Grandma Beats 2 y/o Grandson into Unconsciousness...smh

(In Cocoa, FL) A local woman is accused of beating her young grandson so badly he lost consciousness, police said.

According to police, Delores Henderson, 55, was walking down the street, hitting the two-year-old in the stroller and slamming it into the curb.

"People driving in the area of Dixon at this boulevard were witnessing this woman hitting this child," Barbara Matthews with Cocoa police said.

The incident occurred at the intersection of Fiske and Dixon Boulevard in Cocoa.

Police arrived after being contacted by witnesses. Police said the beatings didn't stop, even after Henderson dumped the boy out of his stroller and on to the concrete.

* Video: Woman Accused Of Beating Grandson



"As he drove up, he saw her hitting the child in the head. She was slapping him with her open hand," Matthews said. "The officer described it as looking like a rag doll. She threw him back in the stroller and started to hit him again."

An officer was eventually able to wrestle Henderson away from the child. The boy got up after being briefly unconscious.

"The child was walking toward traffic and the officer was still struggling with her," Matthews said. "He was trying to make the decision to let go of her, grab the child and just then, fortunately for us, a witness came up and grabbed the child before he could get out into traffic."

The boy was released from the hospital on Saturday night.

The grandmother is charged with aggravated battery and child abuse. She is still in jail. Police did not receive an explanation from her about why she may have done this.
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I'm going to try to keep my comment to a minimum, cuz I want to go back a couple of years and blow the dust off of some curse words I haven't used.
And I can't.
But I want to.
But I can't.
But I sure in the world want to.
Let me ask this question:
WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD LEAVE A KID WITH THIS WOMAN?!
You don't just wake up and say-'today's the day I'm going to beat my grandkid into unconsciousness.'
This lady must've exhibited abusive actions in the past. She had to.
Maybe her child rationalized 'she wouldn't do that to my child.'
WELL SHE DID, DIDN'T SHE?!
Not only that, she threw the stroller into the curb (with the grandbaby STILL IN IT!!), wouldn't stop beating when the police pulled up-wrestled with the police, kid was walking towards traffic (probably thinking he'd rather kill himself then go back to that lunatic...who could blame him!)..and a stranger rushed to get the baby.
Look at the video...she looks like she chop trees down and smoke a pipe. *I ain't trippin' off of pipe (tobacco) smokers-but female pipe smokers, look hardened for some reason*
And this is the kicker- after her low down dirty behind is arrested and put in the squad car-she starts talking about KKK, white mafia, china mafia...what in the world?!
Those lunatics were nowhere near u...she has to be on meds of some type..which goes back to Steven Kaz and all those other violent peeps who were on drugs with hellacious side effects!
I bet this lunatic grandma was on some drugs...now this baby's going to need some too-cuz of her crazy monkeydoodledandy behind.
heffa PUHHHLLLLEEEEZZZE!
The video said the child was with his father (didn't say if dad was mother's child) but dad'll be dealing with guilt after ok'g the decision to leave baby with "PSYCHO GRANNY!"
*sigh*
FAM-WHAT SAY U???







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How Can An 8.5 Months Pregnant Woman w/2 children disappear w/out a trace?!

Thanks, Deidra!

Blog Family-Please POST! No pics, as of yet :(

Missing: Latisha Rutledge and family

Family members said a pregnant mother from Detroit and her two small children ages 4 and 2 have not been seen in nearly two weeks. They were supposed to board a Greyhound bus in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. headed to Downtown Detroit, but no one has seen them since they were spotted at the bus station.

Latisha Rutledge, 22, is eight and a half months pregnant, and her baby is due any day.

Family members said she may have already given birth.

Rutledge had been living with her uncle in Florida for the last couple months trying to start over, but things didn't work out.

Her uncle dropped Rutledge and her children off at the bus station Jan. 11, and they were supposed to arrive in Detroit Jan. 13.

Rutledge's mother is frightened and frustrated, and said her daughter has no money.

Greyhound does not require photo identification at all its terminals so there is no way to know if Rutledge even boarded the bus.

Greyhound said it can not release passenger information unless law enforcement request it.

Rutledge's mother Marsella Satchel said she has not been able to file a missing persons police report yet, because police told her she must contact every hospital in Fort Lauderdale and Detroit before it can be filed. Deidra's Blog


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Why Didn't He Beat On Himself? His Spermatazoa Determined the Baby's Sex?!

Sheriff's Office: Man Killed Baby Daughter Because He Wanted Son
Father Beat Girl For Months, Report Says

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- A Winter Haven man was charged with murder, accused of fatally beating his 4-month-old daughter Christmas Day because he wanted a son, authorities said.

Marcos Gomez-Romero, 28, told investigators that he beat Ariana Rodriguez Romero to death because he wanted a son instead of a daughter, according to a Polk County Sheriff's Office report.

Gomez-Romero

According to deputy interviews, Gomez-Romero said he became angry every time he saw the girl. He also said that abusing his daughter became a habit, a sheriff's report showed. Gomez-Romero told deputies that he would slap his daughter on the ribs while she was sleeping, and the Medical Examiner's Office said the girl had dozens of rib fractures, a bruised liver and a hemorrhage in her left eye, according to the Polk County sheriff's report.

Gomez-Romero told investigators that the beatings had gone on for months, the sheriff's report stated.

"Murder is a brutal crime," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. "Detectives worked to ensure this murderer never has the chance to harm anyone else. He killed his own child because she was the wrong gender. His actions were beyond brutal. The only thing more horrific was his excuse."

Gomez-Romero was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

The girl's mother has not been charged.


Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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Unless the mother NEVER CHANGED her baby's clothes or diapers, how COULD SHE NOT KNOW this maniac was abusing HER BABY???? HE BEAT THE INFANT...there were marks on that baby's body.

I tell you, between the woman in Washington killing her four daughters, the lunatic flinging kids off a bridge, this nutcase beating a 4 month old to death-maybe we should just do a random kid check...why don't we just kick doors open "Cops" style and check kids bodies for evidence of abuse, foul smells emanating from homes etc.
And this is JUST JANUARY!! Not even HALF WAY over yet.
My goodness, my goodness smh

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Burglar Gets Caught...By An Alligator!

A man in Fla jumped in a lake to escape the police, but hadn't counted on being caught and killed by an alligator. That's what happened. The suspect's name hasn't been released as of yet...was killed by a 9 foot 3in alligator. (pic is not of alligator that killed the man).

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Don't Pop the Cork Yet **UPDATE** Yeah-Like We Didn't Know the Ending To This Story!

*The "black teenager's" name is MARTIN L. ANDERSON!*

Feds to Review Boot Camp Death Verdict
Source: aol new (emphasis by Ivent)

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Oct. 13) - Seven former juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse had barely processed an all-white jury's decision to acquit them in a black teenager's death before federal authorities announced they would review the case. Since jurors on Friday acquitted them of manslaughter charges, federal prosecutors likely would have to try another tactic, such as seeking an indictment alleging obstruction of justice, legal experts said.


Henry McFadden was acquitted of manslaughter charges Friday by a Florida jury. But he and his seven co-defendants could face new federal charges in the death of a teen at a Florida boot camp in 2006.

"It's too early to say that the final chapter has been written with respect to the criminal justice system in this case," said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney in Miami. Florida civil rights leaders called for federal charges hours after a jury took 90 minutes to exonerate the eight in state court in the death of Martin Lee Anderson, 14.By Friday evening, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tallahassee announced they were reviewing the state's prosecution.

Anderson died Jan. 6, 2006, a day after being hit and kicked by the guards as the nurse watched (and did absolutely nothing!) after he collapsed while running laps. The 30-minute confrontation was videotaped.

The altercation drew protests in the state capital and marked the end of Florida's system of juvenile boot camps. Defense attorneys argued that the camp workers were using accepted tactics and that the boy died because of a pre-existing medical condition. Coffey said state prosecutors might have laid a foundation for their federal counterparts to seek an obstruction charge by grilling the eight about inconsistencies and omissions in their written accounts of the last conscious moments of Anderson's life when they testified last week. But lawyer Bob Sombathy, who represented ex-guard Patrick Garrett, said he doubted a federal prosecution would be successful. Sombathy said the state trial showed the medical findings are on the side of the defendants."With a 90-minute verdict after a three-week trial (in the state case), it would be the same result," he said.

Ashley Benedik, defense attorney for nurse Kristin Schmidt, said the federal government might not bring charges."To a certain extent there was more at stake for the state, there was more of a public outcry," she said. At a vigil in the impoverished neighborhood where Anderson grew up, community leaders appealed for calm in the wake of the verdict, which they said was affected by Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet's decision to hold the trial in Panama City, where the boot camp was located."This is not the end of it. We can take it to a higher court and I hope it will be taken to a higher court," said Panama City Commissioner Jonathan Wilson. Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, said she was not surprised the guards were acquitted by a "hometown jury." Nor would it surprise her if the federal government stepped in, she said."This is the very type of case you would expect the Justice Department to take a very close look at, just like the Rodney King case," Levenson said. King was pulled over for speeding in Los Angeles' eastern San Fernando Valley, where police officers who said he acted menacingly and refused to follow their orders were videotaped kicking him, pummeling him with their nightsticks and shooting him with stun-gun darts. After a jury acquitted the officers in 1992, riots broke out across Los Angeles and lasted four days, leaving 55 people dead and more than 2,000 injured. Federal prosecutors in the King case presented new evidence during their trial of the officers, including testimony that the officers had lied and had laughed about the incident, Levenson said. In the federal trial, two officers were convicted of violating King's civil rights.

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I'm at the point where, I just don't want to get my hopes up.

It sounds wonderful that the Feds are stepping in, but this is a situation of "hope for the best, expect the worse."

The african-community has been jilted by the justice system over, and over, and over again.

That is why I REFUSE to say the pledge of allegiance.

My kids are not to say it either, it's a lie.

We're not "one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all,"

Instead it should say "one community-who is in the correct socioeconomic class-will receive liberty and justice for themselves and their offspring"

It's the truth anyhow.

You better recognize.

Yeah-Like We Didn't Know The Ending To This Story!!

I remember when I first heard this story. I thought it was tragic the way this young man died. On top of that, it was videotaped. Surely, the guards would be dealt with...right? Wrong. I do not believe (my opinion) it's a racial issue, cuz this has happened to non-black children as well. It's an abuse of authority issue.

"You kill a dog, you go to jail. You kill a black boy and nothing happens."
-Gina Jones, mother of Martin Lee Anderson (AP)

Jury Acquits Eight in Boot Camp Death
credits: AOL News, AP

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Oct. 13) - Residents in the hometown of a black 14-year-old who died after a videotaped altercation with juvenile boot camp guards, gathered at a local church Friday and shared anger that eight people accussed of killing the boy were acquitted by an all-white jury.

"In this country we are spending millions of dollars to fight wars that we say are to bring human rights and justice to other countries, but we don't have those things right here," said Bob Clark, a Panama City resident who helped organize the church vigil.


Florida State Attorney's Office, AP Video from Jan. 5, 2006, shows Martin Lee Anderson after being hit and kicked by guards at a juvenile boot camp in Florida. Seven ex-guards and a nurse were acquitted on Friday of manslaughter in his death.

On another side of town, many people hadn't heard news of the acquittals hours after the verdict was delivered. Others said they were interested, but not concerned that the seven guards and a nurse from the now-closed Bay County Juvenile Boot Camp were acquitted.

Chris Witts, who ate lunch outside on a sunny afternoon with friend, David Park, said he followed the case on television.

"I feel it's sad the kid died, but they didn't have the proof about what killed him," Witts said.

(SECURITY TAPE IS GRAINY/"PIXELY"...VIEW AT 5:19)

Park, who has lived in Panama City for more than 30 years, said he doubted the verdict, while unpopular with some in the conservative, southern, town, would lead to major demonstrations because two of the guards of the guards are black.

"From what I've heard, it (the boy's death ) was not something that could have been prevented," he said.

Defense attorneys argued that the guards properly handled what they thought was a juvenile offender faking illness to avoid exercising on his first day in the camp . They said Anderson's death was unavoidable because he had undiagnosed sickle cell trait, a usually harmless blood disorder that can hinder blood cells' ability to carry oxygen during physical stress.

Prosecutors said the defendants suffocated Anderson by covering his mouth and forcing him to inhale ammonia during the 30 encounter in which they kneed and hit Anderson and dragged him around the exercise yard.

Gerald Bryant was among those who gathered Friday at the church in Anderson's former neighborhood.

During the trial, defense attorney Waylon Graham told jurors that "agitators" from outside of Bay County had protested the results of an initial autopsy that found Anderson died of sickle cell trait.

"Agitators is the term they used for the civil rights marchers back in the 60s. Calling us agitators, that is a racist term to say that we are agitators," Bryant, who lives in Panama City, said.

And Bryant said he wanted the acquitted defendants to know one thing - "this isn't over."

Those who gathered at the church said they would organize marches, rallies and push for the eight to be indicted on federal civil rights charges.

"This trial never should have been held in Panama City in the first place," said Summer Tunner, who was at the church. "This community is going to come together and push this thing further."

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I mean, how many times have we heard of stories such as this?

Poor person, abused by authorities.

Abuse documented on tape.

Abuse is undeniable.

Authorities are acquitted.

Although the courts ruled in favor of the accused, I hope that Martin's parents

will be able to forgive and move on.

Better yet, use this as a stepping stone to create an organization, a support group,

or make changes in legislation. Maybe name a bill after Martin.

God is able.

You Better Recognize.

Ivent

Filed Under: You Are An Inspiration!

Sometimes, in the middle of life we have to STOP...and smell the roses! Have a sit down and read about an awesome young lady who did not choose adversity as her lot in life...she chose victory!

YOU GO GIRL!

Upon one foot, teen dancer leaps for her dream
15-year-old amputee shines on stage for her dancing, not her disability




Nathalie Calderon of Apopka, Fla., was born with a birth defect that resulted in the amputation of her lower right leg, but that hasn't kept her from dancing.

Nathalie Calderon, who wears a prosthetic on her lower right leg, dances with Joseph McGuire at Georgio's American Dance Centre where she's a member of the senior company. It was just a tiny misstep during a dance class routine. But it was enough to cause Nathalie Calderon’s right foot to spin backward 180 degrees.
“My teacher nearly fainted,” said Nathalie.

But the determined Central Florida girl just asked for a screwdriver — and with a few twists, her foot was again righted.
Nathalie, who was born without the lower part of a tibia in her right leg, wears a prosthetic, something she hadn’t bothered to mention to her dance instructor.

“It was so embarrassing,” she said, remembering that day several years ago.
Now 15, Nathalie has moved on to another instructor, Georgio Fagan of Georgio’s American Dance Centre in Lake Mary, Fla., where she’s part of the senior company. She’s won three scholarships this year for her dancing, has earned the respect of her peers and the adoration of audiences when she performs hip hop, tap and ballet.

The attention is for her dancing, not for her disability, Fagan wants to make clear.
“She’s amazing when she performs. She totally draws you in,” he said. “(On stage) that soul of hers just blossoms. It’s almost like she was given a leg.”
Nathalie was born with a rare birth defect called tibial hemimelia. She had 10 fingers and 10 toes, but her right tibia stopped growing at the shin. Doctors amputated her lower leg when she was a year old.


As a little girl, she prayed at the dinner table for a leg so she could be like everyone else, remembers her mother, Julie Calderon.
For years, Julie, a nurse, cried all the way to and from Nathalie’s doctor’s appointments.
“But when she was 5, I said to myself, ‘You need to get over it. I want her to be able to do whatever she wants.’”

In preschool, when kids asked about her prosthetic, Nathalie told them her story. “My mom always said, ‘That’s how Jesus made you.’"
But as she got older, she grew more more self-conscious. She worked at learning to walk without a limp and took to wearing pants to hide her prosthetic. Unless she told people, no one knew.
‘I want to dance’She did harbor a dream though. She had always admired the way the music moved her older cousin, Vanity, a dancer in New York. One day, Nathalie had something to tell her mother: “I want to dance.”
“I said, (sigh) OK,” said Julie, who wondered if her daughter had picked an insurmountable challenge.

At 13, Nathalie started taking dance classes at Georgio's American Dancer Centre. As she embarked on her new passion, she focused on learning the moves, not mentioning her prosthetic foot to her instructor.


When Fagan posted a sign that his dance studio was going to be forming an apprentice company, Nathalie and her mom met with him to see what areas she’d need to improve in to qualify. When he suggested more tap and ballet, her mother intervened.
“I said, ‘She can’t do tap or ballet.’ He said ‘Why?’ and she showed him her leg.”
“I had no idea. I was blown away,” remembers Fagan. “And mind you, I’d been teaching her for eight months.”
‘As good as people with two legs’Within a month, Nathalie got a letter saying she’d been accepted into the company.
“Georgio said, ‘You can be as good as these people with two legs.’ … I was smiling for two months.”


Soon, Fagan had Nathalie leaping and turning on her artificial leg. Today, as a featured dancer in GADC’s senior company, she performs in front of thousands as she leaps, pirouettes and glides as the music carries her. All three of the dance center’s annual shows have multiple performances that often sell out.

On stage, even at only 5 feet 2 inches tall with her long, ebony-colored hair swept up, Nathalie stands out as one of the dancers with the most rhythm and grace. She often looks as if she can’t help but smile.

“She even does tap,” Julie said. “Sometimes that leg doesn’t sound the same, but she does it.”
Her current prosthetic was specifically designed with more flexibility for dancing. When she tried it on, she burst into a vigorous dance routine, even landing one-legged leaps on her new prosthetic.

“We got a little scared there,” joked Bryan Sinnott, who has designed and fitted Nathalie’s prosthetics for the past five years at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Tampa, Fla. “We always try to go to the next level with her. … In her mind, there is no goal she cannot achieve.”
Nathalie says her latest prosthetic works great — but she has one complaint: “Oh, I can’t wear flip flops now!” she exclaimed when she saw her new foot for the first time and realized it has fused toes.

Nathalie dreams of someday being able to go into the ballet point position on her prosthetic foot, but its inflexible shape won’t allow it. Her mom’s search for someone to build a foot that can has turned up empty — likely due to lack of demand.
“I’ve always wanted to go on point even though it hurts,” Nathalie said. “It’s the most beautiful thing.”

Dancing doesn’t come without a cost. Nathalie’s birth defect causes her right knee to pop out of place frequently during class and sometimes she gets blisters from where her prosthetic rubs. Her mom knows it must hurt, but Nathalie downplays it.
Julie Calderon


Nathalie Calderon wears a specially designed prosthetic on her lower right leg that is strong enough for her to land on.

“It’s just a regular thing for me,” she said.
As much as she loves to dance, she’s had another goal since she was a little girl spending hours in doctor’s offices: to be a pediatrician. To prepare for medical school, she takes advanced placement math and science classes at Apopka (Fla.) High School and maintains a 4.2 grade point average.

She’s also learning how to drive and choreograph her own dances to Beyonce, Nelly Furtado and her other favorite singers — occasionally at the same time.

“Sometimes something will come on the radio and I’ll start dancing and my mom’s like ‘Keep your hands on wheel!,’” she said.
But she can't help it. When she's dancing, “there are no words to describe how I feel," Nathalie said.
"It’s so fun on stage you have so much adrenaline and the lights … it’s just so fun.”

source: msnbc.com, positivenews.com, image: julie calderon

You betta recognize and remember Nathalie's name!! She's only just begun!

Ivent