Posted on 10/18/2013 9:31:52 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Stepmother of Florida 14-year-old 'who cyber-bullied girl to suicide' is arrested for Facebook video 'which shows her joining in childrens' fight'
The stepmother of one of the two girls accused of cyber-bullying a 12-year-old teen to suicide has been arrested for child abuse after a video emerged of her joining in on a two young boys fighting.
Vivian Vosburg, 30, of Lakeland, FL., was arrested after a video of her punching two fighting children and screaming profanities allegedly emerged on Facebook. Ms Vosburg is the stepmother of 14-year-old cyber-bullying suspect Guadalupe Shaw.
Shaw and Katelyn Roman, 12, have been accused by officials of cyber-bullying Rebecca Sedwick, 12, to the point she committed suicide by jumping from a tower at a concrete plant.
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You raise some very good points. I hadn’t thought about the telecom laws. You’re quite right.
But it looks as though at least one of these little sociopaths was being raised in hideous conditions by a lunatic. Such people are not going to supervise or care about their children’s online activities—they have spent 15 years creating that wicked little creature by some combination of neglect, abuse, and horrendous modeling.
Child neglect & abuse are crimes, too. These crimes need to be prosecuted.
Somehow, we must return to the idea the parents have a moral & legal responsibility to raise their kids right & supervise their activities.
I am afraid the country is already so morally bankrupt as to require draconian measures to restore society to a much higher level of civility. I doubt our present society can ever accomplish this, nor is it even inclined to do so.
I’d like to add that may parents need some incentive to monitor their kids activities.
Beyond jail sentences, which I think are warranted for neglectful parents, how about we cut off their phones when their kids abuse them. Cut off the whole family. THAT will surely get their attention.
We have a stark choice: Either the parents raise & monitor their children or the prison system will! Parents should pay a stiff price for lazily accepting the latter.
As a side benefit, perhaps welfare queens will have some reason NOT to have more babies, if it means being criminally responsible for the actions of their little darlings.
You might be more comfortable if you noted that she was not arrested for what her step daughter did but what she did.
Thats as ignorant as this Vivian.
That's right! We of the intellectual class shop there too!
“I’m not comfortable with this, as despicable as this woman may be.”
The “lady” was arrested for abusing a child, the incident captured on video. It wasn’t because her daughter was harassing someone. She probably can’t be charged for her daughter’s crime — but it sure would be nice if she could be. Apparently, in Florida, a parent can’t be held responsible. I heard one legal opinion that this law could be changed as a result of this case.
Mom’s a bully. It trickles down.
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