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As Madelyne Toogood returns to court today, Irish Travellers and some experts on their culture are alleging that media coverage of Toogood and Travellers over the past three weeks has been unfair, unresearched and nothing short of racist. Toogood, an Irish Traveller, was videotaped by a security camera Sept. 13 apparently striking her 4-year-old daughter in the back seat of a vehicle parked outside a Mishawaka department store. "The last time I remember reading this type of language was when the Nazis were rounding these people up to throw them into ovens," says Larry Otway, a political scientist who has...

                                WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2 2002                   ShopNetDaily   Page 1 News   Page 2 News   LocalNetDaily   Commentary   Classified Ads   Letters   People Search   SportsNetDaily   Health   Weather   TV Guide   Movies   Business   Stocks     Too bad, Mrs. Toogood, we're taking your kids Posted: October 2, 20021:00 a.m. Eastern © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Had I been caught on camera administering an admittedly vigorous hiding to my daughter, my first instinct would be to flee much like Madelyne Gorman Toogood did. Toogood's unflattering film debut was...

Toogood reportedly fled Memphis doctor's office without paying bill By Clay Bailey bailey@gomemphis.com October 1, 2002 Five years before appearing on a surveillance tape beating her daughter, Madelyne Toogood was listed as a suspect in a Memphis police report after bolting from a local pediatrician's office without paying. The report, filed in connection with the March 25, 1997, incident, states that Toogood, who listed a nonexistent Frayser address, left Dr. Hubert Dellinger's office without paying $255 for treatment of three children. Dellinger's office never received payment. But Dellinger's employees recognized Madelyne Toogood about a week ago amid national publicity after...

Just heard on the top of the hour news...that the little girl turned over to the foster family MAY not be her daughter! SO where is the little beaten up Toogood girl?

Madelyne Toogood, who was caught on tape allegedly punching her 4-year-old daughter in an Indiana mall parking lot, has a New Jersey connection. Nude photos of Toogood's daughter, Martha, were reported to police in Wall Township, N.J. The pictures had been taken after the alleged attack. The clerk at the photo counter in an Eckerd drugstore told NBC 10 that as soon as the pictures came through a processing machine, he knew something was wrong -- the entire roll of film was of a naked little girl. "If you were to just see these photos without context, your first reaction,...

Since the Martha Toogood's story is being dissected into the most minute details, here's one aspect not yet discussed: - Martha gets a spanking from her mommy (some call it a savage beating). Whatever that was, it turns out that not one doctor, not even the prosecutor could find any sign of abuse such as bruises, cuts, broken bones, missing limbs or rigor mortis. In fact there are nude pictures apparently showing Martha as intact as ever. - The state takes Martha under its own loving wing and... MARTHA IS SICK NOW!!! In fact, Martha is so sick, not even...

DALLAS (AP) _ The tearful testimonial Madelyne Gorman Toogood gave in front of glaring TV cameras after she was videotaped beating her daughter was starkly uncharacteristic of the reclusive, media-shy Irish Travelers culture to which she belongs, experts say. Toogood, who was caught beating her 4-year-old daughter, Martha, in a department store parking lot, said she is a member of the clannish, nomadic culture of Irish descendants, most of whom came to the United States as refugees during the potato famine in the 1840s. ``By nature, they're very reclusive people,'' said Joe Livingston, a South Carolina state investigator who has...

<p>MOTHER of the Year Madelyne Toogood has three small children, four driver's licenses, and two names to chose from - depending upon the state in which she parks her trailer. But Mommie Dearest has not one permanent address.</p> <p>The country now is as familiar with Toogood's parenting skills as it is with the danger of Hurricane Isidore. This past weekend, the savage in blue jeans was all over TV, furiously whacking her small daughter about the head, a scene caught on surveillance videotape.</p>

<p>TINLEY PARK, Ill. — A woman caught on videotape beating her child in a department store parking lot was expected to plead innocent at her arraignment Monday morning in Indiana.</p> <p>Madelyne Gorman Toogood, 25, was charged with felony battery to a child, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison. She surrendered to police Saturday.</p>

Since the news and tape of Madelyne Gorman/Toogood's beating of her child has been made public, there seems to be much interest in posters that the mother was an Irish Traveler. I, myself, have done searches on the net to learn more of the Travelers or Gypsies in the USA. I have not found anything that is more interesting than that of the posters who have given their individual experiences with these people. But, it is so much fragmented in many threads. I am hoping that by starting this thread, Freepers can relate their experiences and knowlege of these people,...

Some local authorities will not refer to Madelyn Gorman/Toogood and Margaret Daley as 'Travelers' but a local expert on Travelers says from the video he's seen, he believes the women are Irish Travelers. There are an estimated 12,000 to 20,000 Irish Travelers in the United States, mostly in South Carolina and Texas. This is where it is believed Gorman and her family is from. Travelers live a nomadic lifestyle, moving from town to town in large groups to do seasonal work but they've also been labeled, by some, as scam artists. Most Irish Travelers in this country are descendents of...

MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- Police say they're looking for a Texas woman who was videotaped striking her young daughter in the parking lot of a department store in northern Indiana. Police said a surveillance video captured Madelyne Gorman beating her daughter, Martha Toogood, as she put her in a white sport utility vehicle Wednesday. The SUV had a Texas license plate, South Bend television station WNDU reported. Police said Gorman and another woman -- identified as Gorman's sister -- had earlier caught the attention of security personnel. "They had some items that they took into Kohls that they tried to received...

Mother to surrender in videotaped beating of girl 09/21/2002 Associated Press MISHAWAKA, Ind. - A woman seen on a department store security tape punching her 4-year-old daughter plans to surrender Saturday, her attorney said Friday night. Police have been searching for Madelyne Gorman Toogood since Sept. 13, when a camera in a department store parking lot videotaped her punching and shaking her 4-year-old daughter. The attorney, Stephen Rosen, said Ms. Toogood is on her way to Chicago and will surrender. She is charged with felony battery to a child. Indiana police took the search nationwide Wednesday when they released...