Boy Fights Off Bully to Save Kitten From Being Beaten to Death

[kas125]

Last Saturday, 9-year-old Jamarea Mills and his brothers were enjoying a sunny day at a playground in their Suffolk, Va., neighborhood.

They were petting and playing with a stray cat when a 12-year-old boy came in, grabbed the kitten, and began beating it with a log. Then he took the kitten, climbed up on a piece of playground equipment, and threw it off.

“I was sad. We tried to tell him to stop but he just kept doing it,” Mills said.

The boys watched the attack, feeling helpless to do anything about it, until the older boy took out a knife and threatened to cut the cat.

Continued at - http://blogs.catster.com/kitty-news-network/2011/06/02/boy-fights-off-bully-to-save-kitten-from-being-beaten-to-death/

[blue neen]

1. That little boy is a hero.

Bless him.

[Occulus]

3. The bully, though, is a sociopath in the making.

[Poll_Blind]

5. The abuse of animals is an extremely bad sign for a young adult.

Many who grow up to commit far worse crimes started with defenseless animals. I hope the bully can be get the help he needs. If we don't help him now, we'll be paying later.

PB

[Ex Lurker]

75. as has been said upthread, it may already be too late

whatever set him on this path has already happened, and there's apparently little that can be done now except keep a close watch for the next time he acts out.

[defendandprotect]

96. True -- and too often ignored -- !!

[blue neen]

6. It's frightening, isn't it?

I thought about the same thing.

[femrap]

57. Future ex-con.

I don't really think you can change someone who is that violent at such a young age. Psychopath....no sympathy, no empathy. Just cruelty.

He'll ruin lives where ever he goes.

This is much more serious than 'bullying.' Much more.

[johnnypneumatic]

26. the bully, though, is a republican in the making

fixed it for you

[raccoon]

30. Maybe he'll be President one day. :gag: nt

[AlbertCat]

62. The bully, though, is a sociopath in the making.

Future GOP presidential material!

Blow up the frog, George!

[RSillsbee]

73. No , the bully is a sociopath already made NT

[etherealtruth]

115. That was my immediate thought :-(

[Deep13]

77. SWEETIE, DON'T CLICK HERE.

Yup. He and those around him have a grim future.

[The Doctor.]

87. Another Young Republican.

[trueblue2007]

19. what a great kid. I just am blubbering..... happy tears

that young man will make a great vet. I'm so angry about the violent, hate crime that the older kid did.... trying to kill the kitten that I don't trust myself to even type my emotions.

.... I'm a cat lover

[Poll_Blind]

2. And last Saturday, too, young Mr. Mills took another step toward becoming a good Man.

Thank you Mr. Mills and to your parents. You're the mortar and glue which holds this rickety place together.

PB

[The Magistrate]

7. I Second That, Sir: Young Mr. Mills Has The Right Stuff....

[Brigid]

4. Something tells me . . .

that this won't be that twelve-year-old's last brush with the law.

[ClarkUSA]

8. "Heroes walk among us." ~ Pres. Barack Obama in Joplin, MO

Ain't it the truth. What a wonderful boy. I hope he becomes president someday.

[KittyWampus]

9. I don't do Facebook, but someone started a page for the young man who saved the cat.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamarea-Mills-Is-A-Hero/214879131867048

I hope he follows his dream and does become a Veterinarian. If someone started a fund for him, I'd donate something.

[kas125]

11. Oh, thanks for posting that! I hope someone does start a fund

for his education, I'd donate something, too. I've always thought it must be more difficult to become a vet than a human doctor. Doctors have to learn about one animal, humans. Vets have to know dogs, cats, birds, horses, etc. He's obviously a special kid and he deserves to have his dream come true.

[1monster]

81. The kitten died today...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamarea-Mills-Is-A-Hero/214879131867048

**Update: The precious kitten Jamarea tried to save passed away on June 3, 2011. Charges against the abuser may be upgraded to a felony.

[Duppers]

85. it's official: the poor Little Kitten Died

"A necropsy will be performed to determine whether or not the kitten died of injuries sustained in the attack or of some other illness. George said if it's found that the kitten died of injuries sustained in the attack, the animal cruelty charge against the accused 12-year-old could be upgraded to a felony."

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/abused-kitten-dies

[BeHereNow]

90. Of course it died from the injuries... I hope they charge him with a felony.

One less sociopath to worry about.
Lock him up and throw away the key.
BHN

[xchrom]

10. Thank you, young Mr. Mills. You are awesome, sir. Nt

[flvegan]

12. Can't believe nobody stepped in earlier.

Thanks for finally stepping up, young Master Mills. You saved a life. Well done, sir.

[RKP5637]

13. I'm always very very thankful for the good people in the world. They help make

it bearable.

[snagglepuss]

14. A volunteer animal rescuer started a Facebook page to honor the lad. No donations being solicited

The page is for people to leave comments for this exceptional young man.





http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamarea-Mills-Is-A-Hero/214879131867048?sk=info#!/pages/Jamarea-Mills-Is-A-Hero/214879131867048?sk=info!/pages/Jamarea-Mills-Is-A-Hero/214879131867048?sk=wall




:loveya:

[tuckessee]

15. My hero!

Bless Jamarea and the po' li'l kitty.

[EC]

16. What an awful introduction to the world

this poor baby received. Sounds like a couple of future serial killers in that group if they are not cared for now.

[Bryn]

17. I "liked" that hero's fb page

I wish I could adopt that kitty. Terrible thing that bully did. Ugh!

[Odin2005]

18. Great kid.

That bully needs to be sent to an institution before he murders somebody, sociopathic kids become sociopathic adults.

[kas125]

22. I agree wholeheartedly! Somebody needs to get that kid a lot

of help before he does something worse. Everyone knows that kids who hurt animals go on to do progressively worse things, but too many kids don't get the treatment they need. Hopefully, that kid will get the help he needs and Jamarea's actions will have not only saved the kitten, but the bully kid, too.

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[BrightKnight]

58. "There is no such thing as a bad boy"

Fr. Flanagan's quote seems appropriate but but There is little chance this child will receive the help that he needs. We don't have institutions capable of correcting bad parenting. Perhaps the Church was capable of doing this in 1910 Ireland. I suspect that it was more dream than reality. I have seen heroic individuals making a difference. I hope that someone will try. The real tragedy is the child that did this.

[kestrel91316]

20. Poor broken babykitty.........but they heal amazingly well most the time

if they survive the initial trauma.

[snappyturtle]

43. Facebook is reporting the kitten died 06/03/2011.

:cry:

[kestrel91316]

55. Oh no. How horrible.

[lucca18]

21. A truly wonderful young boy.....Thank You!

I hope that beautiful cat finds a wonderful home!

[kas125]

23. You're very welcome! That little boy was so adorable and so

brave that I just had to share him with everyone. That kitty looks like my fat cat must've looked like when she was a baby, so I really hope it finds a great home, too!

[BoWanZi]

24. K&R for sure! I hate sad kitty stories but at least this one had a good ending

More power to the brave kiddo.

And i'm glad that the kitty will get better.

[Ya Tzarone]

25. That 12-year-old psychopath should be castrated.

Animals are the ultimate innocents. People who abuse them are lower than child molesters.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

27. "The 12-year-old abuser is charged with one count of misdemeanor cruelty."

This is unacceptable. Animal cruelty should be a felony in all states and his parents or guardian should be required to take the boy for testing. I'd suggest Robert Hare's test for psychopathy. The next 'creature' he does this to will be a human.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. Trust me, it won't be his last conviction. Just the foundation of a pathetic life.

[avebury]

29. K&R

[joeybee12]

31. Give that kid a medal...and throw the bully in jail! knr

[rug]

32. The DNC can learn a lesson from this kid.

[MrsMatt]

33. Sadly, the kitten has died

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/crime/abused-kitten-dies

if the necropsy determines he died of injuries sustained by the attack, the 12 year old may face felony charges.

[montanto]

34. Poor tiger.

:cry:

[Cetacea]

112. Looks like a Mau, but yeah...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

41. oh no...

:cry:

[myrna minx]

46. .

:cry:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

47. That's so sad.

Poor little kitty and poor little Jamarea. He's bound to have been sad when he heard the news. :cry:

[AtomicKitten]

49. The young boy should be commended and that reinforced.

He did the right thing in the face of the animal cruelty he witnessed.

My oldest cat came into our home with a similar story. She was feral, only about 5 weeks old, and a group of second graders decided drop-kicking her repeatedly was fun! Another hero child snatched the kitten who was turned over to the SPCA. I adopted her from the SPCA with two limbs badly fractured in casts, she and the casts weighing a whopping 1 lb total! Lu is now 11 years old and tilts the scale at 28 lb.

I'm very sorry the kitten of this OP didn't make it, probably sustaining internal injuries and rib fractures. But the story inspires and underscores how important it is to teach our children compassion and the spunk to do what's right.

[hifiguy]

50. Oh, shit......

:cry:

I hope they nail that kid who tortured that cat. He needs some combination of serious jail and serious therapy.

[AlbertCat]

64. I hope they nail that kid who tortured that cat.

Put him in the lion paddock at the local zoo....

He'll learn to respect cats.

[BoWanZi]

52. Nooooo!!! :( I'm so sad about this now.

I hate cruelty towards our pets and I was hoping to keep the happy ending of the kitten surviving.

[ceile]

53. so sad...

I'm so angry right now...

[Lizzie Poppet]

54. I hope the little creep DOES face felony charges.

Actually, I'd prefer he be sterilized...no point in propagating clearly defective genetics.

[Pool Hall Ace]

78. I am so angry.

That 12-year-old needs to meet up with the juvenile version of Christopher Scarver. :mad:

R.I.P. Little Heart :cry:

[Hosnon]

76. :-( nt.

[Kadie]

102. .

:cry:

[hifiguy]

35. Young Mr. Mills just got himself about a million years

of the best karma imaginable. What a wonderful kid.

[spooky3]

36. Where were the adults who should have stepped in before the abuse

Escalated? That poor kitty. Get the bully into therapy at once.

[roody]

37. Probably abusing the perpetrator.

[Deep13]

79. SWEETIE, DO NOT CLICK THIS

Sorry, my wife sometimes likes to review what I have posted. She's upset easily by animal abuse.

Adults are not always around. Children have to learn to socialize without their parents always being present.

Agree with the therapy, but it is unlikely it will help much. Sociopathy, as I understand it, is not a mental illness so much as a basic personality defect.

[spooky3]

107. Doesn't have to be parents. 9 year olds should not be playing without supervision

in a public park. I realize that the 12 year old was the perp.

And even if they weren't supervised, any adult also in the park should have intervened.

I hate animal (and child, and adult) abuse too.

[Blue Owl]

38. bless that boy

And I hope that bully gets a taste of his own 'medicine' someday soon.

[Arkansas Granny]

45. It's quite possible that "getting a taste of his own medicine" is what made the bully

what he is. I hope he gets some help, not just punishment, if it isn't already too late.

[renate]

48. yes--that kind of anger doesn't come from nowhere in a 12-year-old boy

He sounds like a horrible, horrible person so it's tempting to blame him entirely, and I suppose it's possible that he's just a bad seed and his parents are wonderful, but the odds are very much in favor of his having been treated much like he was treating that kitten.

[Blue Owl]

67. very true

Bad parenting (or no parenting) is the real culprit here

[patrice]

39. Sweetheart, Kitty thanks you!! nt

[TheManInTheMac]

42. That's no bully,

thats a sociopath. Needs to be put in an asylum immediately.

[Cetacea]

113. Mental illness and criminal behavior are not the same thing

Especially violent criminal behavior. I do share your sense of outrage. Thanks.

[rasputin1952]

44. He'd like to be a vet...he'll make a damn good one!

Thanks Mr. Mills...:hug:

[mrs_p]

51. i am hopeful, but so, so saddened at the same time

poor kitten :cry:

[Taverner]

56. This makes me want to cry

Seriously...

[1620rock]

59. I am crying, and I'll tell you one thing, if I had been there to step in...

...well you don't want to know what I would have done....

[hifiguy]

60. I did cry.

At times like this I am glad there is an impartial justice system. No one would even want to hear about what I would to to that psychotic little shit if given the opportunity. It would make Cheney's blood run cold.

[colorado_ufo]

61. Proud to be rec 100 for young Mr. Mills.

What a hero - not just to stand up to a kid three years older, but one who was obviously merciless and armed, as well.

As long as the world has such wonderful people in it as young Mr. Mills, we all have hope.

:loveya:

[LetTimmySmoke]

63. That 12 year old boy has a 90%+ chance of ending up in prison.

[fascisthunter]

65. that bully is either a psychopath or sociopath in the making

the sad thing is, there is no known cure or therapy that can help this person as he gets older.

He'll make a perfect right winger...

[trud]

66. "misdemeanor"

The fact that it's a misdemeanor and not a felony is sickening. That poor kitten. Animals have almost no protection in our judicial system.

[fascisthunter]

69. nor do many humans who don't have money

[cactusfractal]

68. Save the cat. Euthanize the bully. n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

70. .

:argh:

[Liberal_in_LA]

71. poor kitty. Good boy. Sociopath kitten beater

[whatchamacallit]

72. W T F!!!

Gotta wonder what kind of home life turned that kid into such a psychotic wretch...

[MoonRiver]

74. A tale of two children..

one a hero, guardian of the good; the other a sad sociopath.

[1monster]

80. As a cat rescuer, I can only

:cry: and offer young Jamarea a heartfelt :hug:

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

82. You know a bully doesn't just hurt animals,

they bully humans as well and they need to be trained and controlled early on in their lives.
If we want a better society, we need to start that training from the first day when they start school.
That education is important and will remain with them for the rest of their lives.
I'm also aware that some can't be changed, but fortunately, most can.

[Ikonoklast]

83. "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing."

I see a Good Man in the making.

May Bast take Little Heart into her arms, and bless Jamarea Mills for protecting one of her own children.

I'm going to refrain from saying what I think of the other child; may he get the help he needs.

[Omaha Steve]

84. What a wonderful story

K&R!

[wundermaus]

86. Kitten rescued from 12-year-old's abuse dies

SUFFOLK, Virginia – A 7-week-old kitten that was rescued by children from an abusive 12-year-old has died.

The foster home caring for the kitten notified animal shelter personnel around 1am that the kitten was experiencing difficulty breathing and rushed the animal to an emergency vet. The kitten passed away shortly after arriving at the vet.

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-kitten-rescued-from-12yearolds-abuse-dies-20110603,0,4770294.story

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[The Doctor.]

89. I'll happily teach him the very fine points of 'empathy'.

Just need a sound-proof room.

[ThatsMyBarack]

91. RIP gorgeous little one.

:cry: I'll have to give my kittehz extra cuddles and love tonight.

[Doctor_J]

92. Perp is a future serial killer - done deal

If possible they should lock him up now for good - save a lot of innocent lives.

[BrightKnight]

93. Another hero is needed to rescue the child that did this.

I have seen people turn kids around but I doubt that it will happen. The story is not going to end well and nobody is really going to try to do anything about it.

[Lucian]

94. Notice the boy didn't do anything to stop the attack until...

after the bully threw the cat off the playground equipment.

He was no better than the bully, as far as I'm concerned, for letting it go on.

[Ignis]

98. A little harsh, don't you think? Peer pressure is powerful.

I think we can safely give more weight to the boy's actions at the end of the encounter than to those at the beginning, if we believe in growth and progress.

[Lucian]

105. Those who follow peer pressure are stupid then.

Those who rise above peer pressure are the real heroes.

The truth hurts.

[Ignis]

108. But he did, in the end, rise above.

That carries no extra weight? Really?

[Lucian]

109. Yeah, but a bit too late.

The cat died. He should have stepped in right away.

I would have.

[Lizzie Poppet]

117. Yeah, sure you would, tough guy.

I'll just bet you'd have instantly stepped in vs. a much larger person armed with a knife.

/rolleyes

[awoke_in_2003]

100. you realize the size difference...

between your normal 9 year old and 12 year old? When I was 9, the thought of taking on a 12 year old would have been daunting.

[Lucian]

106. So how is he a hero?

He allowed the 12 year old to beat the cat with a log and throw it off playground equipment. He didn't do anything to help the cat.

I don't think he's a hero.

[float upstream]

116. Alrighty then...n/t

[Hugabear]

110. Easy to say as an adult from the relative safety of your keyboard

I'm sure that when you were growing up, you were quite the little Superman, leaping in to right whatever wrongs you saw, regardless of the personal danger you may have placed yourself in.

Maybe the kid was frozen with shock and fear? Quite a normal reaction in such a circumstance. The fact is, he was able to overcome his fear and step in. But of course, I'm sure that you have NEVER been faced with a situation where you were frozen with fear.

[Lucian]

111. No.

I was the bully when I was his age. But I grew up and realized I was on the wrong path in life.

But I never killed a cat.

[awoke_in_2003]

114. watch out now...

he is an internet tough guy :rofl:

[zen_bohemian]

95. Poor kitten, bless it's little soul.....

that kid has some REAL SERIOUS problems

[LarryNM]

97. The 12 Year Old's Name Please

I am sure that won't be given out just like nothing will really be done to change him. Maybe its time to not just institutionalize people like him but to do thorough examinations to see what makes them tick.

[RandomThoughts]

99. That is already being done.

It was told in the story 'A brave new world' and that was written decades ago, more then 50 years ago.

Basically those that wont conform to a control system are sent to 'a beach' and it is easy to create a virtual isolation with information control.

Also was the part about 'quantum pockets' in the TV show First Wave. Although First wave was taken over in season 3 or 4, when the new administration put its people into media control, and the narratives dramatically changed.


One of the 'doctrines of existence' is lab, hence why lots of noise to create no data is a good idea. And also learn to find blow back, and learn as much as you can at the same time. Although I don't think that is existence, I do think some would like to have those systems in society.


And I am due beer and travel money, and many experiences.


Since the possibility exist of organized harassment that has not properly corrected the beer and travel money issue, I think on this video occasionally. It can also be about society. What will you put up with, and will you 'go along' with something you know is wrong like slavery.

Feasibility Study - Outer Limits.
http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/tv/The-Outer-Limits/4643/1092137778/Feasibility-Study/videos

[RandomThoughts]

103. The show First Wave, is a great study in sectors..

The show starts out about building education, and spreading the story.

Best line in that entire series.

"Today our army grows by one"



If you watch all the episodes, you see the change over, after the episode where he is cloned and shot. After that the show goes all violence and uses many symbols, and uses ugly as bad, opposite of first part of series.

[valerief]

101. Wow, I wonder if the bully is abused at home. nt

[McCamy Taylor]

104. Don't need a crystal ball to know that the 12 year old is a serial killer in the making.

This is how they all start.