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Originally Posted by Poppinjay
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whoa...poppinjay!
the way that news article describes it, you'd think he was the devil incarnate, but trust me, i don't think you don't know half the story.
live in dc, but a neighbor who told his story on the nightly news gave a whole different picture.
she said that the kid was abused. according to his neighbor, his mother once hit him in the face with a frying pan, bloodying his face. 3-4 times a week he was always sleeping over at her house just to get away from his mother. according to her, he was always hungry. she called the authorities,
plenty of times, and they didn't do shit, just chalked it up to a family squabble. she said that the kid would go to school with bruises all over his arms and legs, and when he
did go home, all she could hear was his mother yelling at him. she said that on the day of the incident, he told her that his mother was yelling at him and punching him in the face, and that his younger brother was taunting him about it, and that he just snapped. not sure, but i think she was the one who called the police in.
everyone in the neighborhood knew the boy to be a bully, but she said that everyone also knew of the problems that he was having at home as well.
i don't know the details myself, but i serioulsy doubt that this is a case of an evil child, more like an abused one who couldn't take it anymore. if everything that his neighbor said is accurate, then that kid needs help, more help than the media is letting on, and a lot of it.
edited: spelling errors aplenty...