Posted on 06/01/2015 9:05:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A group of Albuquerque bikers came to 5-year-old Albuquerque girl’s rescue this week.
The girl who was bullied on her way home from school got an unexpected visit by the Punishers. They’re loud, big, burly bikers dressed in black. While the men may appear dark and dangerous, the Punishers, a law enforcement motorcycle club in Albuquerque are far from it.
“We are all pretty soft hearted. I’m actually a nurse,” said Punishers LE/MC Albuquerque President Norman Gonzalez.
This week the group, made up of military veterans and former police officers, banded together with local self-defense group Shockwave to help a local girl in desperate need.
“We were asked to talk to a young lady who was a victim of bullying,” said Punisher’s member Aaron Holmes.
The victim is just 5-years-old and suffers from a mental disability. The girl’s family, who asked KRQE News 13 not to name her, said she was walking home from school this week when some neighborhood kids jumped her and beat her up.
When the Punishers got wind of the story they immediately jumped into help.
“We rounded up all the bikes and we rode over to the little girl’s house and said hi,” said Holmes.
“When she walked out she was kind of wide eyed,” said Gonzalez.
The biker group said once the girl warmed up to them they formed a special bond.
“We told her that we are always there for her no matter what,” said Gonzalez.
Gonzalez said they left her with a strong message to always stand up for yourself and in turn the men left feeling proud.
“Emotionally, it was a good feeling,” he said.
The Punishers are a national organization focused on helping people in the community.
The group in Albuquerque also sponsors a little league team.
Note the name of the gang.
The Fluffers
We're freaking doomed..
Who would let a 5 yr old walk to & from school alone these days!
There is also another group, Bikers Against Child Abuse or BACA, that helps out kids who have been abused. They ride tothe kid’s house, give them a denim vest with a BACA patch and a new “biker name”, and tell the kids that they are not alone and don’t have to be afraid.
The BACA bikers then stay connected to the child and the family, and will-by their physical presence, if necessary, keep the child’s attacker away from the child. The BACA bikers will also go to court with the child in case they need to testify against the perp as moral support. They encourage the child to focus on them, not the attacker, so they can tell the truth.
I think they’re a cool bunch of people.
They are God’s own angels.
I wish they’d been around when I was 10.
Especially a special needs 5-year old.
“But let’s celebrate Bruce Jenner...We’re freaking doomed.”
America has become silly.
My hat is off to these guys. Doing good work.
Sigh, when I was about 9 years old, I was best buddies with a kid who I now know was a little bully. And one day I stood there and did nothing while he tormented a retarded kid.
And I still remember it to this day and I still feel like crap! Fifty years later! I wish there was some way to teach kids a little of what it takes years to learn....sigh
Go volunteer somewhere to help bullied kids or special needs kids. Go do it. Get rid of that burden by paying it back. Don't carry it around anymore. You'll know when you've done enough - it will be gone.
Quite the hokey movie, but it seems like almost every time it’s on, I end up watching it if I’m just lounging around in front of the TV. (And it’s not because of Rebecca Romijn! Well, ok, maybe just a little.)
Good on the bikers! . . . But why was a five-year-old mentally disabled girl walking home from school alone?
“And I still remember it to this day and I still feel like crap! “
If you didn’t feel that way, I would worry about you.
Yep - we’d all like to know. Hope it’s partial misinformation.
We were always asking our kids about bullies and stuff. (My girls are still in high school - they say it doesn’t really happen). There were instances where they were bullied. My son told us, we told the teacher, the teacher caught the kid “on her own” and brought both parents in. The kid was disiplined and he and my son became good friends.
My daughter was being picked on by a boy in sixth grade. She tried to walk away but he followed. She finally had enough and stabbed him in the arm with a pencil. Drew blood and he went screaming to the nurse. We got a call from the principal. They knew what the story was and told her “never do that again.”
We also told her that “It’s not okay to stab someone.” Then we went for ice cream. Not as nice of an ending - the boy ended up getting kicked out of his next school, but the last I heard he is doing well with home-schooling.
“I still feel like crap...”
That is showing you are truly a good person, Joe. You look on your past and see the flaws vs ignoring them. I am sure there are many, MANY people who did the same/similar/worse and choose to sugar coat it or forget it.
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