Father bit off baby's nose over crying, Fairfield police say

[alp227]

A man was arrested Thursday after Fairfield police say he bit off part of his 1-month-old son's nose out of frustration over his crying.

Joshua Cooper, 18, was booked at Solano County Jail on suspicion of child cruelty and aggravated mayhem.

The incident was reported shortly after 8 a.m. when a "hysterical" 17-year-old girl called police, saying her son was bleeding from his nose, said Fairfield police Sgt. Troy Oviatt.

full: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Father-bit-off-baby-s-nose-over-crying-Fairfield-5316031.php

Wow...the literal version of biting off one's nose to spite one's face?

Cooper ought to know that child abusers are the lowest in the jail pecking order. What an ass. This kid is probably scarred for life.

[Mojo Electro]

1. What a piece of shit!

[rock]

2. The gun nuts all shout, "Hey, he shouldn't do that!"

"Did he misplace his gun?" (extreme satire)

[YarnAddict]

3. Disgusting.

[alp227]

9. And kept by a 3-3 jury!!

YOUR COMMENTS Rock says extreme satire, I say hurtful, rude, over the top, inappropriate political joke in thread about child abuse.

JURY RESULTS A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Fri Mar 14, 2014, 06:33 PM, and voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE Explanation: Kinda moronic comment but not really over the top for Du or GD
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT Explanation: Yeah, gun nuts make me crazy too, but this is not the place to argue over guns. Turns my stomach.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT Explanation: A sick person making a sick joke.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE Explanation: No explanation given

[theHandpuppet]

4. And it wasn't just his nose...

(from the article)

The baby was first taken to NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield, where doctors determined that he had suffered major head trauma, Oviatt said.

The boy was then transferred to Children's Hospital Oakland. Doctors there concluded that the baby "had suffered a skull fracture, a brain hemorrhage and that one-third of the child's nose had been severed off," Oviatt said...

[JudyM]

5. Emotional intelligence training should be mandatory in school

Kids learn junk they'll never need to know but they aren't taught ways to deal with their emotions.

And doctors whose infant patients have colic that keeps them crying relentlessly ought to have a standard protocol of coaching the parents on how to handle their frustration.

How many cases of shaken babies do we need to have before we as a society get intelligent about this? Some kids are criers, and lack of sleep for the parents doesn't help.

[alp227]

7. "junk they'll never need to know"

Like what? Emotional intelligence and "real knowledge" can't be mutually exclusive. Right wingers use that "junk" phrase to describe any educational topic they dislike. Wonder why kids can't study "liberal arts"?

[shenmue]

6. My Lord

This is terrible.

[Rex]

8. W T F

nt.