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CA: Little girl faces felony charge for throwing rock at little boy
Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/15/05 | Juliana Barbassa - AP

Posted on 07/15/2005 1:26:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: NormsRevenge
Damn! I would've been in San Quintin by that age for all the ornery little things I did as a small child.

Good grief.
41 posted on 07/15/2005 2:05:48 PM PDT by KimmyJaye (Susan Estrich: A face for radio and a voice for pantomime.)
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To: BostonianRightist

Only if they have Republican White parents.


42 posted on 07/15/2005 2:05:55 PM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: NormsRevenge

Sounds like something on peoples court.

Send the little hussy to GITMO.


43 posted on 07/15/2005 2:06:59 PM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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deport the lot of them.


44 posted on 07/15/2005 2:08:34 PM PDT by Rio (Don't make me come over there....)
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To: brytlea

If it were my child that were hit in the head with a rock, and I knew that he and several of his friends had been teasing that rock thrower, he'd be in trouble himself. She said they were hitting her with water balloons. She reacted, who can blame her? The parents of the children involved should have been able to deal with the situation. Grabbing the girl, cuffing her, detaining her in a juvenile facility, putting her on trial for a felony assault is really too much. She's 11. Does she has a record of violent assaults which makes a trial a logical next step? Or was this one isolated incident where a little girl felt threatened by a group of boys throwing water balloons at her? I think she's getting a raw deal.


45 posted on 07/15/2005 2:09:08 PM PDT by InWonderland
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To: NormsRevenge
Maribel panicked. The officers had the slight girl down on the ground, and one of them put his knee to her back to restrain her, her mother said in Spanish.

Should have tased her and sprayed her too just to show her who's boss

46 posted on 07/15/2005 2:10:15 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: William Terrell
Parents are responsible.

Not in this case. Haven't ya heard. Bush doesn't want to break up families. The parents can't be held responsible since they are not US citizens and we don't want to "break up" illegal immigrant families.

47 posted on 07/15/2005 2:10:31 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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To: NormsRevenge

Headline: "Little Boy pulls Little Girls Hair -- Gets Life".


48 posted on 07/15/2005 2:12:06 PM PDT by soundandvision
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To: nickcarraway
Does this count as a strike?

Hopefully not her first. Since Supreme Court has ruled out effective punishment for offenders her age, I hope there is some sort of three strikes rule we can use to confine her.

Its for the children.

49 posted on 07/15/2005 2:18:23 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Grammy
When I was a little girl, a neighbor boy threw a rock at me and hit me in the forehead. I still have the scar. After running home and getting a bandaid and kisses from my mom, I went out and beat the snot out of him. That finished it. End of story. The parents didn't even talk about it.

In addition, did he rip your dress and have to pay for it out of his allowance? If so, you and I might know each other.......;)

50 posted on 07/15/2005 2:22:36 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Peace through Ignorance)
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To: NormsRevenge
Her family says Maribel meant no harm when she accidentally hit the Elijah Vang, the 9-year-old neighborhood boy, in the forehead with a rock. They say she was simply defending herself after Vang and several other boys pummeled her with water balloons outside her home in a poor Fresno neighborhood in April. Vang's family isn't pressing charges and has since moved away.

Police contend Maribel was the main suspect in a felony assault and they treated her appropriately.

Does this mean we can throw water ballons at the police and they can't hurt us to stop us?

51 posted on 07/15/2005 2:24:18 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Some say what's good for others, the others make the goods; it's the meddlers against the peddlers)
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To: InWonderland

We don't really know the answers to those questions. And most parents, even if their kid started it, would be all about the rock thrower getting the book thrown at them. You might not be, but most parents, upon seeing their child bloodied are sure that the other child is at fault and someone should pay dearly.
I do think that even if the other kid deserved it, we don't need to encourage kids to take revenge in the case of something as minor as having water balloons tossed at you. Maybe she really had no other recourse, but the story doesnt' say that.
Anyway, from the info it sounds as if the police over reacted, but her parents will now over react with a lawsuit, I suspect. She doesn't deserve a million dollar settlement.
susie


52 posted on 07/15/2005 2:29:23 PM PDT by brytlea (Yes, there are Republican teachers...)
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To: Amerigomag
I get you, but this has been going on with American families, too, specifically behavior related to school.
53 posted on 07/15/2005 2:33:40 PM PDT by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Give her the chair.
It's cases like this that show the need for the death penalty.
Next thing you know they will find kids are seliing lemonade without the proper permits.
I used to think that meth labs and rapists were a problem.
When will this madness stop?


54 posted on 07/15/2005 2:42:33 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland
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To: NormsRevenge

Unbelieveable. Hit a bully back and go to jail. This sends a good message.


55 posted on 07/15/2005 2:49:50 PM PDT by followerofchrist
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To: NormsRevenge

She had to wear an ankle bracelet, while convicted child molesters can roam freely? Surely someone like this little girl is more of a threat to society than say, the man who killed Dylan Groene. Sick.


56 posted on 07/15/2005 2:53:51 PM PDT by followerofchrist
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To: NormsRevenge

Wait a minute. Guadalupe said she didn't speak English and the officers didn't speak Spanish, but said officers kept saying "I don't care." I think this story is exaggerated, but no doubt the little girl suffered an injustice.


57 posted on 07/15/2005 2:58:04 PM PDT by followerofchrist
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To: NormsRevenge
That's just wrong, and a reason why I don't trust cops I don't know.

Note to self, when I'm a parent, don't have kids trust the cops. Do what you have to do and go home.

58 posted on 07/15/2005 4:28:51 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Stop the Land Grabs - Markman, Taylor, Young, or Corrigan for SCOTUS)
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I bet it's a cop under 40 too.


59 posted on 07/15/2005 4:29:41 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Stop the Land Grabs - Markman, Taylor, Young, or Corrigan for SCOTUS)
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To: Sundown2005
They start off young, don't they?

Oh, for heaven's sake!

that is the most absurd reply so far!

THey are kids! The officer over reacted in a BIG way. The(stupid) boy was throwing water baloons at her and she defended herself. I bet the boy desn't throw water baloons anymore!

60 posted on 07/15/2005 4:36:47 PM PDT by It's me
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