Police say Georgia mom forced son to kill hamster

[Ghost in the Machine]

Police say Georgia mom forced son to kill hamster

Associated Press - January 21, 2010 10:14 PM ET

WARM SRPINGS, Ga. (AP) - Police have arrested a Georgia woman who they say forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for earning a bad grade.

Meriwether County sheriff Steve Whitlock told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family and Child Services, who contacted police.

The pet's death allegedly took place at the family's Warm Springs home.

Whitlock said 38-year-old Lynn Middlebrooks Geter faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.

He said she was arrested Friday and remained in the Meriwether County jail Thursday evening. It was not immediately known if she had a lawyer.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11862388

[Solly Mack]

1. Yeah...that's a sure fire way to bring a grade up... traumatize the kid

Sicko

[LeftyMom]

2. What, was the hamster doing his homework?

Psychotic bitch.

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. I hope she ate it

No need to waste a good, clean rodent kill.

[vadawg]

5. rofl, good point is a hamster technically a rodent, kinda like a rat??

[roguevalley]

23. no. a rodent maybe but no rat. tho, I adore rats. I had two teddy

bear champagne hamsters. one lived about twice its lifespan. this woman put a hole in that boy's heart that will never heal. what a harpy sow.

[TexasObserver]

4. Child abuse and cruelty to animals.

What is wrong with such people?

How can anyone think the answer to poor grades is killing a pet?!

How does that happen?!

[Occulus]

6. I hereby call this woman every word in the book, applying to either gender,

all at once.

Even the ones that cause controversy here on DU. There's a time and a place, and this is one of 'em.

[Divine Discontent]

8. don't just italicize it, let it rip, show us what's really there

and this lady is an inhumane tyrant for making her son kill a pet with a hammer - talk about sick.

[Occulus]

9. Oh, every word

She's mung

[wisteria]

7. This is a sick woman. n/t

[Echo In Light]

22. Very

[shawcomm]

10. Gad.

WTF is wrong with her? Poor kid.

[omega minimo]

11. Why do people post shit like this here? Beyond disgusting and irrelevant, not political

:evilfrown:

[RamboLiberal]

14. Hello - this is General Discussion

Not everything in life is political!

[omega minimo]

16. You're looking for the Lounge. "Everything in GD" IS required to have some political relevance

NOT just disgusting tabloid shite.:evilfrown:

[inna]

18. +1

agreed

[omega minimo]

20. It's what DU Admin says

:shrug:

[RamboLiberal]

24. Doesn't seem to be enforced that much

Geez just don't click on what subject doesn't interest you.

BTW, I don't even see that rule here - point it out.

[bobburgster]

12. Nice Mom...

what will she do next, send him to a teabagger rally

[proteus_lives]

13. What a sicko!

I hope she loses custody forever!

[Soylent Brice]

15. how does one even respond to something like this? i mean,

where would one begin?

people are FUCKED up.

[Mythbuster]

17. Thank God it was the hamster...

...and not a little brother or sister! What a fucked up, sick bitch!!!! I wonder if she has any idea how bad she probably just fucked up his young, impressionable mind.

[Brickbat]

19. God, that poor kid. What else has she done to him?

[deutsey]

21. I'm glad I can't understand the "logic" here

Hmmm...my son's getting bad grades in school. Now what can I do as his parent to motivate him to improve his grades? Hey, I know! Of course! The solution is so obvious! Have him smash his pet hamster with a hammer!

:evilfrown: