carrot red
07-25-2005, 01:09 PM
TAMPA - Even though the boy would shake and wet himself, his father, Ronnie Paris Jr., would box with the 3-year-old, slapping him in the head until he cried because he didn't want his son to grow up to be "a sissy,'' the boy's mother testified Monday.
Others corroborated Nysheerah Paris' testimony as the prosecution built its case during the first day of the capital murder trial of Ronnie Paris Jr., 21, accused of abusing 3-year- old Ronnie Paris until the boy slipped into a coma Jan. 22.
He died six days later with swelling on both sides of his brain.
"He was trying to teach him how to fight,'' said Shanita Powell, Nysheerah Paris' sister. "He was concerned that the child might be gay.''
Even Sheldon Bostic, who was Ronnie Paris Jr.'s Bible- study friend, said he warned the father several times not to play so rough with his son.
Here's the rest of the story. (http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBV5C523BE.html)
Rather than go off on left or right tangents, I will say the mindset of people who do these things are all over the world. China and India with daughters, terrorists with anyone that's not one of theirs, mentally screwed up people here in the States and other industrialized nations. It's everywhere. People need to be re-educated on the value of human life (and take human life only under the most extreme circumstances when no other feasible solution is available and/or the punishment should fit a crime.)
Others corroborated Nysheerah Paris' testimony as the prosecution built its case during the first day of the capital murder trial of Ronnie Paris Jr., 21, accused of abusing 3-year- old Ronnie Paris until the boy slipped into a coma Jan. 22.
He died six days later with swelling on both sides of his brain.
"He was trying to teach him how to fight,'' said Shanita Powell, Nysheerah Paris' sister. "He was concerned that the child might be gay.''
Even Sheldon Bostic, who was Ronnie Paris Jr.'s Bible- study friend, said he warned the father several times not to play so rough with his son.
Here's the rest of the story. (http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBV5C523BE.html)
Rather than go off on left or right tangents, I will say the mindset of people who do these things are all over the world. China and India with daughters, terrorists with anyone that's not one of theirs, mentally screwed up people here in the States and other industrialized nations. It's everywhere. People need to be re-educated on the value of human life (and take human life only under the most extreme circumstances when no other feasible solution is available and/or the punishment should fit a crime.)