Ben Fields Is Why Some Cops Are Called Pigs

The name of the pig in the video above is Ben Fields. He is not only a pig, but a football coach at Spring Valley High School, in South Carolina. The child in the video incurred his wrath because he was called on her for refusal to hand over her cell phone to the teacher. The teacher called the principal, who also asked for the cell phone, and she refused to give it to him, as well. And when she refused to leave the room, the cops were called. Could this have possibly been handled any other way?

First of all, why didn't the school call the girl's parents, rather than the police? Why didn't the teacher just wait until after class to talk to the principal about enforcing the rule against cell phones? When the police were called, why didn't the officer wait for backup when the girl refused to get out of her seat, so that she could be apprehended from her crime of sitting still without any violence? And while cell phones are not allowed in many schools, is it a policy infraction or a crime to take a cell phone to school? Does a rogue cell phone on the person of a student really require the expertise of Godzilla? After all, not all schools manage these problems the same way. In Marshall County Kansas, cell phones are allowed in public schools. Even when certain students take guns to school during hunting season, it is often permitted, and the complaints of concerned parents are ignored by law enforcement. Guns, in this case; not cell phones.

Speaking of cell phones, another child in the classroom at Spring Valley High School also had a cell phone, but had not been instructed to turn it over to the teacher, as had the child in the video. As a result, Officer Ben Fields found himself on candid camera. Fields should really have behaved when he saw that camera getting footage of his actions.

Good Riddance To Violent Texas Cop

A very violent police officer named Eric Casebolt has just resigned, after the public has seen the footage of his attack on the teenage girl in Texas, who was invited to a pool party. Apparently, a few young people who were not invited to the pool party arrived and crashed the party, but since they were the same race as this young lady, she got assaulted and battered by a police officer. That's as much sense as yours truly can make of the whole mess, anyways. But here's a question: even if the kids were completely in the wrong to be at a swimming pool, clad in bathing suits and clutching towels, why is that much force required against children? And if you watch the video, you will notice that, not only was a gun pulled on these children, it was waved in all of their faces. Is this how white police officers in Texas are trained to treat black children? It seems so....the white mother in the video who did not want her racist face shown thought the cops were just doing their job of keeping the swimming pools in Texas white. Shouldn't America have grown up by now?

Yes, There Really Is Stranger Danger In Kansas

When will Kansas learn? Here's a twelve year old, who actually got away from an adult who tried to take her away, but with whom she was not familiar. The man even tried to intimidate the girl by slapping her across the face! Stranger danger. This happened in Topeka, and this child was extremely lucky.

Maybe it's time for USD 380's school board to rethink their situation with Tom Schroeder, the Frankfort guidance counselor/cross country coach who left a high school freshman girl by herself four miles away from school and didn't bother with a phone call to the police or to the girl's parents when he realized that she was missing. Unless his actions were deliberate, and ulterior motives played a role, this kind of carelessness should be reserved only for the families of those who support Schroeder's continued employment, not for those of us who love our children. Of course, if he intended to leave a child in a vulnerable position, awaiting some darker fate, as the stranger in Topeka obviously had in mind for the girl he tried to abduct, Frankfort, Kansas has bigger problems.

Is this what you and USD 380 were trying to do to my daughter, Tom Schroeder? 

Anyone with information about the case in Topeka, detailed in the video, above, is asked to call Crimestoppers at 785-234-0007.

Violent Cops At School

Do we really need law enforcement in public schools because of cell phones?

Happy Anniversary, Syrius!

Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful guy in the world!

Man Tries To Kidnap Girl In Salina Kansas

Apparently, it bears repeating, although the child in this case was too smart for the creep: never get in a vehicle with strangers. In Salina, Kansas, a thirtyish man wearing a baseball cap attempted to coerce a nine year old girl into his white pick-up truck. She refused, and continued to her destination, where parents of friends reported the incident to law enforcement.

 

 

Kansas Prosecutor Lets Teens Drive Drunk

It appears that Laura McNish, county attorney for Marshall County, Kansas, has given a seventeen year old child carte blanche to drink underage, and drive while intoxicated, as long as she is willing to make whatever statements are needed in court in order to gain a conviction in a certain case. This is a very possible explanation for  last weekend's escapade involving the police, the very same seventeen year old, a very telling breathalyzer, yet no arrests. The prosecutor scratches this young girl's back by making sure she does not get arrested for drinking underage, and she, in turn, will scratch the prosecutor's back by making whatever statements she wishes for her to make in court, be they true or not; or so it seems. Don't worry, yours truly and one or two other individuals got the names of the officers involved, and the report from Marshall County. The fact that it happened is already documented.

This county prosecutor had better hope and pray that nothing untoward happens to my daughter while she has this untoward permission to drink and drive.

 

Note: Someone with whom I work told me to remind you that people who live in glass houses should avoid throwing stones. Should your family enjoy the same as what you have bestowed upon other families? You should give that some serious thought, McNish. Soon.

 

 

Missouri Amber Alert

A thirteen month old little girl and a car got stolen in Missouri today. In Springfield, Mo. a 2002 grey Nisson Maxima was stolen, along with the two children who were left inside while their father ran into the grocery store. Leaving one's children in the car unsupervised is always a bad choice......the missing little girl is named Harmony Blue. Her four year old brother was dropped off after the thief noticed he was in the car, and later reunited with his father. Anyone who knows anything about this is asked to call the Missouri Highway Patrol at 417-864-1810.

 

Harmony Blue was found safe.

 

Christian Paster Tells Parents To Punch Their Children

Yes; you read the title of this post correctly....some Christian creep of a Baptist pastor told the parents in his congregation to punch their kids for behaving outside of gender norms. And we wonder why we have so many problems with abused, confused, and sometimes murdered and missing children! First of all, while a lot of parents do spank their children, and spanking is not necessarily unlawful, ( the BEST parenting techniques eliminate the NEED for such a negative sanction!!!) going a step further and actually punching a child is certainly abusive. And then there is the grave question of why a parent would be so unaccepting of a child who occasionally acts in ways that do not appear to fall within certain gender norms. If my daughter dresses up as Spiderman on Halloween, should I harm her for it, and then reject her if she still wants to be Spiderman on Halloween? Or if my son plays a female in the school play, should I stop being proud of him and reject him as my son? What, exactly, is Rev. Sean Harris saying?

This is what he is saying:
"So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, 'Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,' you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed.
Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male. And when your daughter starts acting too butch, you reign [sic] her in. And you say, 'Oh, no, sweetheart. You can play sports. Play them to the glory of God. But sometimes you are going to act like a girl and walk like a girl and talk like a girl and smell like a girl and that means you are going to be beautiful. You are going to be attractive. You are going to dress yourself up.'"

Rev. Sean Harris is saying that parents should not allow their children to be anything outside of accepted gender norms in a society where gender norms are largely dictated by the entertainment industry and the advertising industry. If that actually works for the masses, perhaps it isn't a big deal. But what about the occasional boy or girl who is born in this population but is not interested in the choices offered on TV, in church, or by his or her peers? Should parents immediately begin to assault and batter such a child? Pastor Harris's attack is on the Gay Community, but acting outside of gender norms is not necessarily a Gay thing. As children grow up, we find that sometimes a male is a better custodial parent and sometimes a girl is a better police officer or soldier. It happens. Should those children suffer abuse until they finally gave up on their dreams and areas of talent and expertise? If Rev. Harris's Christian church has it's way, the answer appears to be "yes". If a child grows up to be a Gay man or woman, should that child's parents no longer love him or her? Should that child be the recipient of abuse throughout childhood, thereby perpetuating all of the generational problems incurred by abuse?

The good Rev. Sean Harris later countered that he was only joking about punching a child, but here is a clip from the sermon in question. Does it sound like he is joking?