It’s all about her. Her life. Her future.
Notice she has no compassion for her brother.
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Pure sociopath.
Children with it don’t tend to conceal it as well as adult sociopaths, but they are perfectly capable emotion. They will even cry. The only difference is that they cry because their own life is ruined, and the people they hurt don’t even register.
Agreed. Her words revealed her true thoughts.
She did ask about him in the car, and when the officer told her he was still in treatment, she said, "Oh, thank God!" She also explained that he had had cancer and had been home for a long time; that this had been his first day back to school; and also that she often was the one to take care of him when her mother was working. Also, her 3-year-old brother goes over to "his" father's house to stay.
So here was a child whose own father is replaced by someone else, and a mom whose attention was on both boys—the one who was profoundly sick, and the other who was a baby and toddler. This girl had not had anyone to pay attention to her (and I mean normal amounts of parental attention) since before her father and mother finally split up — so, probably the age of 7 to 9. Living in an apartment with a sometimes single mom and made to "help" with mom's emotional odessey. Add some kind of medication to the mix, and it all exploded.
Not an excuse; but a reason for compassion, even though it looks as if she did a horrible thing. She needs extensive therapy and care not to become a psychopath through living with all the trashworld kids in juvie until 18. Will she get it? Who knows?
The extensiveness of this video before her trial and disposition of her case is horribly intrusive, and will also follow her around for life. What has happened to our "innocent until proven guilty", "cruel or unusual punishment" or "unreasonable search and seizure" protocols?
I hope there is a local pastor and his wife and congregants who will make her their special project; and another group who will help the mother and surviving brother. God help all of them in that mess of a family.