Louisiana officials praise black mother arrested for whipping sons

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

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NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana mother arrested for whipping her three boys
after she found out they had burglarized a neighbor's house has found
herself in the national spotlight and is being held up as a model parent
by high-ranking state officials.

Schaquana Spears, 30, was arrested Monday in Baton Rouge and charged with
two counts of cruelty to juveniles — felony charges. She allegedly whipped
her 13- and 12-year-old boys so badly she left marks on their bodies.
Lacerations on the 13-year-old's arms had bled, an East Baton Rouge
Sheriff's Office report said.

In interviews with the media, including one on nationally televised "CBS
This Morning," Spears has said she whipped her children to make sure they
do not take to a life of crime. She said the children's father was in
prison and that she didn't want them to end up there, too.

"I never could imagine trying to be a good mother would end me up in jail
with a criminal record, like I'm a predator out to hurt my kids," she told
WBRZ-TV, a Baton Rouge television station. "I didn't want them to commit
another crime."

She whipped the boys June 17 after she found they had stolen a hoverboard
and other items from a neighbor's house, Brenden Craig, her lawyer, said
in a telephone interview.

A sheriff's report said she whipped them with either an electrical cord or
a belt. She also whipped her 10-year-old boy, but not as much as the other
two, according to the sheriff's report.

"She's a good mom," Craig said. "She is a loving mother who wants to see
her kids do the right thing. She did what any reasonable parent would and
should do."

Since her arrest, she's received an outpouring of support.

On Wednesday, Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy, a Republican running
for a U.S. Senate seat, said in a letter to the secretary of the Louisiana
Department of Children and Family Services that Spears should not have
been arrested for disciplining her children with corporal punishment.

"In biblical times, sparing the rod led to a spoiled child," he wrote. "In
modern times, sparing the rod leads to an imprisoned child."

On Friday, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry echoed that sentiment
and said in a statement that he was grateful his mother used a rod to
teach right from wrong.

"To be a peaceful and moral society, it is imperative our children learn
right from wrong," Landry said. "I am grateful for my loving mother who
did not spare the rod to teach this valuable lesson."

The attorney general said he was reviewing the case because the state
faced potential liability, presumably if Spears files a civil suit over
the matter.

Craig, Spears' lawyer, said a civil lawsuit looked warranted.

Landry also said he would determine if Spears' children were removed from
her custody and if the Department of Children and Family Services was
justified in doing so.

Catherine Soileau Heitman, press secretary for the Department of Children
and Family Services, said a judge on Monday found it was in the best
interest of the 13-year-old boy to be placed in the custody of child
services and that he was transferred to the custody of a relative
Wednesday.

In a statement, Marketa Walters, the head of the Department of Children
and Family Services, said discipline "crosses into abuse when it leaves a
child cut, burned, bloody or bruised." She added: "We're referring to
something more than a mere 'spanking.'"


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