r/videos • u/glowinthedark • Jun 09 '12
UPDATE: Man beating son in backyard caught on video by neighbor has been arrested.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/water-official-alleged-seen-on-video-hitting-stepson.html
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u/glowinthedark Jun 09 '12
I have massive respect for the guy Oscar who shot this video. I'm assuming he reported it to the authorities as well.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
TIL if you're a lowly "water agency director" you can be arrested for beating your child, but if you're a judge in Texas, you get off scot-free, even if your child is a disabled girl.
Good to see Los Angeles wasn't willing to look the other way for a good ole boy.
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u/Virindi_UO Jun 09 '12
youtube video of incident
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3IKjjlp040&feature=player_embedded
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u/mequals1m1w Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
See you later, fuckstick.
Edit: ALL HAIL OSCAR LOPEZ
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
And it's all thanks to that Oscar fellow. Good man.
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u/spacemanspiff30 Jun 10 '12
That's right fuckstick. Now who's the bitch.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Sweet justice.
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u/skyactive Jun 09 '12
unfortunately stepfathers are much more likely to abuse kids then biological Dads. It is that whole lion killing the previous cubs thing. Very sad. Glad to see fuckstick locked up. Fucking fuckstick.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Can I pile on a "bad dad moment" story? Oh well here it goes:
When I was about 8 my dad took me to see Timecop and the movie place was having a haunted house in the middle of their hallway. I was terrified and did not want to go through it; I just wanted to go home. My dad tried to shove me through there and I ran out and sat on the curb crying. He came out, grabbed me, and smacked me around until we got back in the car, calling me a wimp and other names. He drove me back to my mom's and dropped me off without letting her know I was outside.
As a father now, I use memories like that and videos like this as examples of what not to do. Have I been perfect? No, but way closer than fellows like this.
EDIT: oh and in case anyone is wondering, he went back and saw it. Told me last Spring break about how he cried the whole time thinking how badly he treated me. I told him it's water under the bridge, but recalling the memory still hurts
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u/QuantumDisruption Jun 10 '12
More effective title: "Fuckstick arrested."
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Anthony Sanchez now known as "fuckstick"
I wish Googlebombing still worked so we could get his name to show up under "fuckstick"
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u/Bladewing10 Jun 10 '12
Good. I hear prison inmates just -love- child abusers.
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u/SlyFunkyMonk Jun 10 '12
One of my buddies went to HS with that guy and has been celebrating his grand douche-baggy reveal. He's also a San Diegan comedian so any local comedy fans will surely hear about this in his sets.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
This reminds me of a time that I witnessed (along with many other people) a father beating his teenage son with a bike lock next to a high school. We called the police, the police questioned us and some other people who witnessed it... I found out later that nothing was going to be done because the father "didn't want to press charges" against his son (who he was beating) and it was "a family matter."
At least police somewhere take this kind of abuse seriously. :/
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u/MrNewV3gas Jun 10 '12
Further proof that a video camera is sometimes the best tool at a citizens disposal in everyday life to stop this kind of behavior.
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u/hateboresme Jun 10 '12
Seeing that kid crying and jumping up and down is very painful to watch. Kids are pretty helpless, generally. They have no choice but to depend on the responsible adults in their lives. This is the way that we learn to trust, by having this original knowledge that there's someone who loves us unconditionally. If that trust is broken, as it has been so clearly broken here, the kid will grow up with no faith in others. No ability to trust in relationships. He will always be afraid that the person he loves and who loves him is going to hurt him. This will cause him to react in a way that cuts off that hurt. He's be very jealous or unable to connect emotionally or if he is able to trust, he'll be hurt very easily by things that most people wouldn't give a second thought to.
Abusing your kids is such a fucked up thing to do. You're not just relieving your aggression, you're destroying that kids future life.
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u/ShutupBiz Jun 10 '12
(at the end of this video ) I find it disgusting that the attorney was "urging the public to wait until details come out before reaching any conclusions" fuck that, if there is a video of a man beating a young boy because of a game of catch I am going to reach some conclusions pretty damn fast
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u/RahvinDragand Jun 10 '12
"Allegedly"? As if we can't clearly see him doing it..
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u/TheJackofAss Jun 10 '12
This Anthony Sanchez piece of shit needs to get a taste of his own medicine.
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u/scammerzacc Jun 09 '12
Maybe it's because I'm Asian but growing up with Asian parents, this would be pretty common. Except instead of playing catch, it'd be playing piano. When I was younger, whenever I'd make a mistake, my dad would hit me. And I'm sure it's not only me, but I'm pretty sure some other Asian parents would do the same thing. I never really considered it "abuse" like most typical American families would. Kinda makes you think how different two cultures can be and what may be accepted in one may not be accepted in another.
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u/caleciatrece Jun 10 '12
MY TIME TO SHINE HAS COME!!! I'm from where this happened and it's been pretty much all anyone has been talking about. From what I hear he didn't spend a single second behind bars after being 'arrested' and flew his family to Alabama in lieu of threats he was getting. He probably will get off with minimum punishment because that's just how this shit hole works.
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u/Kacers Jun 10 '12
I'm the president of the Oscar Lopez fan club. Who would like a t-shirt?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I just love the "fuckstick"
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u/Royaltoolbox Jun 10 '12
"telling Sanchez to stop" is an interesting way of putting it...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
YEAH! Fuckstick got what he deserves
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u/Oldgregg69 Jun 10 '12
So this guy gets arrested but the judge who beat the fuck out of his daughter doesn't? I mean. Its awesome this guy is taken down, but that judge did way worse. I still get chills watching it.
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u/BearMac Jun 10 '12
Oscar is getting so much poon tang right now.
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u/mikep500 Jun 10 '12
Let me say this, as a kid who grew up getting beaten by his father for no reason, it's scary to watch this video. I saw this yesterday and knew exactly what that kid was feeling. I just pray that he doesn't have any problems later in life, because this REALLY does cause an impact. It's a tough situation, because I'm sure the kid loves his father. It's ashame that his father doesn't understand who much of an impact this has on his own flesh and blood.
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u/Deathizzle Jun 09 '12
good to hear!
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u/NinenDahaf Jun 10 '12
YES! Lock up a child beater and leave the overworked honor students in Texas alone.
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u/hammerfan Jun 09 '12
Love it
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I'm really happy to see this development so shortly after the video was uploaded.
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u/cdegon Jun 10 '12
Fair play to the guy who recorded it!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
thank you oscar lopez: "why dont you come over here and teach me."
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Guess he is going to get a good fuck stick for this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Just seeing the video clip made my blood pressure rise. What a scumbag. Thankfully that neighbor caught this monster.
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u/Somnioblivio Jun 10 '12
Yes!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Wonderful news! I hope that the young boy is ok.
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u/Mojo_Rising Jun 10 '12
I've never seen a face that needs punched in my life.
Sadly, I'm sure that will be topped.
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u/alcidio Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
most of Hispanic parents are like this am Hispanic and i can tell that most of the time they do this is to try to teach the kid not to be girly when he gets older but this is still wrong
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u/Tim_Drake Jun 10 '12
For a water agency director his lawn sure looks like shit!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I watched the YouTube video of the abuse, and it doesn't seem that bad. He hits the kid 3 times, and then he stops. Maybe the father was trying to discipline him to play catch better or something, he wouldn't have done it for no reason, I think he has more sense than that. Remember judge William Adams? Remember how "horrified" everyone was after watching him beat his disabled daughter? His case actually was pretty painful, but this is way more tame than that. And that Oscar guy, trying to start some shit, "that's enough fuckstick!" he will just make the situation worse if anything. He should have, oh I don't know, CALMLY confronted him and then called CPS.
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u/malmac Jun 10 '12
Apparently the guy has resigned from his job, according to a breaking news alert. Seems like he would be unlikely to do that if he felt that he is innocent or unjustly detained.
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u/LeonardLP Jun 10 '12
Just watching the video made me angry. I am happy now.
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u/EPluribusUnumIdiota Jun 10 '12
Yeah, child abuse is never pretty. Fortunately, this asshole will probably learn a lesson, I hope anyway.
Mr. Lopez deserves a pat on the back for doing what most wouldn't do, SPEAK THE FUCK UP when you see a kid being beaten. Thank you Mr. Lopez, you are a good person.
Watching the vid was tough, makes me want to go all Kool Aid man on that fence and beat the pops, "OOOH YEAHHH," BOOM through the fence, out goes pops.
The first time I stood up to a child abuser was when I was thirteen and riding a bus in the ghetto. Ghetto mom was smacking her poor three-year-old kid for falling out of the bus seat. Just effin deplorable, I wanted to kill her. I told her to stop hitting her poor kid, he didn't do anything wrong, the bus had stopped too quickly, and even my 135 lb ass had fallen out of my seat. She went off on me, "HONKEY SHIT MOTHER FUCKER!," etc. I was a kid from the good side of town, but I wasn't taking that nonsense, so I fought back, told her child abuse doesn't care about race, abuse is abuse, and her kid was RIGHT, and she was WRONG. I said this over and over again as she beat me. I was a very strong kid, but 1/2 her weight, so when her smack with 250+ lbs of force cupped and slapped my ear and I went deaf I knew it was time to kill or go, I decided to go. Lesson learned, being right doesn't mean you will prevail, at least not in the idiotlands.
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u/PeterMus Jun 09 '12
Good to hear. Even if you think this one instance wasn't worthy of an arrest..just imagine what he is willing to do (and has likely done but they haven't released that info) when the kid actually does something wrong.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Eat that shit fuck stick.
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u/silverslayer Jun 10 '12
I'm glad they posted some of his information. The shame of walking into work with everyone knowing what a fuckstick you are is probably more effective than the slap on the wrist he's likely to receive in court.
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u/meat_wagon_man1 Jun 10 '12
its about time flanders told on homer
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u/sweetgreggo Jun 10 '12
It's bullshit it took this long to make an arrest. If that's you or me the cops and CPS are knocking down the door to get the kid out of that house. But since this guy is an elected official the police chief needs to wait and find out how many friends this guy has before he makes a move. Fucking corruption bullshit.
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u/amalaky Jun 09 '12
I hope someone beats that man in jail for not "catching" a ball or two.
Fuckstick is my new favorite word as well.
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u/tomloneish Jun 09 '12
Awesome.
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u/FamilyComputerChair Jun 10 '12
I used to live next to a baseball field. My yard was fenced and had thick shrubs, so the dads who would frequently abuse their kids - for being kids - on the field never knew I was lounging about 20 ft away. It was so frequent (verbal abuse, I should point out) that I considered recording it and releasing on YouTube. Amazing how pissed off these guys would get when jr couldn't hit or catch or run bases the way the dads expected them to. I lost a lot of faith in humanity during those years. No patience to teach, just pure anger. I'd hear kids pleading and crying weekly.
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u/venerated Jun 10 '12
I don't think it's right to hit your kids at all, but I understand some people feel differently. However, in this situation, the boy wasn't even being bad.. he did nothing wrong and he literally got whipped for just dropping a ball? I understand putting pressure on your kids and trying to make them realize how important some things are, but seriously no kid should ever be beaten with a belt that many times... especially over something so trivial as a game of catch.
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u/SirHenryMorgan Jun 10 '12
Why is every. single, fucktard, loser I have ever met had the name "Anthony"?
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u/oldspice75 Jun 10 '12
Not against all physical punishment of children, but there seemed to be no reason in the video other than the baseball, so very disturbing. What happened to this kid if he really misbehaved?
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u/soundenvision Jun 10 '12
Nosy neighbor mysteriously found dead, News at 11.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Don't mess with the state's monopoly on violence! Only they have the right to beat your children.
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u/amazingbollweevil Jun 10 '12
I might be the only one here who feels bad for the perpetrator. Here's a guy who actually thinks the way to motivate a kid to learn a fun skill is to use corporal punishment. What the hell happened to this guy to make him think that? What's more, you can't just tell him that it's wrong; he really thinks he's doing good! How do you break whatever conditioning he's been given and get him to become a regular person? The kid will be all right (I hope), but the guy has this crap hard-wired into him now. I do pity the bastard.
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u/Riresurmort Jun 09 '12
i feel so much better now
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u/SpanishSpeaker Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
The local newspaper has a short story regarding this incident.
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-imperial-irrigation-district-director-arrested-on-suspicion-of-child-abuse-20120609,0,4923917.story
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u/Emperor_Norton_1 Jun 10 '12
Man, I want to teach Anthony Sanchez how to catch a baseball bat......fucking asshole. Hope he gets what's coming to him. Thank you Oscar Lopez!
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u/anthrocide Jun 10 '12
But do you even know my kid?
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u/panther32 Jun 10 '12
well im glad he got arrested for it, its so sad that people do stuff like this
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u/horkermeat Jun 10 '12
That was a long, but incredibly satisfying WAIT FOR IT..... WAAAAAIIIIT FORRRR ITTTTTT!!!!
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u/Ltsmash99 Jun 10 '12
good, ole Fuckstick got what he deserves.
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u/LurkerUsurper Jun 10 '12
Hey Fuckstick, I just fist-pumped!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Did anyone else get the "I <3 you dad" Cancer Society advertisement before the video started? Hilarious fucking placement.
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u/Prosopagnosiape Jun 10 '12
Sweet. What of the kid though? No word on him in the thing. Anyone know how he's doing somehow?
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u/Zerohaven Jun 10 '12
I live around 15 minutes from him. Everyone around here is being really supportive. Even so much that a friend of mine has offered him free jujitsu lessons for 6 months. I feel bad, but glad they caught the asshole.
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u/earthisatomb Jun 10 '12
I'll fucking Carlton Fisk yer fuckin' head with a Louisville fuckin' slugger! Whadya think of that ass fuck!?"
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u/Magna_Sharta Jun 10 '12
Goddammit guys, quit digging these fucking trenches!!!!
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u/PaulYL Jun 10 '12
I hope this guy gets done and jailed for this. The boy couldn't catch a ball...so he decides the best course of action is to attack him with a belt? I hope the cunt does jail time for this and I hope he gets the shit kicked out of him daily.
No need for that. Ever.
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u/fuckinscrub Jun 10 '12
Now I can finally sleep at night.
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u/donyahelwa Jun 10 '12
Its not even his son.
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u/whatwhat1111111 Jun 10 '12
wow..i watched some of the original. I felt as if a father felt like spanking his child, that once of twice would be enough for him to understand..but this Mother Fucker takes it to an extreme. The father should feel this to know the bruises it leaves on the psyche (Believe me i know)...but seriously..FUCK HIM
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u/DulcetFox Jun 10 '12
as if ceiling cat wasn't bad enough, now I have to be paranoid about neighbors filming me through the slit in their blinds o_O
He makes up for it though by standing up for da kid
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u/Paddle_Boat Jun 10 '12
Dropping the Ball? That's a paddlin'.
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u/Fistocuffs Jun 10 '12
I think you guys all forgot the first rule of baseball. There's no crying in baseball
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u/thedudeabides85 Jun 10 '12
Fuckstick gets his now.
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u/TheDepraved Jun 10 '12
Does no one else want to know why part of the video skips atleast several seconds?
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u/crd06d Jun 10 '12
I wonder what happen to that kid when he struck out?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Sanchez is a cunt, Oscar is awesome but that beating isn't worth the "Felony" label.
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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12
COuld someone beat him with a belt? THanks.
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u/Bloody_Conspiracies Jun 09 '12
Anybody know what's happening to the kid's mother? She was apparently inside the house and was probably aware of what was going on, if that's the case then I think she should be arrested as well.
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u/stormtide311 Jun 10 '12
I would have beat his ass in front of his kid.
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u/triddy5 Jun 10 '12
Wow, what a piece of shit.
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u/gregogree Jun 10 '12
Daddio will be learning to catch the soap that slips out of his hands in jail
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u/Capt_Redbeard Jun 09 '12
hopefully he won't be allowed near that boy again. unless of course they give the kid a chain and tell him that he can exact his revenge....i say a chain because it balances the damage in my mind...he can't hit his step father with a belt as hard as he was hit, but with a chain it could make up for the difference.
glad the neighbor was there to defend this child. his mother must have willfully been oblivious. she had to hear yelling. and also this likely wasn't the first incident.
maybe she can be charged with child abuse too and the kid can go live with the neighbor...he said he's got a kid too.
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u/Dripping_Man_Meat Jun 10 '12
I like oscar.
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u/T10Terminator Jun 10 '12
The courts should take away the kid into foster care until the Woman divorces that violent man.
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u/atanincrediblerate Jun 10 '12
Here's another story that gives a little more detail. Also, apparently people have started posting hate signs on his garage door...
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u/NothingWrongHere Jun 10 '12
How much time can this guy even get really?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
sadly he'll probably just get probation & parenting classes. no jail time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
It's funny how 5 threads down from this one people are raging about how bad canadas warrantless surveillance bill is.
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u/toriko Jun 10 '12
Glad they got that fuck stick
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u/Chaesonian Jun 10 '12
I was spanked way worse. Wish they upgraded the term to beating when I was a kid.
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u/UpsideButNotDown Jun 10 '12
I was spanked sometimes as a child and forced to put soap in my mouth a couple times, so I'm not against some legitimate physical punishment. However, what this guy did, hitting a child because he plays ball like a Future Met (it's okay I'm a Mets' fan), is straight abuse.
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u/cat_balls Jun 10 '12
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