Posted on 03/24/2025 1:48:31 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The stricken sister of a tragic 15-year-old special-needs teen tortured to death by their “executioner’’ cousin told a Manhattan judge Monday that she still misses her “baby’’ every day.
“I’m still waiting for a phone call to hear, ‘Hey, Sis, I miss you,’ ” an emotional Mykarsha Rogers told the judge — who ended up sentencing killer Johnette Booker to 20 years behind bars.
Rogers’ sibling, Jallen McConnie, who was believed to be autistic, died in a hellhole home in the Wise Towers on West 94th Street and Columbus Avenue in June 2021 after horrific torture from the 43-year-old Booker, her brother and another male relative.
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So, according to the article, they beat him with a belt over 50 times in the previous week, and forced a running shower nozzle into his mouth to kill him. Because they lost their tempers. Right.
It was either frustration and anger, or hatred and sadism. Those are the choices. Right? Look, if you want to believe it was sadism, go ahead, I don't care. Neither you nor I have any power to bring this kid back or affect the sentences of the defendants. It is just my opinion that this boy was very difficult and these people were not equipped. They thought they could beat the brat out of him. They couldn't. Then they lost their crap and oops. I'm not suggesting they shouldn't be charged, convicted, and sentenced. I just think this is not sadists beating a little angel. I think this was people with short fuses who couldn't handle a very difficult teen.
Ok, just so we’re clear.
They were sadists. They called it "cousins boot camp."
Yeah, but there was a reason his sister sent him to live with them. He was out of her control. “Oppositional Defiance Disorder?” I know what that means: uncontrollable.
Running a shower nozzle down a child’s throat is frustration and anger? That’s something that is premeditated.
And your evidence for this is...?
Common sense? If you’re angry at a child, you might smack him. You don’t put a shower nozzle down their throat.
The three ‘grownups’ were the ones who were out of control in this case. They should be locked up forever.
I thought you were making a case for premeditation.
I'm sure they will be locked up for a pretty good stint.
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