This woman is a real hero for not giving up. Bless her!
How many folks would be as persistent as this good woman? Wow.
Job well done... she should be given a reward, but sadly the focus might be on her breaking some civil liberties law...
Actually I doubt it, I'm sure this will turn out to be a sealed deal.
God bless this woman. I know how she felt, and I know how hard it must have been to pursue this.
Thirty five years ago, I was living in a temporary apartment in Houston while the builders finished my house. I was folding the family laundry in the communal laundry room when I noticed a lady and her children. Her 2 year old boy was crying his eyes out while a couple of other kids looked on. Through tears and a running nose, the little tyke clutched the front of his shorts and sobbed, "I-I-I ha-ha-have to go wee wee, Mommy." His mother swatted him hard and yelled at him and said, "Don't you dare wet your pants. You just wait till I'm ready."
I almost intervened and offered to take him to my apartment to use my bathroom, but I just stood there, open-mouthed.
That scene has haunted me ever since. In those days we weren't sensitized to child abuse, and we sure didn't interfere with another mom's children. However, I can't forgive myself for not stepping in, and I've often wondered what happened to that little tyke. I'd handle it differently today.
I had to go through hell before anyone would listen to me.
I sincerely mean this....
If you rape, hurt or molest a child, you should be removed from society.
I don't care how. Just removed.
This dispatcher, and anyone else involved in this portion of the fiasco, should be fired. How does being a regular customer make it "in order" to be driving around in a vehicle bearing plates that belong on another vehicle. I wonder how many more times the 3 year old girl was raped in the 5+ day delay caused by this idiocy.
I'm glad she persued it.
Thank God these kids are away from these two.
I read this story this morning, and have been troubled by it all day. Bless Ms Dean's sensitivity, courage and persistence. And I hope the dispatcher and others who didn't do their jobs are made to answer for their behavior. This is such a troubling story.