Lawrence Love would be a nice name, though. It sounds very mid 90s.

Actually, in that situation, you should have called the police. CPS is for non emergencies, such as suspicions (but you could also call the police over those types of incidents too). But a situation where a baby is in immediate peril; the police should have been called. I can’t imagine ANY PARENT who is a decent…

I’m so sorry and I wish an adult had helped you when you needed it most. It’s so unfair.

Absolutely. I would much, much rather potentially rock the boat than not say anything and allow a child to continue to be abused. I think many times people are too swayed by the voices who cry about “accusations ruining people’s lives” to actually act. While I’m sure being investigated for something like this is…

The girl who escaped is 17 but looked 10. Think about how you looked in fourth grade as opposed to how you looked as a junior in high school. She still had the courage and faculties to run and ask for help.

Jesus.

I think this quote is apt. Because I suspect we are going to find out that the neighbors suspected; that social services suspected; that their “church” members suspected. But that the entire system did nothing.

I did this about 10 years ago. Living in an apartment complex and noticed some shady goings on with the people across the courtyard. Kids in and out but never for long and the kids looked unclean and hungry. Went on for awhile and finally I needed to do something. Called the police. The place got raided. Turned out…

This is why neighbors need to call Child Protective Services and anonymously report any suspicious activity. If you are wrong, so what? If you are right and do nothing; then this is the result. Be noisy; listen to your gut.

Here you go.

The cat-eating is a deal breaker.

Al Franken was not falsely accused. Try again.

Show me a smart, competent professional man who is utterly derailed by an anonymous accusation that was hastily deleted from social media and I will show you a rare spotted owl.

Whose life was derailed by a murky and anonymous accusation? I know I probably shouldn’t respond to your ass but I really wanna know.

Younger women, or in this case, children, are easier to manipulate and control.

Is it weird that one of the first people I thought of was Alison Brie? BIL is a creep, yikes. And she and her husband are tied up with him professionally.

I would vote for Oprah in a heartbeat, because unlike some daddy-issued billionaires she did work her ass off for four decades to get where she is.

Agreed. I love Oprah, but we need someone with political experience.

It’s really odd that multiple outlets refer to that poor child as having been murdered. If there is but one barely bright spot in the whole sad tale it’s that she lived.

Yeah, no. There are 1000000 things out there that can be used as a horror movie subject. A girl was stabbed nineteen fucking times, and yet some asshat thinks that a version of her trauma is an acceptable choice?