Lord Help Us: One-Year-Old Shoots Himself With Mother’s Gun

September 25, 2012 By Madam Prezident Leave a Comment

One-Year-Old Shoots Himself With Mother’s Gun

People have really got to start being more mindful of where they keep guns in the house when they have small children…

A 24-year-old mother (in Clarksville, Tenn.) is charged with aggravated child abuse after her 1-year-old child shot himself in the hand.
According to a news release from the Clarksville Police, the shooting happened around 3:15 p.m. on Sunday. The gun had been left on a coffee table. When the child was unattended, he grabbed it and accidentally shot himself.
The mother was booked into the Montgomery County Jail at 7:00 p.m and was released on $5,000 bond.
The child was being treated for a non-life-threatening injury.

Thankfully, this child was not fatally harmed.

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Sad: White Teenage Bullies Black Kid On Bus {Video}

July 24, 2012 By Madam Prezident Leave a Comment

The bus driver is acquitted for ignoring this as well…

White Teen Bullies Torture 10-Yr Old Black Boy On Bus

driver is acquitted for ignoring this as well…This is unacceptable

White Teen Bullies Torture 10-Yr Old Black Boy On Bus

his video shows the shocking torment suffered by a 10-year-old boy on his way to school.
For 40 minutes Cequan Haskins was abused by a pair of 15-year-old bullies in May 2011.
They called him names, made sexual and racial slurs and held a scorching cigarette lighter to his skin.
In the chilling footage Cequan can be heard screaming and pleading with the bullies to stop but they are relentless, clambering over seats to get at him.
They are visibly much larger than their victim and he is unable to get away from them as they yell at him to ‘sit down and shut your mouth’.
Cequan’s mother, Roxanne Haskins, released the video at a press conference on Friday, telling wset-tv that she wanted people to know just how bad bullying can be.
‘I wanted parents to be aware, that when I speak out, I’m speaking out for all kids. But unfortunately, this did happen to my child, and I want parents to be aware of what’s going on in the school system,’ she said.
‘My son, he was a special needs child and he didn’t deserve this. He was entitled to a safe transportation just like any other child in the Appomattox County Public School System.’
Cequan was left with physical and emotional scars in the aftermath of his ordeal, Ms Haskins said.
He continues to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and has undergone hours of therapy.
Both of the teens involved were found guilty of disorderly conduct, assault and battery.
Ms Haskins has launched a civil case against the Appomattox County School Board and is awaiting a trial date.
The bus driver, Nancy Davis was initially investigated for child neglect, the video playing a key part in her trial.
She can be heard shouting ‘Ugh, anything to get him quiet! I’ve got to drive this bus’ as the boys torture Haskins toward the back of the bus.
She was acquitted of all child abuse charges several months ago.

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Filed Under: Black Celebrity Gossip, Black Gossip Tagged With: Appomattox County Virginia, Bullying, Bus driver, Child abuse, Friday, Nancy Reagan, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Roxanne Haskins

Mississippi School Handcuffs Students To Railing For Disciplinary Reasons-Not Anymore!!!

May 28, 2012 By Madam Prezident 1 Comment

Public schools in Jackson, Miss., will no longer be allowed to handcuff students to poles or other objects, under a settlement with the Southern Poverty Law Center reached in U.S. District Court. Jody Owens, director of the Mississippi office of the Southern Poverty Law Center, said the Capital City Alternatives school in Mississippi’s largest district must immediately stop handcuffing students, a practice used to punish even such things as dress-code violations.
“The focus should be education, not incarceration and it’s tantamount to child abuse when children are handcuffed to railings for something as simple as not having the appropriate belt or inappropriate shoe strings,” Owens said. The way students had been disciplined in the school was abusive, she said. “We have some students who have gone on record to say it’s happened to them three or four days in a row,” Owens said. “We know there are some students who actually had to eat their lunch with one hand handcuffed to a railing.”
According to the settlement, approved by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee, district employees will stop handcuffing students younger than 13, and can only handcuff older students for crimes, and no student may be handcuffed to railings, poles, desks, chairs or other objects. “It’s apparent there were severe problems that we hope now are being addressed and will be alleviated,” Lee told lawyers in court Friday, just before signing the settlement order.
CCA Principal Marie Harris said in her deposition that some did handcuff students, but that it was done for student safety. The ruling requires the school to change its approach in dealing with emotionally challenged students. The school was ordered to conduct a “climate assessment” that includes students, parents and teachers, as well as a mandate that all teachers be trained to deal with students with emotional and behavioral management problems, Owens said.

Smh-Carzy.

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