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Stepmom attacks boy on Clarksville school bus
Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2014-05-12 04:47
Story here. Excerpt:
'A school bus driver is no longer driving students and a stepmother is facing assault charges after a seven-year-old child was attacked on a Clarksville school bus that was headed to St. Bethlehem Elementary School.
The incident happened April 25, but News 2 was unable to obtain video of the incident until Wednesday.
According to school officials, two students were involved in an altercation before boarding the bus. One of the children is the daughter of Kela Hand’s partner.
The little girl ran home and told Hand that one of the kids on the bus hit her.
Hand, 22, then boarded the school bus. Video from inside the bus shows Hand yelling at students.
“You touch my baby?” She can be heard asking. “Who was it?”
Then the little girl points out a seven-year-old boy.
“You touch my baby again I will f*%! your little a%! up,” she is heard telling the little boy.
After nearly five minutes, Hand leaves the bus.
The school resource officer later charged Hand with one count of disorderly conduct and two counts of assault.'
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I can sympathize without condoning
Assuming of course the little girl a) was telling the truth and b) did not instigate the fight/argument/etc. with the little boy by picking on him, etc., then the mom's response is understandable -- assuming she lacks fundamentally sound judgment and self-control, which it looks like she does. Nonetheless, the urge to protect one's children, yet even step-children, is very powerful, and in some, so overwhelming it causes them to cast aside sound judgment.
I imagine the step-mom is thinking she should not have behaved the way she did. But if I had been her in that situation? Can't say I may not have reacted the same way. Of course being a man, I'd be in jail right now for it. In this case, she's free on bond and I'm willing to bet she'll see no time in the clink.
A step-dad on the other hand? Six months, at least, maybe if he's lucky, he'd be allowed to serve it on week-ends. But that'd be a lot of week-ends before six months' worth of days went by...