re: Mom allegedly beat 14-year-old son to death with extension cord for not doing his chores

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[Mother] told him it was ‘butt cutting time.’ [Mother] ordered [son] to remove his clothing and used an extension cord to strike him.”

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In case y'all don't know. That's the day to eat the first one facing her, wrap your hand around the cord and take it by force.

Ugh

As a father, all I can think about is that this kid very likely had the capacity to defend himself against his mom but a combination of fear from prior abuse and natural affection/reverence for his mother probably kept him from doing so.

Just thinking about the betrayal of it all is heart wrenching.

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As a father, all I can think about is that this kid very likely had the capacity to defend himself against his mom

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That's exactly what I'm talking about.

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but a combination of fear from prior abuse and natural affection/reverence for his mother probably kept him from doing so.

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And it cost him his life.

Holy shite, an extension cord is nowhere near a blunt object.

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[Mother] continued to beat [son] for approximately an hour.” The mother told cops she stopped the beating when her son became unresponsive

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An hour? A fricking hour? And she only stopped because he was unresponsive?

How long would she have beaten him if he hadn't died? Jesus.

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14-year-old son 

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Soft

Well, on the one hand, he didn't do his chores.

On the other hand (and I'm as big a fan of reasonable corporal punishment as the next GenXer raised in the South),

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“went too far”

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doesn't begin to describe or explain this.

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she shoved her son against a wall and he hit his head, causing him to become unconscious and fall to the floor. “[Mother] continued to beat [son] while he was on the floor,” the report states. “[Mother] ordered [son] to stand, which he complied. [Mother] continued to beat [son] for approximately an hour.” The mother told cops she stopped the beating when her son became unresponsive

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I mean, if this isn't eligible for the death penalty, it ought to be.

29-14 = .....

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[Mother] continued to beat [son] for approximately an hour.

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I know there’s a lot of crazy in this story…but let this sink in for a bit.

An hour. Think about what you were doing an hour ago…fast forward until now. That’s how long this psycho was swinging a cord through the air at this kid.

If she hits him every second that’s over 3000 strikes.

Straight to the execution, don’t pass death row or collect $200.

Man, I’m really surprised dad didn’t step in to stop it.