child abuse
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Louisiana Man Arrested After Video Shows Him Repeatedly Striking Girl With Belt, Shaving Her Head as Punishment
A Ferriday, La., man was arrested earlier this week after disturbing video posted on social media showed him repeatedly striking a young girl with a belt before shaving her head, apparently as a punishment for downloading Snapchat. Alex J. Harrison, 30, was taken into custody Monday on a probation-and-parole hold on charges of cruelty to…
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Man Catches Beatdown From 2 Women After They Discover Video of Him Molesting 9-Year-Old
Police intervened in a confrontation at a Florida restaurant that appeared to be over a digital tablet and realized that the man involved allegedly molested the daughter of one of the women, who were graciously allowing him to “catch these hands.” According to Jacksonville’s WJXT-TV, police arrived at a Lake City, Fla., McDonald’s on Tuesday…
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325-Pound Fla. Woman Who Allegedly Sat on 9-Year-Old Cousin Indicted on 1st-Degree Murder Charges
A Florida woman will face first-degree felony murder charges in the death of her young cousin, whom she allegedly sat on as punishment for misbehaving. According to the Pensacola News Journal, a grand jury Tuesday morning indicted 64-year-old Veronica Green Posey on murder charges in the death of 9-year-old Dericka Lindsay. Last month, Dericka was…
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Defense Claims Girl and Mother Falsified Rape Claims Against Jelani Maraj to ‘Shake Down’ Nicki Minaj for Money
The child-rape trial against Jelani Maraj drew to a close Monday with prosecutors and the defense presenting their closing arguments. While prosecutors emphasized the bravery of the two children who testified—Maraj’s 14-year-old stepdaughter and her younger brother—and the physical evidence against Maraj, defense attorney David Schwartz pressed the claim that the rape charges were all…
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Kevin Spacey and the Damage Done
By now, we’ve all heard about Anthony Rapp’s allegations of sexual assault by Kevin Spacey when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26. Waking up in the middle of the night to the revelation of Rapp’s story and Spacey’s response felt like a punch in the gut because it doesn’t just happen in Hollywood. As…
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Mom Admits to Beating 10-Year-Old With Extension Cord Before He Reportedly Stabbed Himself to Death
A Memphis, Tenn., mother admitted that she used an extension cord to beat and choke her 10-year-old son, who apparently later killed himself. Robin McKinzie told police that she used the extreme methods of punishment to discipline her son, a fourth-grader. She told officers that afterward, the boy got angry, ran into the kitchen and…
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Nicki Minaj and Women Like Her Are No Friends of Mine: The Politics of Defending Real-Life Monsters
This week, pop megastar Nicki Minaj’s brother Jelani Maraj, 37, was back in court to answer to charges that he sexually assaulted his stepdaughter multiple times a week. If convicted, he faces a possible life prison sentence. The allegations, first reported by the preteen’s brother, who said he witnessed the abuse firsthand, testified that he…
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Tyrese Embarrasses Daughter by Flying Banner Over Her School
Aside from his misogynoir; his problematic views on relationships; that shitty collaboration he did with Rev. Run, lecturing black women on how to be cardboard cutouts in hopes that some black man will one day pledge some part-time penis to them; his inability to act his way out of a wet, semitorn, partially degraded paper…
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9-Year-Old Fla. Child Dead After 325-Pound Adult Cousin Allegedly Sits on Her for Misbehaving
A 9-year-old Pensacola, Fla., child was killed after her 325-pound adult cousin allegedly sat on her as a way to punish the young girl for misbehaving. According to the Pensacola News, 64-year-old Veronica Green Posey is facing charges of homicide and cruelty toward a child following the incident that occurred Saturday afternoon. Paramedics found the…
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Unpopular Opinions: Does Sparing the Rod Spoil the Child? GMG Staffers Weigh In
It all started (in Slack) when one of the Fusion/Gizmodo Media Group staffers started talking about what we call our parents—daddy, mommy, mom, dad, momma, etc.—and then our weekend social media editor and resident comedian, Corey Townsend, admitted: “I called my mother the wicked witch one day and she thought I said bitch … she…