“MY BABY. NO. HAVE A SEAT IN THE CAR.” “NO. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THEIR DAD GETS HERE.
PLEASE.” “They're okay, ma'am.
THEY'RE OKAY. NO, MY BABY. SLIDE YOUR LEGS IN, PLEASE.” “MY BABY.”
“SLIDE YOUR LEGS IN, PLEASE.” “NO, SHE NEEDS HER She needs her cell phone.” “They're okay. They're okay. They're okay, ma'am.”
“No, she's not okay. My baby.”
“THEY'RE WITH US. THEY'RE OKAY.” “IN THE HOUSE, she is bossy and and doesn't act like a great mother.” “Thank you. Well, all we want is for you to be happy and your brothers and sisters to be happy and for you guys to be taken care of and have food and everything you need.”
“Mommy and daddy get food, but they don't give it to us. They eat it themselves.”
“Hm.” “MY BABY.” “ALL RIGHT.”
Investigations uncovered that the four children, age 7 months to 8 years old, were dirty, frail, underweight, and not enrolled in school. So, they were all handed over to DCF and the mother was charged with neglect of a person younger than the age of 18. However, the next mother was accused of beating up her child so badly that he ran away from home with open wounds and begged the officers to take him away from his mother.
“You aren't going to have to deal with her for the rest of the day. No, she's not going to come at all. She's not going to come near you.”
And they would indeed take him away from her and ensure that she faced the consequences of her horrific actions.
“Put your hands behind you.” “Yes, domestic violence. You can't beat someone like that. Walk to the car.”
It started when a woman called the police about a 12-year-old boy with serious injuries.
“Hi, I'm Lisa.” “I'm Jason. Nice to meet you.” “Nice to meet you.” “Keep staying back.
I'm sorry.”
“Um so, I I live in this neighborhood and I go for a walk and he came riding up to me super fast and he stopped and he was crying and he said, "Can you help me? My mom abuses me. I need help. She's going to come after me.” “Okay.”
“And I looked at his back and I'm like, "Oh my god, I'm like, yeah, come with me.” “Yeah.”
“So, I kind of hid him behind the back stairs.” “Yeah.” “Won't let him eat unless he does his chores. He hasn't eaten anything last night. She's been abusing him for years.
She smokes weed and other drinks in the house. She acts crazy.
What caused these marks?” “An extension cord?”
“Yes.” “And when was the last time this happened?” “Today. Yesterday.” “All right, we'll get you to talk to the officer here, but.”
“Hey, DJ, what's your answer?” “Hey, I'm sorry to hear about what's going on.” “Yeah.” “Um, how long has this been going on?”
“6 years almost.” “Okay.” “I've been since I was like six.”
The 12-year-old was covered in bruises and claimed his mother had been striking him with extension cords since he was 6 years old. He ran from home and approached a woman he'd never met before with the intention to never return back home again.
“Hey.” “Okay, that's good.” “So, what you do now? We're here to help. So, what we're going to try and do is figure out what's going on, okay?
All right. I'm Forgive me, I I just got here.
It sounds like you've already explained what's going on to her and it sounds like a little bit to the medics as well. I do have to ask a couple of questions though, does that make sense? It sounds as though your she has hurt you a couple times with extension cords and other things.” “Yeah.”
“And that's what caused these marks on your arm and your back, is that correct?” “Yeah.” “And the last time that this happened was today or last night?” “Today.”
“Okay. And so, you left because you didn't want to get hurt.” “Yeah.” “Okay. Okay.
Hey, so really quick, I want to let you know, um, you aren't going to have to deal with her for the rest of the day, okay? We're going to figure out what we can do for you from there, but you don't have to deal with her for the rest of the day, okay?
You It's okay. Nope, she's not going to She's not going to come at all. She's not going to come near you for the time being, okay? And you don't got to worry about that right now. Okay, I appreciate you.
We're going to get you back to the medic. We're going to keep going from there, okay?”
The 12-year-old was visibly frightened, and the officers and the woman who had helped him worked to reassure him. He was eventually transported to the hospital while the officers headed to confront his mother.
“Okay. Um Good.” “What Where is he at? What's going on?” “So, he was a couple streets over.
He was requesting that someone call the cops.” “because of some of the injuries he sustained.”
“He got away.” “I got you. Um so, by all means, you can do the parenting that you see fit. The uh the hard part is is he has open injuries on his back and and scars from where you where you lashed him. And so, you are going to be currently under arrest, okay?
Go and drop what's in your hands.