Starved Teen in Cage - WTF? is up with these weird FLORIDA abuse cases?

[UdoKier]

http://www.local6.com/news/4267131/detail.html

Police: 17-Year-Old Found Starved In Cage, Wearing Diaper

Boy Found Weighing 49 Pounds

POSTED: 7:41 am EST March 9, 2005
UPDATED: 12:42 pm EST March 9, 2005

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The adoptive parents of a 17-year-old boy who weighed 49 pounds when found in a home where he was forced to wear a diaper and sleep in a locked, cage-like bed have been charged with child neglect, authorities said.

[whistle]

1. Is this another Jeb Bush foster care home abuse case? God....

....this is an absolute outrage. Like the Nazi concentration camps.

[Dookus]

2. it's unbelievable, isn't it?

The feds need to step in at some point and clean up that system. But fat chance of that happening.

[CornField]

3. And below that: "Taser Gun Used On Man Who Refused Urine Sample"

The 49-pound 17-yr-old was bad enough, but then I started scrolling through the rest of the headlines...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A police officer twice used a Taser stun device on a drug suspect who was restrained to a hospital bed because the man refused to give a urine sample to medical staff, authorities said.

More: http://www.local6.com/news/4266944/detail.html

There's all types of other craziness in those headlines.

[Kingshakabobo]

5. Jeez. That Taser is sure a handy little gadget. When in doubt, Taser 'em.

It slices, it dices, it even makes Julian French fries.

[murray hill farm]

8. OMG..What a cute dog!

Aside from that...this is such crap...how could this happen to a 17 year old...didnt anyone know...sheeze. Poor kid...he will never be OK..what is wrong with the world.

[Katherine2]

4. I hope the Republicans

don't try to defend this as a "fraternity prank".

[Anakin Skywalker]

6. When You Have Famous Frat Boy as Preznit

why the hell not? :)

[maveric]

7. Florida is a Crucible of Evil

I lived there for 4 years.