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[Mommy]

So I have a brother with Asperger's Syndrome which is considered to be a form of autism. He is 14 years old and has about the mental and social capacity of a 6 year old...no joke. My brother plays with 2 kids from down the block who are 6 and 10...because well, thats who he gets along with.. he does not know how to interact with kids his age. Some random ass kid from around the block who is 8 years old, comes over to where they are playing and starts picking on the 6 year old that my brother is playing with. My brother tells the kid he needs to go home and quit picking on them. The kid walks over to my brother and starts wacking him with a stick. My brother grabs him by the shirt and tells him to go home. The kid leaves. 10 minutes later the cops show up to arrest my brother for assault on a child under the age of 10, which is a Class C Felony... meaning that he could serve time in Juvie or be sent to a mental retardation facility. The cop is a real ass even when my mom is telling him that my brother has a mental disorder that is documented with the state because he is in special needs classes. Finally, the kid's mom says that she is going to hold off on pressing charges this time, but if it happens again she will. My brother's two friends told the exact same story to the police officer as my brother did, meaning that he was just protecting himself and those two kids. The police officer told my mom that had the lady wanted to press charges, my brother would be going to jail.... no questions asked

Is that bullshit or what? Apparently, if anyone over the age of 10 touches another kid under the age of 10, regardless of circumstances, the older kid could go to jail if the guardian of the younger kid decides to press charges....this is regardless of who starts it.

I think that is a little ridiculous if you ask me.

[Seeker]

laws in texas are ridiculous

[Testm0nkey]

if your brother has a mark from the stick beating and the other kid doesnt have a mark they dont have a case. the age of 10 or 6 doesnt matter neither are an adult and you could be 5 and technically be convicted of a felony is everyone on the jury or the judge is an idiot. the police officer and parents dont know what they are talking about

[Aaron]

The mother of the eight year old is a dumbass.

Instead of punishing her child for being a douche-bag, she proceeds to blame the whole thing on a kid with autism.

What a cunt.

Can't really say the law is stupid, but that mother is a dumb bitch and is one of many reasons why I hate kids so much.

<insert tasteless and inappropriate joke about autism so that someone edits my post, giving me reason to create another thread full of at least six pages of drama>

[Psykopath]

<insert tasteless and inappropriate joke about autism so that someone edits my post, giving me reason to create another thread full of at least six pages of drama>

[Mommy]

I just think its sad that there arent better laws to protect children with DOCUMENTED mental disabilities. Additionally, my brother didnt do anything wrong. He was protecting his friends.

I dont care if this message board is public... Im going to say this anyways...

If my brother were to have gotten arrested today, I would have jumped in my truck, driven to El Paso, and done some very illegal things. I seriously think that this country has taken a turn for the worst. Our legislature is so busy making laws to protect trees that they forget about what really needs to be done....

and dont even get me started on the education system here in Texas and their complete inability to hire competent special ed teachers. I wouldnt be surprised if every graduating high school senior from the class of 2015 doesnt know how to read. Our education system is complete shit.

[impala454]

it's just another example of our whole society turning kids into pansies. teachers can't spank, dont keep score at the soccer game, and can't let kids get into shoving matches... i swear we'll all be speaking arabic in 30 years.

[Psykopath]

it's just another example of our whole society turning kids into pansies. teachers can't spank, dont keep score at the soccer game, and can't let kids get into shoving matches... i swear we'll all be speaking arabic in 30 years.

wait, no.

[Aaron]

Our education system is complete shit.

I agree with you completely.

Those graduating seniors in 2015 may not be able to read at a fifth-grade level, but damn if they can't pass the shit out of standardized tests!

Why doesn't the government recognize the problem?

It's easy:

1. Government, embarassed that the rest of the civilized world is kicking our ass in math and science, mandates that students must take standardized tests in hopes of both increasing our standing in this area as well as accurately measuring how good of a job the education system does in preparing future generations for the "real world."

2. School districts and administrators, fearful of losing funding and/or their jobs, focus entirely too much attention on teaching for the standardized exams - e.g. prepping students for the test - that students score highly on the exams but really don't know much about shit.

3. Students, upon graduating from high school, are wholly unprepared for the academic rigors of higher education.

The healthcare system needs to be blown to shit and rebuilt, but I don't have a three-step explanation of why it's so fucked up so I'll just leave it to your imagination.

[FORSAKENR320]

i'm all about more violence


steak, potatoes, and more violence in the class rooms

[Mommy]

I agree with you completely.

Those graduating seniors in 2015 may not be able to read at a fifth-grade level, but damn if they can't pass the shit out of standardized tests!

Why doesn't the government recognize the problem?

It's easy:

1. Government, embarassed that the rest of the civilized world is kicking our ass in math and science, mandates that students must take standardized tests in hopes of both increasing our standing in this area as well as accurately measuring how good of a job the education system does in preparing future generations for the "real world."

2. School districts and administrators, fearful of losing funding and/or their jobs, focus entirely too much attention on teaching for the standardized exams - e.g. prepping students for the test - that students score highly on the exams but really don't know much about shit.

3. Students, upon graduating from high school, are wholly unprepared for the academic rigors of higher education.

The healthcare system needs to be blown to shit and rebuilt, but I don't have a three-step explanation of why it's so fucked up so I'll just leave it to your imagination.

No shit. I completely agree with everything you said. I went to a private school that hardly even told us how to go about taking that SAT's, let alone teaching what was on it. I didnt do well on my SAT's...got like a 1080 I think. I dont think it measures shit though. I did fine in college and felt more than prepared for all my classes because of the high school I went to

[woody]

any markings on your brother?
any markings on the kid your brother got with?

[Mommy]

no markings on either kid at all

[woody]

that's pretty fucked up...

where's the evidence?

basically taking one word against another with no proof

[pysex]

that's pretty fucked up...

where's the evidence?

basically taking one word against another with no proof

sounds to me like that cop knew the woman and was doing this on a favor of some kind

[impala454]

maybe she was doing him a favor, if you catch my drift

[Mommy]

that's pretty fucked up...

where's the evidence?

basically taking one word against another with no proof

according to the cop and his supervisor (my mom called the police station after the incident) it doesnt matter who started it. Because the child's mother reported it first and the child is under 10, my brother is automatically at fault.

[woody]

so next time your bro is outside and he see that kid around, have your mom call the cops & report an "incident"

This post has been edited by woody: Mar 19 2007, 10:55 AM

[Mommy]

so next time your bro is outside and he see that kid around, have your mom call the cops & report an "incident"

apparently, nothing can be done though because the kid is under 10. most that will happen is that the mother will be talked to by the cops

[Aaron]

Eureka!

1. Find a kid that is big, burly, poor and under 10 years old.

2. Tell him that you will pay X amount (in cash or candy) if he goes and beats the everliving shit out of the dumbass eight year old.

3. Repeat as necessary for sufficient vengeance and/or entertainment.

[FORSAKENR320]

throw a rock through your own front window, call cops, and blame 8 yr old. say you saw him do it, and then run away.

rinse & repeat until hair is desired consistancy

[THECHICKEN]

A dick cop and a prosecuter going after this is two different things. Especially with no evidence the prosecutor would most likely just drop it.

[Mommy]

thats what the station supervisor said... that if my brother had been arrested, the judge would most likely throw it out because of my brother's condition; however, she also wanted my mom to know that there are some judges that are not lenient at all with juvenile crime irregardless of mental disabilities.

[THECHICKEN]

thats what the station supervisor said... that if my brother had been arrested, the judge would most likely throw it out because of my brother's condition; however, she also wanted my mom to know that there are some judges that are not lenient at all with juvenile crime irregardless of mental disabilities.

Well as you described it, it wouldn't seem to be a crime irregardless of your brother's mental status. Since the young boy assaulted your brother first and your brother just stopped him (without even hurting him) and told him to leave, its not really a crime. And technically your brother could sue the kid for battery for hitting him.

Anyhoo, just seems like you got a dick cop and retard parent giving your brother shit.

[GOB]

what a little shit. and it looks like he didn't fall far from the tree; that mom is a clear example of what happened to all the gen-xers who were raised by hippies.

crap like this is why cops can't spend time getting rid of real crime. people abusing police resources when they could just walk down the street to get their story straight before freaking out.

if i had come home and said some bigger kid kicked my ass, my mom would have asked me what i did to provoke him.

[Mommy]

what was funny is the cop said this when my mom tried to explain my brother's side of the story: "Im a public service. I dont get paid to think. I get paid to do and the other lady reported the incident first"

What a dumbass. The station supervisor said he will be getting in trouble for that.

[pysex]

what was funny is the cop said this when my mom tried to explain my brother's side of the story: "Im a public service. I dont get paid to think. I get paid to do and the other lady reported the incident first"

What a dumbass. The station supervisor said he will be getting in trouble for that.

YOU MEAN THE CAPTAIN....THE CHIEF...THE HONCHO...THE EL TEE

[griseyeux]

surreptitiously

[Rocky]

It takes a BIG man to use the law against an Austic child

[Aaron]

It takes a BIG man to use the law against an Austic child

You can do it Rocky, I believe in you!

[FORSAKENR320]

It takes a BIG man to use the law against an Austic child

i head austic children make good door-stops...




or was that terry schiavo

[impala454]

i head austic children

[Hartmann]

Jumping into this late but I must say this is proof we are a country of finger pointers...

Nothing is anyone's fault. The mom of the kid with the stick doesn't want her child's shirt pulled even though her kid is a bully and jerk, so she immediately blames someone else.

Quite frankly I am tired of it. People need to take responsibility for themselves and stop trying to place blame everywhere. It's nuts.

[FORSAKENR320]

you know, that typo is so awesome, i'm gonna leave it.

[RitalinJunkie]

Jumping into this late but I must say this is proof we are a country of finger pointers...

Nothing is anyone's fault. The mom of the kid with the stick doesn't want her child's shirt pulled even though her kid is a bully and jerk, so she immediately blames someone else.

Quite frankly I am tired of it. People need to take responsibility for themselves and stop trying to place blame everywhere. It's nuts.

I have to agree on that......these people need to realize that their kids are gonna get in trouble and fuck up every now and then.....shit....if something happens when i have kids im probly gonna assume it was my kid instead of the other kid just because i know i did stupid shit when i was a kid, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[Seussninja]

I'm not having children.








...because i'm a man and it is physically impossible for me to.

[griseyeux]

I'm not having children.
...because i'm a man and it is physically impossible for me to.

wow, I think thats what every dead beat father in America has said when his girlfriend tells him she's pregnant.

[FORSAKENR320]

wow, I think thats what every dead beat father in America has said when his girlfriend tells him she's pregnant.

you mean other than " i think we should start seeing other people"

[GOB]

you mean other than " i think we should start seeing other people"

and "there's no way this is my baby, you whore"

[impala454]

I have to agree on that......these people need to realize that their kids are gonna get in trouble and fuck up every now and then.....shit....if something happens when i have kids im probly gonna assume it was my kid instead of the other kid just because i know i did stupid shit when i was a kid, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

the problem is these dipshit parents don't just let kids be kids. of course kids are gonna fight, do stupid shit, you don't friggin call the cops.

[Seussninja]

wow, I think thats what every dead beat father in America has said when his girlfriend tells him she's pregnant.

Except I mean it, I REALLY don't have a uterus.

[Mommy]

Except I mean it, I REALLY don't have a uterus.

Greg's persistent messages concerning his lack of uterus leads me to believe that he is hiding something.

[Seussninja]

Greg's persistent messages concerning his lack of uterus leads me to believe that he is hiding something.

Jessica if you say anything I swear to god you'll get a free 5 finger tattoo.

[FORSAKENR320]

Jessica if you say anything I swear to god you'll get a free 5 finger tattoo.

it's not really a secret greg... we've all fucked you at one point or another