Mom Drags Kid On Leash

[aggieb]

ROME, GA.
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[hnooe]

Glad they threw her arse in jail. I am glad I know only GOOD mothers!

 

[steyou]

I think parenting is so important to our society. This is sad but you know there is so much that we are sheltered from and have know idea. I pray for kids and their safety everyday.

 

[steyou]

Glad they threw her arse in jail. I am glad I know only GOOD mothers!

I am glad you know only good mothers also but always keep your eyes open for the kids.

 

[scooterbug44]

I guess I don't necessarily see the big deal and would like to see the pre and post drag footage or some sound. My guess is the kid wasn't behaving and was already in a harness (let's discuss that shall we) so he got dragged when he wouldn't stand up.

Certainly don't think she is a great mother or that was a good way to deal with it, but don't think she deserves the chair.

Was the kid upset, was it hurt? Details would go a long way.

 

[aggieb]

i would like to know what she was thinking. why she couldn't have picked him up, look him in the eye, sternly tell him to straighten up and act right. or if he was misbehaving that bad, why not just leave. people never cease to amaze me.
rome representing.:roll:

if i find further details i will be sure to post.

According to a police report obtained by Channel 2 Action News, Melissa Means told Rome police officer Keith Green that she was having problems with her child.
The incident occurred in late April on Broad Street in Rome.
Means, of Gaylsville, Ala., told police that she suffered from lupus and pneumonia and that her son was refusing to walk and because of her health problems, she could not pick him up. According to the report, Means said her son liked being “pulled around by his monkey.”
The backpack restraint is made to look like a monkey, with the leash acting as the monkey’s tail.
While investigating the incident, Green spoke with a Verizon Wireless employee who had videotaped the incident on his cell phone. Green said the child had a red bruise mark on the left side of his neck from the backpack strap.
Representatives from the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) were notified of the incident and the child was later released to his grandmother.
Means was charged with cruelty to children and taken to the Floyd County Jail.

she couldn't pick him up, but can drag him around? i'm not buying this for one second.

 

[seagrovegirl]

Would we be more outraged if someone did that to a dog??? Bad move, Mom.

 

[steyou]

Spare the rod, spoil the child.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

Spare the rod, spoil the child.

I was gonna say my mom would have beat me with the leash if I had a tantrum in the store, but she would have waited till we got to the car:shock:


I have a feeling there are some other serious parent/child issues going on here.

 

[Mango]

she couldn't pick him up, but can drag him around? i'm not buying this for one second.

I'm not buyer either. If she had health issues and couldn't pick up the child, she should have brought a stroller. Who has the energy to walk around a Mall with a child if they have pneumonia and lupus to boot?