he became a "sissy". As a toddler, this child preferred to play with "girls" toys. I never paid much attention to the Father because I thought the Father was a fool. Plus, I didn't really believe the child was gay.

Many years later I met one of the family members. I was informed that the toddler, now grown, was gay and dying. I asked about the Father. She told me that when his Father realized that his son was indeed gay, the Father became his staunchest supporter and defender. Thank Heavens some people can grow the F up.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 05:45 PM
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18. Oh, but they don't hate us
They only want to beat the gay out of us, even if we die in the process.
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Cherchez la Femme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-10 04:19 AM
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21. OMG
:wow: speechless
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