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Another day, another sterilization candidate.

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Fausto

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This is just beyond fscked up. :frown:

From AJC.com (requires registration, so here's the full text)

A woman who beat her 8-year-old child bloody with an iron and a knife, then left him in a closet before heading off to a dance club early Monday morning, is now in the Fulton County Jail, Atlanta police said.

The boy, Curtis Thomas, was taken to Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital, where he received several stitches on his head. Upon release, he will join two siblings ? a 3-year-old brother and a 10-year-old sister ? who have been placed in state custody.

Police said the mother, Terrell Thomas, beat the boy with an iron, a knife and several other objects at her house in the 200 block of Holly Road to discipline him for inappropriate behavior sometime after midnight Monday.

Thomas then ordered the boy into a closet, asked a 14-year-old girl to baby-sit the children, and left for a club on Simpson Road, said Atlanta police Sgt. John Quigley. The baby-sitter then called police.

Terrell Thomas' sister, Monika Eubanks, said Monday evening this wasn't the first time Thomas had violently lashed out against the children.

Eubanks believes the pressure of raising three children by herself was getting to Thomas, a 28-year-old unemployed single mother.

"I'd ask her why she did it [beat the children] and she'd just say she lost her temper," Eubanks said.

In April, Eubanks said, she lodged a complaint with the Division of Family and Children Services after Curtis' schoolteachers noticed bruises on him.

The following month, she filed a separate complaint after one of Curtis' siblings was abused by one of Thomas' friends, Eubanks said.

"What else were they [DFCS] waiting for? How bad did they want things to get before they would do something?" Eubanks said.

Thomas' neighbors said they would often hear children's cries coming from the dilapidated yellow house since the family moved to the northwest Atlanta neighborhood a year-and-a-half ago.

"I try not to get in other folks' business, but I'd tell her when I'd see her that kids throw tantrums but that's no reason to beat them like that," said next-door neighbor Carl Butler, 53. "She wouldn't respond."

Thomas was charged with aggravated battery, reckless conduct, cruelty to children and false imprisonment.

She is expected to appear in court at 11 a.m. today, said Fulton County Sheriff's Lt. Clarence Huber.

Monday evening, Eubanks pulled up with other relatives to Thomas' house to retrieve the family belongings. Someone had already ransacked the home, stealing electronics and other items.

As for the children's possessions, "there isn't anything to take," Eubanks said. "They didn't really have a lot."
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What's a 28-year old unemployed single mother doing going to a dance club? I'd like to beat her bloody with an iron.
 
How the hell do you beat someone with a knife? The retard was probably holding the sharp end and using the blunt end on the poor kid. 😛
 
This is what got me, on top of this POS of a mother...

"In April, Eubanks said, she lodged a complaint with the Division of Family and Children Services after Curtis' schoolteachers noticed bruises on him.

The following month, she filed a separate complaint after one of Curtis' siblings was abused by one of Thomas' friends, Eubanks said.

"What else were they [DFCS] waiting for? How bad did they want things to get before they would do something?" Eubanks said."



I am sure someone is going to lose their job now, and hopfully other cases will be made more current.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
What's a 28-year old unemployed single mother doing going to a dance club?
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Looking to sucker some unsuspecting fool into taking care of her kids for her.
 
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Only in Georgia...
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Sarcasm or not, that's just f'ing ignorant. This could, and does, happen anywhere. You should pull your @ss down from your high horse.
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Skoorb and I have an ongoing "Mock Each Other's Home States" thing going. Now go have a high-fiber breakfast and relax, okay?
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
I am sure someone is going to lose their job now, and hopfully other cases will be made more current.
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See, you're assuming the DCFS actually has families in mind. Half the time they're just the moral enforcement wing of a particular political subset. True, most times this does not preclude them from taking children away from parents who are cooking meth in the house, but they tend to have selective vision with a lot of cases. Georgia seems to be notorious for this, as are many surrounding states.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Only in Georgia...
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Sarcasm or not, that's just f'ing ignorant. This could, and does, happen anywhere. You should pull your @ss down from your high horse.
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Skoorb and I have an ongoing "Mock Each Other's Home States" thing going. Now go have a high-fiber breakfast and relax, okay?
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LOL 🙂
 
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Only in Georgia...
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Sarcasm or not, that's just f'ing ignorant. This could, and does, happen anywhere. You should pull your @ss down from your high horse.
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Bullcrap. Nothing like this EVER happens outside of Georgia, and if does it was definitely caused by a native Georgian. Probably somebody who eats peaches and pecans ALL day long and eats BBQ for every meal. Damn Georgians!
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
This is just beyond fscked up. :frown:

From AJC.com (requires registration, so here's the full text)

Monday evening, Eubanks pulled up with other relatives to Thomas' house to retrieve the family belongings. Someone had already ransacked the home, stealing electronics and other items.
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Wonder how hard the cops are going to look for the stuff. I'm thinking not very. Seems appropiate, too.
 
See, this is the kind of thing that made me turn down a position with Hall County DFCS the other week. Albeit it happens a lot more often in Atlanta, I still just don't think it would've been the right job for me. Hell, I'll be in grad school in a year; if I really want to do social work, I'll get into it once I have an advanced degree. Think I'll just stick with research till then.
 
Naming a girl Terrell is just about as dumb as naming a boy Trianthony. I think people given stupid names by their parents are doomed to take it out on their kids.

All kidding aside, I hope Curtis and his siblings in foster care can find a way to break the cycle of violence.
 
My gf's sister throws her kids in a cold shower when they're bad, and shes a grade A slut that goes out constantly. I love trashy people.
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
I am sure someone is going to lose their job now, and hopfully other cases will be made more current.
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See, you're assuming the DCFS actually has families in mind. Half the time they're just the moral enforcement wing of a particular political subset. True, most times this does not preclude them from taking children away from parents who are cooking meth in the house, but they tend to have selective vision with a lot of cases. Georgia seems to be notorious for this, as are many surrounding states.
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This just in:

State fires caseworker of boy who was beaten

By CRAIG SCHNEIDER, BILL MONTGOMERY
Published on: 06/29/04


The state child protection agency on Tuesday fired the caseworker of an 8-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten by his mother and locked in a closet Monday, officials said.

The boy's family had a case history with the state Division of Family and Children Services, officials said.

"The caseworker has been terminated," said Dena Smith, spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Resources, which oversees DFCS. "Poor casework will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Swift action will always be taken."

DFCS officials declined to discuss specifics about how the case was handled, citing the family's right to confidentiality.

Smith said officials do not believe the problems with caseworker's handling of the case reflect the larger systemwide problems plaguing DFCS. She said the caseworker was a veteran employee who did not have a high caseload.

The firing of the male caseworker marks the first response to a major incident of abuse or neglect by new DHR Commissioner B.J. Walker.

"B.J. Walker has demanded accountability and solutions, and she directly holds county [DFCS] directors responsible in the system," said Smith.

She noted that DFCS Director Janet Oliva will oversee the internal investigation into the boy's case.

Also Tuesday, a $101,000 bond was set for the mother, Terrell Thomas.

At a first appearance hearing in a Fulton County Jail courtroom, Magistrate Roy Roberts set bonds of $50,000 each on charges of aggravated assault and child cruelty, plus $1,000 bond for reckless conduct. Thomas stood silently in a blue jail jumpsuit, her hands cuffed behind her.
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Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
I am sure someone is going to lose their job now, and hopfully other cases will be made more current.
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See, you're assuming the DCFS actually has families in mind. Half the time they're just the moral enforcement wing of a particular political subset. True, most times this does not preclude them from taking children away from parents who are cooking meth in the house, but they tend to have selective vision with a lot of cases. Georgia seems to be notorious for this, as are many surrounding states.
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This just in:

State fires caseworker of boy who was beaten

By CRAIG SCHNEIDER, BILL MONTGOMERY
Published on: 06/29/04


The state child protection agency on Tuesday fired the caseworker of an 8-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten by his mother and locked in a closet Monday, officials said.

The boy's family had a case history with the state Division of Family and Children Services, officials said.

"The caseworker has been terminated," said Dena Smith, spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Resources, which oversees DFCS. "Poor casework will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Swift action will always be taken."

DFCS officials declined to discuss specifics about how the case was handled, citing the family's right to confidentiality.

Smith said officials do not believe the problems with caseworker's handling of the case reflect the larger systemwide problems plaguing DFCS. She said the caseworker was a veteran employee who did not have a high caseload.

The firing of the male caseworker marks the first response to a major incident of abuse or neglect by new DHR Commissioner B.J. Walker.

"B.J. Walker has demanded accountability and solutions, and she directly holds county [DFCS] directors responsible in the system," said Smith.

She noted that DFCS Director Janet Oliva will oversee the internal investigation into the boy's case.

Also Tuesday, a $101,000 bond was set for the mother, Terrell Thomas.

At a first appearance hearing in a Fulton County Jail courtroom, Magistrate Roy Roberts set bonds of $50,000 each on charges of aggravated assault and child cruelty, plus $1,000 bond for reckless conduct. Thomas stood silently in a blue jail jumpsuit, her hands cuffed behind her.
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Excellent news!
:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
I am sure someone is going to lose their job now, and hopfully other cases will be made more current.
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See, you're assuming the DCFS actually has families in mind. Half the time they're just the moral enforcement wing of a particular political subset. True, most times this does not preclude them from taking children away from parents who are cooking meth in the house, but they tend to have selective vision with a lot of cases. Georgia seems to be notorious for this, as are many surrounding states.
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This just in:

State fires caseworker of boy who was beaten

<and so on and so forth>
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See, this is why pessimism pays off: you're pleasantly surprised more often.
 
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