Insanity: Immigrants come to this country and -things going wrong, they dump problems uniquely theirs on us??? The Constitution -and its amendments, too- is full of holes and ambiguities, but this is absurd. -And this doesn't even begin to address child abuse cases of our own(* - read it and weep).
perryb
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South L.A. boy died after previous reports of abuse
By Hector Becerra and Garrett Therolf
Dae'von Bailey had injuries that suggested blows or other trauma over an extended period of time, a police lieutenant said.
Four boys charged in the rape of an 8-year-old girl
A 14-year-old boy is charged as an adult. The other boys -ages 9, 10 and 13, are charged as juveniles. Authorities say the victim's family has rejected her for bringing shame on them.
Associated Press
Phoenix -- Authorities said Thursday that four boys ages 9 to 14 took
turns raping an 8-year-old girl for more than 10 minutes after luring her into
a shed with chewing gum, and now her family has rejected her for bringing shame
on them.
"The father told the case worker and an officer in her
presence that he didn't want her back," Phoenix Police Sgt. Andy Hill said. "He
said, 'Take her, I don't want her.' "
The victim is in the care of Child Protective Services,
authorities said.
The 14-year-old boy was charged Wednesday as an adult with
two counts of sexual assault and kidnapping, the Maricopa County Attorney's
Office said. He is being held without bond.
The other boys -- ages 9, 10 and 13 -- were charged as
juveniles with sexual assault. The 10- and 13-year-old boys also were charged
with kidnapping, the county attorney's office said.
Phoenix investigators said the boys lured the girl to an
empty shed July 16 under the pretense of offering her gum. The boys held her
down while they took turns assaulting her, police said.
"She was brutally sexually assaulted for a period of about 10
to 15 minutes," Hill said.
Officers responded to an emergency call about hysterical
screams. They found the girl partially clothed and the boys running from the
scene.
"This is a deeply disturbing case that has gripped our
community," Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Thursday. "Our office
will seek justice for the young victim in this heart-rending situation."
Hill cited the family's background as the reason it shunned
the girl. All five children are refugees from the West African nation of
Liberia.
In some parts of Africa, women often are blamed for being
raped for enticing men or for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Victims are often shunned by their families.
"It's a shame-based culture, so the crime is not as important
as protecting the family name and the name of the community," said Tony Weedor,
a Liberian refugee in Littleton, Colo., and co-founder of the CenterPoint
International Foundation, which helps Liberians resettle in the U.S.
"I just feel so sorry for this little girl. Some of these
people will not care about the trauma she's going through -- they're more
concerned about the shame she brought on the family."
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