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Title: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Dos Equis on September 03, 2009, 11:19:52 AM
That is one mean looking guy.  I can't say I haven't wanted to administer discipline to a kid throwing a tantrum in public, but you gotta throw the book at this guy. 

But I wouldn't mind him riding the plane with me some time.   :D

Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store

updated 7:03 p.m. EDT, Wed September 2, 2009

(CNN) -- A Georgia man allegedly slapped a toddler at a Walmart store because she wouldn't stop crying, authorities said.

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Roger Stephens allegedly slapped a stranger's crying toddler in a Walmart store in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Roger Stephens, 61, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree cruelty to children. An incident report obtained from police in Gwinnett County indicated Stephens did not know the 2-year-old girl he stands accused of hitting.

The confrontation happened shortly before noon at the Walmart in Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta.

According to the arresting officer, the child's mother said her daughter was crying as they walked down one of the aisles.

The mother said a stranger later identified as Stephens approached them and said, "If you don't shut the baby up, I will shut her up for you." 

A few moments later, while the mother and the crying child were in another aisle, Stephens allegedly grabbed the girl and slapped her across the face.

Police said he hit her four or five times. "See, I told you I would shut her up," the suspect allegedly told the mother.

Authorities described "slight redness" to the toddler's face. Before he was arrested, Stephens apologized to the mother for striking the girl, the incident report said.

Stephens, a Stone Mountain resident, is being held by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/02/georgia.tot.slapped/index.html
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Kazan on September 03, 2009, 11:21:45 AM
Hmmmmm, the guy has balls that for sure, but I'm afraid he would have gotten more then slap in the face if he touched my kid.
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Dos Equis on September 03, 2009, 11:23:47 AM
Hmmmmm, the guy has balls that for sure, but I'm afraid he would have gotten more then slap in the face if he touched my kid.

I was thinking the same thing, but my kids never threw tantrums in public (or at home). 

But yeah, I would have clocked him.   :)
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: LurkerNoMore on September 03, 2009, 11:27:56 AM
He needs a medal.

After slapping that kid, he should have put the sleeper hold on the mother for such bad parenting skills.
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Butterbean on September 03, 2009, 11:43:56 AM
That's not Harrison Ford.
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: OzmO on September 03, 2009, 12:38:12 PM
I was thinking the same thing, but my kids never threw tantrums in public (or at home). 

But yeah, I would have clocked him.   :)

Instantly.  No doubt.   
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: BM OUT on September 03, 2009, 12:58:06 PM
Now,lets say the guy hit your kid,you grab him and beat the hell out of him.Any charges on you,or do the cops let you go?
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: MB_722 on September 03, 2009, 01:18:24 PM
Now,lets say the guy hit your kid,you grab him and beat the hell out of him.Any charges on you,or do the cops let you go?

you'd get charged
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: 240 is Back on September 03, 2009, 01:25:13 PM
they invent pistol whippings for cats like that
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on September 03, 2009, 01:31:51 PM
That's not Harrison Ford.

lol
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Dos Equis on September 03, 2009, 01:42:55 PM
Now,lets say the guy hit your kid,you grab him and beat the hell out of him.Any charges on you,or do the cops let you go?

Sounds like self defense to me, especially if they slap your kid four or five times. 
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: 240 is Back on September 03, 2009, 01:45:55 PM
where's the video of the special needs guy kicking a 4 year old in the junk in a fast food drive thru?

the dad knocks the guy out.
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Hereford on September 03, 2009, 02:12:47 PM
Maybe the kid was ugly and NEEDED the slap?

Ever thing about that??
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Butterbean on September 03, 2009, 02:22:00 PM
you'd get charged

Ask for a jury trial...I think they'd let you off pretty light.
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: OzmO on September 03, 2009, 02:48:49 PM
Maybe the kid was ugly and NEEDED the slap?

Ever thing about that??

Yeah, I used to thing about thinks like that to and realized that sometimes I thing too much about about thinks that don't really matter when you thing about it.

Don't you thing so too?
 :D ;D
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: 2ND COMING on September 03, 2009, 03:04:20 PM
i thing this guy should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: Skip8282 on September 03, 2009, 03:41:00 PM
you'd get charged

I wouldn't think you would.  He grabbed the kid and hit her 4 or 5 times.  Now, maybe if you beat him to near death...
Title: Re: Stranger allegedly slaps crying child in store
Post by: grab an umbrella on September 03, 2009, 03:46:07 PM
I wouldn't think you would.  He grabbed the kid and hit her 4 or 5 times.  Now, maybe if you beat him to near death...

I used to go to that walmart several times a week.