Re: Update on rock-throwing girl


"Betsy" <b.fernley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bo Raxo" <invasions_r_us@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | "Michael Snyder" <msnyder@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | > Summary: there was no pummeling with water balloons by a
> | > gang of boys. There was ONE water balloon thrown by ONE
> | > boy. The rock she struck him with was 5.5 inches long by 3.75
> | > inches wide and weighed two pounds. She hit him in the face
> | > with it. She is 11 and weighs 130 pounds, the boy is 6 and
> | > weighs 68 pounds. She's literally twice his size.
> | >
> | >
> | >
> http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=1286
> | >
> |
> | The police are covering their asses mighty fast on this one. Let's
> take a
> | look at some key facts:
> |
> | The police say the girl weighs 130 pounds. Her family says she
> weighs 90
> | pounds.
> |
> | The police say the boy she hit was six. Hospital records put him at
> 8 and a
> | half.
> |
> | The police say the boy received a gash four inches long. The
> hospital
> | records say it was 1.2 inches long.
> |
> | Maribel was in the fourth grade when this happened in April, the
> injured boy
> | was in the third grade.
> |
> | After Maribel threw the rock that hit the boy, and he received a
> gash, she
> | immediately went to find his parents.
> |
> | Cite:
> |
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050720-0211-ca-girlcharged.ht
> ml
> |
> | http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=24842
> |
> |
> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/
> counties/alameda_county/12172416.htm
> |
> |
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> Thank you Bo, for adding some clarity. I am still firmly on the side
> of the girl. She was with smaller children, playing nicely, minding her
> own damn business

How do you know this? The reports I read just said she was with her
six-year-old brother, not a group of smaller children, nor necessarily minding
her own damn business. That may be true, but I don't think it's been reported.


> when a group of boys pull up wanting to start
> something.

According to the police there is no indication that any other boys were
involved. Even according to reports there is no indication that they pulled up
"wanting to start something."


> They throw a water balloon, hit her, and she picks up the
> nearest thing to defend herself.

A two-pound rock?


> Sounds like a girl who will not turn
> into a woman to be victimized. Good for her. If a group of men show up
> to harrass a woman with youngsters and she feels threatened, and all she
> has handy is a Smith & Wesson, well, I'd say they better clear out. She
> has the right to defend herself. And so did this little girl. Those boys
> picked the wrong victim that day. Next time they ought to find a girl
> with no weapons. Then they can pelt her good.

And let's not forget those six-year-old hoodlums could have pelted her with
worse things than water balloons -- like crabapples!



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