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jChicago (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 04:58 PM Original message |
I saw a man beating his child -- I followed him and gave him hell. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. as a parent, I thank you for doing this. It mighta been safer to report him to cops |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Don't assume she'll grow up to be a child beater |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. So true |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. I'm glad you've come through it |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
65. Thanks for that -- and yes, people do break programming. You are brave |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. No police in your town? You witnessed a felony assault. 911 |
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jChicago (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes, of course, Chicago .. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Does Chicago have traffic cameras? Just wondering if you'll get a ticket |
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jChicago (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh gosh ... yes |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
61. Only on a few intersections. The OP is probably okay unless |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. You did do something, for that I applaud you. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. You did a good thing |
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Donkeykick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like you scared the sh#t |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jeez...I wonder what you would have done if you'd seen my Dad |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Ah, "the Belt" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Really! I could do without |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. I dunno |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Definitely would have called 911... |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Definitely! I totally agree. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:04 PM Original message |
You could have turned him in by calling 911. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good for you |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thank you so much. I can hardly find words for how much I love you. |
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jChicago (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. I was also belted as a child, the thought of striking |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. thanks for doing this |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. child abuse, not domestic violence |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I know - I think people should report both |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:38 PM Original message |
child abuse is a form of domestic violence. n/t |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
58. Why do you say that? |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. domestic violence is violence in the home, in all its sad forms. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. but it DILUTES both to conflate them. |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thank you, JChicago |
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GregD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Last weekend at the market a couple and their child were just leaving |
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jChicago (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I saw something similar at the playground |
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jChicago (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks everyone for your supportive words |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. You are lucky you didn't get shot |
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jChicago (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yes but unfortately this was a random event ... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think you did just fine. But it is a good idea to call the police. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. CPS? What a joke... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. Makes me sick to my stomach |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. You should have hotlined him |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. good for you! |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. Toddlers can be incorrigible. A better approach might have been... |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. and you would be abetting a crime... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You think spanking a child is a crime? |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I think abusing a child is a crime... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Are you a parent? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
64. Does it matter? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. It does matter |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I call BS |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. the OP said she saw this from across an intersection |
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MsKandice01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I agree with you... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. A few 'swaps to the bottom' is NOT what the OP described |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. OP did not say a slap to the face either. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. "Whacking" sounds like pretty severe treatment for a 2 year old. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. All I am really is saying is that context is important. |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. My childhood was a rolling horror show because of that "don't say a word" attitude |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. You did a LOT of good today! |
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Geezoh (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Never OK... |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well Done. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. She probably got beat worse, at home. I always respond to violence that way,... |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. But what will he do to her after you are gone? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I'll tell you what they'll do......THEY'RE gonna remember you..... |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
62. At least the child will start to learn that her daddy was wrong. My mother was |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. How wonderful you are! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. Okay, but next time |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. why didn't you call 911? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. good for you! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. It would be safer to call the police and follow |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm so glad you did not mind your own business when you saw this walloping. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
57. The last time I saw someone beating a child on my block |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. You should also call child services and/or the cops with a discription |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
70. you are my hero |
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