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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 136 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

I am assuming she is serving those 30 days in a freezer.

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yeah, reading the article, I expected it to say that it was only 30 days, because they realized, she has psychological problems. Punishment doesn't usually help with that. But I also expected this article to say that the baby will be taken into custody by the state until therapy concedes. And there's just no mention of any of that.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

Maybe the judge mistakingly put days instead of years

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 97 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And another mother got two years for giving her daughter abortion pills.

Don’t EVER let them tell you it’s to protect the children.

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[–] TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (1 children)

her actions were done as a test to see if the child’s father “gave a f--k at all,”

Because she obviously doesn't...

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 62 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Authorities said while the officer was taking McDonald to jail, she said that her actions were done as a test to see if the child’s father “gave a f--k at all,” adding she waterboarded her baby to try and make Neal come back to the apartment.

So she decided to extend the toxic relationship she has with her child's father to their child. WTAF?! What an absolute piece of shit person.

I read the article hoping to see that she had lost all rights to the child. But nothing about that was mentioned. So she probably hasn't lost any parental rights.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

She's not going to lose all rights that fast. My wife's mom left her alone for days as a toddler drinking toilet water and allowed her to be abused by her johns (no idea if she sold her or was just too fucking high to put a stop to it) and it took years for her to lose all rights. Parents are given a lot of chances to get their shit together even when anyone else would look at them and know that wasn't ever going to happen.

That's why when I hear stories about people getting their kids taken away for playing alone in the back yard or walking up the street, I suspect there's a lot more to those stories. That's a huge amount of effort and they aren't going to do that shit over something so minor. But of course the government is going to be all no comment about those things so we only ever hear the side saying how ridiculous it is. That's right - it's ridiculous. So why would you believe it went down that way?

I dunno. Kids get such a fucking raw deal. They have no choice who they're born to and even lots of well intentioned parents fuck it up, to say nothing of people like this crazy fucking bitch in the article.

[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It really just depends on the department and agent. Some are willing to go through the effort, but not all.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's also no shortage of morons who believe so strongly in the ideal of "family" that they think a kid with an abusive family member is better off than a kid with a kind stranger.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's a great point. It does usually take a long time, doesn't it. Hopefully the media attention will fast-track things in this case. But it probably won't.

[–] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] thoro@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I honestly hate stories like this. What is the use of knowing this? Who does it benefit to hear this story and proliferate it?

So we can all go "wow what a monster" in the comments?

How many things happened today that actually will affect our lives instead?

[–] new_acct_who_dis@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's a cautionary tale against forcing women to have kids.

We need access to birth control, healthcare (including abortion), sex education, and quality education.

These horrible things cannot be hidden, just like war images shouldn't be hidden. This is reality and we can't turn a blind eye. We have to address real shit that happens in the real world to learn from it and get better. Or at least face the reality of the things we force people into.

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[–] Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This will continue happening if the jail sentence is only 30 days...

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Jail sentences were never detracting anyone from crimes. Crimes are either planned so the criminal does not think they will be caught or done out of emotion so the criminal does not think about possible punishment

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The severity of the punishment is not an effective deterrent. This has been known since a UN study from the 1980s, yet people still cling to the belief that a long prison sentence or the death penalty is a good deterrent.

So long as the punishment is significant enough that it cannot be dismissed (eg a small fine is meaningless to someone wealthy), then the only effective deterrent is the certainty of being caught.

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[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (23 children)

The jail sentence has nothing to do with this happening.

This will keep happening while people are forced to bear kids they don't want in financial situations, where nothing can be afforded and everything is shit.

The mother was torturing her child because she needed to vent and her kid seemed like the root of all her problems, not because there were only 30 days of jail sentence.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And with poor access to mental health support.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Every time there's a mass shooting, Republicans say, "guns aren't the problem, mental health is" and then they want to do absolutely nothing about it.

The only conclusion you can make is that they like mentally ill people who torture and murder.

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gods. I hope that child gets a better family.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

WOW, it really sucks that the government is just going to let her murder her child. That's what's going to happen. Kid will definitely be dead within the year because of gross negligence by the criminal justice system.

[–] Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (11 children)

That's awful...I'm going to go hug my 1 year old now

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever wake up and see something that makes you hate humanity before you’ve even gotten out of bed? Yeah, that was this for me.

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[–] Sused@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago

That's no mother

[–] MrGG@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

They mean they're going to stick her in a freezer for 30 days, right? Right?!

Hopefully it's 30 full days of water boarding. Literally non-stop for 720 hours.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I hate this planet.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Imagine being this terrible a person.

And they are always the ones on Facebook talking about what great parents they are.

[–] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 8 points 1 year ago

I don't know, seems there's a will to diminish the gravity of an act with such sentences. lot of crime against children are not punished as it should.

[–] wokehobbit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

People like that need to be taken out on the spot. No prison. Just look at that face. Remorseless. End that creature before it does more harm.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Little bit of baby torture. No harm done.

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[–] kadu@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Ah fuck me man, I absolutely hate reading stuff like that, it ruins my day

[–] Blaubarschmann@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I'm a dad and I just wanted to sleep. Thanks...

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

F**k’s sake, what is happening to people?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 22 points 1 year ago

We built a system that rewards sociopaths and then made it mandatory to participate

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[–] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ wtf, who would do that to their own kid?

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