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Juarez

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Mar 22, 2008, 8:51:46 AM3/22/08
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/21/toddler.crushed.ap/index.html

Story Highlights

* Woman might have fallen on child, authorities say

* Sheriff awaiting official cause of death before deciding on charges

* Mother is thought to have dropped boy off with bedridden relative
Tuesday


LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- A 2-year-old boy who died with a fractured skull
might have been accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative,
authorities say.

Investigators believe that the woman fell on the child, who was pronounced
dead Tuesday, said Bobby Contreras, Hidalgo County justice of the peace.

"It didn't look like there was any foul play from what I saw," he said.

An autopsy was scheduled, with the cause of death to be announced Monday.

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño, who called the death "suspicious,"
said he would wait for an announcement on the cause before deciding whether
to file charges.

The child was believed to have been dropped off by his mother to spend the
day with the bedridden relative, The McAllen Monitor reported Friday.

Real BBW

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Mar 22, 2008, 9:20:06 AM3/22/08
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Juarez wrote:

Don't the police have anything better to do than victimize fat people?
The relative will probably be charged with capital murder.

Fat is the new black.

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Curt

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Mar 22, 2008, 11:14:27 AM3/22/08
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On Mar 22, 9:20 am, "Real BBW" <real_...@nopublicemailaddy.net> wrote:

re http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/21/toddler.crushed.ap/index.html

> Don't the police have anything better to do than victimize fat people?

I would hope the police would "victimize" any person involved in the
death of a 2-year-old.

The media will, unfortunately, sensationalize whatever they can sink
their teeth into. I suspect you've been around long enough to read and
hear reports of Boy Scout troop leaders, priests, school teachers, et
al.

Hanging a juicy story on a "morbidly obese person" should not come as
a surprise. And being fat may have increased the odds of this
accidental death, right? On the other hand, the child's 90-pound
cousin could have just as easily accidentally killed the toddler. :(

All that to say this: I'd blame the media for sensationalizing before
I'd blame the police for doing their job.

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Patriot Games

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Mar 25, 2008, 10:22:58 AM3/25/08
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"Real BBW" <real...@nopublicemailaddy.net> wrote in message
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> Don't the police have anything better to do than victimize fat people?

No. We need them victimized as much a possible so they go into hiding or
lose weight.

> The relative will probably be charged with capital murder.

Good!

> Fat is the new black.

No. Fat is the same old UGLY.

Real BBW

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Mar 27, 2008, 8:39:01 PM3/27/08
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Real BBW wrote:

I was right! This poor BBW has been arrested on trumped up charges.
Fat people have no chance in the justice system.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5651337.html

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Logan Shaw

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Mar 27, 2008, 10:25:53 PM3/27/08
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Real BBW wrote:
> I was right! This poor BBW has been arrested on trumped up charges.
> Fat people have no chance in the justice system.
>
> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5651337.html

Where's the evidence that the charges are trumped up? Or is this
just based on your personal perception of what might be happening?

- Logan

tmc...@searchmachine.com

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Mar 28, 2008, 1:53:56 AM3/28/08
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Three things. One - How does a "bedridden" woman "fall" on a child?
Either she can stand up or she can't. Two - Clearly, no one in their
right mind leaves a 2½ year old with a bedridden caretaker. Someone
else must have been at home, or the woman is not bedridden. Three - In
a follow-up story the mother of the child had taken her "two younger
children" with her, leaving just the oldest one there. How can you
have THREE kids under 2½? She must have gotten pregnant the day after
she delivered each kid, since the normal gestation period in human
beings is 37-38 weeks. The entire story sounds completely bogus.

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The Master

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Mar 28, 2008, 10:58:57 AM3/28/08
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Why fatties are insane wrote:

> There isn't room for fatties in the justice system. All fatty felons
> should be put to work in chain gangs picking up trash, mowing highway
> medians or cleaning slaughterhouses. If fatties worked their fair
> share, we wouldn't need mexicans.

And if trolls blow their hot hair into wind power generators, the US could
abandon fossil fuels.

Lady Veteran

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Mar 28, 2008, 6:36:16 PM3/28/08
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:26:29 +0000 (UTC), Why fatties are insane
<cens...@networksolutions.com> wrote:

>On 27 Mar 2008, "Real BBW" <real...@nopublicemailaddy.net> posted some
>news:xOSdnThDof64o3Ha...@comcast.com:

>There isn't room for fatties in the justice system. All fatty felons
>should be put to work in chain gangs picking up trash, mowing highway
>medians or cleaning slaughterhouses. If fatties worked their fair
>share, we wouldn't need mexicans.
>
>
>
>

Brain stem logic in all its glory.

LV

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Patriot Games

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Mar 30, 2008, 3:38:18 PM3/30/08
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"Lady Veteran" <arm...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:26:29 +0000 (UTC), Why fatties are insane
> <cens...@networksolutions.com> wrote:
>>If fatties worked their fair
>>share, we wouldn't need mexicans.
> Brain stem logic in all its glory.

Disprove the logic of "If fatties worked their fair share, we wouldn't need
mexicans."

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