Nanny Charged After Cameras Catch Her Bashing Baby

AP via FOX News ^ | October 14, 2003

[new cruelty]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.

[new cruelty]

One clip shows Claudia Muro (search), 29, raising the baby above her head and "slamming her on the floor three or possibly four times," according to a police report by Officer Susan J. Hayes released Friday. Muro's back is to the camera, and the lower view of the baby is blocked by the woman's body.

I pray this 5 month old child will be alright. I need a dandelion break.

[Always Right]

Somehow I just see the courts stepping in and claiming this lady has a right to privacy while babysitting and throwing out the evidence.

[Support Free Republic]

Got a minute?

I'd really like you to rub my ears,
or help out FR.

[CanisRex]

I don't even want to intimate that I think the parents deserved this... However, that being said, these people put their social status (prosecutor & social worker) above the needs of their child. I think they are as culpable of child abuse, neglect, endangerment, etc. as the maniacal nanny.

[smadurski]

and dont forget if she is an illegal alien it would just be racist to pick on her.

[Eva]

No, more than likely the courts will rule that the parents were in the wrong for hiring an illegal alien and that they should have looked beyond the false identification the woman most likely presented to the agency.

[TADSLOS]

I hope this evil be-ach gets a double dose of her own medicine.

[Sir Gawain]

It's a miracle the baby is alive. I hope they save the tape and show it to her when she's an adult, along with the sitter's current address.

[smadurski]

I would agree if they just handed the child over to her with no background check.

[new cruelty]

That would be just.

[new cruelty]

I'm not sure what to think about your post. I'll give it some thought and get back to you.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Um....mothers need to be with their own children.
America MUST return to some type of traditional family structure and traditional values culture if we are to survive as a civilization. Infants and toddlers need to be with their Moms. Politicians and corporations must support paying fathers to support traditional families. This is non-PC news, but it needs to be said and repeated often.
The career Mom world of feminism and the sexual revolution leaves only casualties, stress, and social problems.
And 43-yr-old women on fertility drugs.

[JesseHousman]

The first-time parents -- a former prosecutor and a social worker...

What a combination.

If the mother stays home and takes care of her child, the child may take care of her someday! If she doesn't the child may take care of her anyway!

It doesn't matter if they hire a 29 year old loser to come into the home and act as a nanny or drop the child off at a day care center like they would drop off their dry cleaning. Not taking care of your own children is dangerous.

[laotzu]

"I don't even want to intimate that I think the parents deserved this... I think they are as culpable of child abuse..as the maniacal nanny."

Clearly put.

[JesseHousman]

I agree with you!

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Decline of civilization ping.

[soozla]

"One clip shows Claudia Muro (search), 29, raising the baby above her head and "slamming her on the floor three or possibly four times," according to a police report by Officer Susan J. Hayes released Friday. Muro's back is to the camera, and the lower view of the baby is blocked by the woman's body."

Another poster responded to an earlier thread similar to this with my thoughts EXACTLY:

Why in the hell didn't the parents, if they suspected the nanny was abusing the child, tell her that she was being recorded, without telling her any details of the camera location(s), and if she objected to it, fire her sorry butt!! Why do they allow this monster to injure their baby further, sacrificing the child's health and possibly her life, just to "catch" this scum-bag in the act and on camera?????

Could someone explain it to me, please?? What am I not "getting"?

What could they POSSIBLY gain from allowing this to go on one nano-second more??

[Lizavetta]

Betcha these parents have found, or will soon find, another stranger to mother their daughter, instead of dumping one of their careers and raising their daughter themselves.....

Wanna bet?

[GovernmentShrinker]

"Social worker" isn't exactly a high-status or high-paying occupation. Sounds more like mom was a naive do-gooder than a status and money seeker. After taxes, she probably didn't clear a whole lot more than she was paying the nanny.

[Bigg Red]

The first-time parents -- a former prosecutor and a social worker -- said they thought they had done everything right when they hired Muro to take care of their child after reviewing nine applicants.

^^
Well, first-time parents and all parents are doing "everything right" when they take care of their own children instead of farming them out to a stranger. Child rearing isn't piece-work. It's a shame this precious child had to suffer because her parents couldn't be bothered taking care of their own flesh and blood.