Parents: Dying Girl, 7, Taunted by Neighbors in Trenton

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TraumaRN

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So update on the situation the woman

Trenton — A woman apologized Friday after being overwhelmed by the escalation of a long simmering neighborhood feud that spread to the Internet after she posted pictures of a terminally ill 7-year-old girl’s face above a set of crossed bones and a picture of the girl’s dead mother in the arms of the grim reaper.

“What I did was ignorant and wrong and I would walk right across this street now and apologize, if it weren’t for the PPO (personal protection order issued against her earlier by a court),” said Jennifer Petkov, 33. “I’m not proud of myself because this went from a neighborhood dispute to a huge thing.”


Full article here-

http://detnews.com/article/20101009/METRO01/10090373/Trenton-woman-apologizes-for-Facebook-taunts
 

waggy

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Dec 14, 2000
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hahah the family is now "embarrassed" over it. yeah now that the father is getting fired, the kids are getting shit at school and the mother is getting comments from people all over the world.

yeah now she see's that she made a mistake. bah
 

kevman

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Apr 20, 2001
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One thing I love about human nature, is that when you are an outright asshole scumbag, people are gonna fuck with you. I applaud all the people who scared the shit out of those asshole neighbors and made them take down the coffin truck.

I hope they continue to get harassed and maybe the wise and beautiful woman wife ends up in a coffin herself.
 

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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It's pretty awesome that the girl's family is getting stuff from strangers, and the bitch's household's getting fucked with. I bet they never saw that coming :^D
 

zinfamous

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I can't understand having pizzas delivered to the targeted person/home, which does NOTHING but cause harm to the business that will incur the cost of making the food and attempting to deliver it. Pizza joints and restaurants are small businesses that often are just barely getting along.

4Chan is promoting the 'mob mentality' of 'might makes right'. I'm "powerful" because I can reach out and make someone's life miserable from 500 miles away - anonymously with little to no risk to myself. And if you call me on it, I'm "righteous" because look at all the other people doing it, too. We can't all be wrong, so we must be right.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all

interesting article about how social media is the anti-social justice medium. This notion that twitter or special FB accounts (the various "save Darfur" pages, for example) really amount to nothing. Networks of anonymous, unmotivated connections vs hierarchical organizations that actually work.

Also, Twitter was irrelevant in Iran during last year's uprising.

Anyway, I don't think that stuff really applies here, exactly, as this is bullying vs bullying cause. This is one case where networking structure can be good to affect some immediate response, but just as you point out, due to the anonymous, self-aggrandizing structure of "Facebook justice," we have a bunch of dweebs patting themselves on the back for a little terror (albeit justified) at the expense of innocents. The calling a pizza to someone's house prank is old, but made all that worse when hordes can do it over the internet. Would really suck if they manage to run some of these places out of business.

Then again, I suppose the pizza place, and others, could just ban the Petkovs (fucking Russians :sneaky:) assuming all orders will be phony.
:hmm: Sounds like a decent way to run them out of town--get them banned from all delivery and food services.
 

djheater

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Mar 19, 2001
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Any update? Did 4-chan do more? I really want to know. That woman left a foul feeling in the pit of my stomach and I believe she really needs a come-uppance.
 

Ns1

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"Michelle Yerigian, 42, a longtime friend of the family, said she alerted the media about Petkov’s alleged taunts.

“I don’t understand how people could spew such hatred,” Yerigan said. “They would pull up in the truck (with the coffin attached), rev up the engine, and say to Kathleen, ‘I can’t wait until you die.’ When I saw what she posted on Facebook, I almost threw up. I’m totally dumbfounded.”


From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20101009/METRO01/10090373/Trenton-woman-apologizes-for-Facebook-taunts#ixzz125dkRC63"

fuck her.
 

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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I don't like the way that woman looked. Her mannerisms, and facial expressions remind me of the urban white trash we have around here :^/
 

kevman

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I love it. It turns out that if you are going to be an asshole, the power of the internet will fuck you- big time.

I hope they keep getting harassed.
 

OutHouse

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Jun 5, 2000
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click on the video on the right of the original story.


yea you bet they are apologizing. im sure that family friends, co-workers, their employers are all saying WTF is wrong with you!!!

first time i quoted myself. but i was right.

"Scott Petkov said the fallout of the Sept. 30 photo postings on a Facebook page his wife created in retaliation resulted Friday in his suspension with pay from his job as a forklift repairman in Warren. He said his employer is considering firing him"
 

NFS4

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AstroManLuca

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first time i quoted myself. but i was right.

"Scott Petkov said the fallout of the Sept. 30 photo postings on a Facebook page his wife created in retaliation resulted Friday in his suspension with pay from his job as a forklift repairman in Warren. He said his employer is considering firing him"

boo hoo hoo