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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

Delaware County Mother, Mrs. Davenport Forced Daughter To Fight

By Gabriella Sacidor, David Madden

UPPER DARBY (CBS) — A Delaware County mother is facing criminal charges after she allegedly encouraged her 12-year-old daughter to fight another girl.

Michelle Davenport’s answer to bullying? Police say she took her 12-year-old daughter to the Primos Elementary School playground over the weekend and confronted another 12-year-old girl.

Upper Darby Police released the cell phone video of the fight Wednesday.

On the video, you can hear one of the onlookers say “Do you want to see your daughter?” to Davenport.

“I don’t wanna see nothing. I wanna see her kick your a**. That’s what I wanna see OK?” she responds.

According to police, the two girls are seen punching and kicking one another and Davenport can be heard coaxing on her daughter, telling her to take down the other 12-year-old girl.

At one point, the girls wanted to stop, but Davenport insisted they go on.

“You’ve got her daughter with a bloody nose. You’ve got the other kid with a concussion, all because the mother acted like a moron. Pure and simple,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.

Authorities say 45-year-old Davenport, of Clifton Heights, was charged after cell phone video of the fight surfaced online. Police say her daughter is also facing simple assault charges and is now in the custody of her father.

Davenport is held in lieu of $35,000 bail.

The other 12-year-old was treated for a concussion and released from a hospital.

A Word About Crime and Punishment

  • I’m tired of hearing the names Sandusky and Paterno repeated everywhere. I’m tired of hearing the minute details of a pedophile’s behavior. It borders on soft core porn, and it creeps me out. I don’t even like printing their names because it adds celebrity to their names. We shouldn’t be rewarding bad behavior. Their names need to be forgotten.

What’s striking though, is that we are not holding Mike McQueary responsible for HIS lack of action. If you’re going to lay responsibility on Joe Paterno for his inaction, you must certainly lay some blame on McQueary for not going far enough.

If Mike McQueary saw Sandusky raping a child in the locker room showers, he had the obligation to try to stop it AND go directly to the police with what he saw.

  1. I don’t understand the thinking of doing anything else BUT call the police.
  2. It would never occur to me NOT to call the police.

The NCAA just passed sentence on Penn State that basically cuts off scholarship money, and all but ruins the Football program.

I’m on the fence here. On the one hand, clearly Penn State needs to pay the price. On the other hand, there’s a whole other academic section of the school that is now going to suffer because of it.

Make no mistake about it, the school will be fine. Penn State will recoup it’s fines by increasing tuition. It’s the students who will pay the price. Enrollment will go down because of the stigma, and sports programs will disappear due to underfunding.

As we strive to punish the responsible parties, we must be careful not to throw away the proverbial baby with the bathwater.

   — and Finally…

  • Talk to your children about “Inappropriate” behavior.
  • Look for behavior changes in your children, as that’s one indicator of something that may be wrong.
  • Listen to your children. If your child says something’s wrong, he(or she) doesn’t want to be near an adult, listen. Find out why your child doesn’t want to be around a teacher, coach, or relative. Your children are important. Treat them as such.

Now… can I go back to being silly? Please. :)

Robert Reich: Jobs, Not Cuts

“We can’t “Cut” our way out of a recession!”

Here is a concise explanation of why we need to pass President Obama’s Jobs Bill.


Who Is The Real Mitt Romney?

  • “I’m Not Concerned With The Very Poor.” - Mitt Romney

Before Mittens takes aim at President Obama’s statement that “the Private Sector is doing fine”, he should remember his own gaffe.

Let’s be clear on something. Compared with the Public Sector, the Private sector is doing fine. The Public Sector, which includes Cities and municipalities, are cutting their Police, Fire Fighter and Teacher jobs. The Unemployment Rate is being buoyed by Public Sector employees who are losing their jobs as part of the Republican’s Slash and Burn budget plans.

When the economy suffers, why do we always cut the three most important positions?

  • We need Law Enforcement. When the economy suffers, crime goes up. Without employment, people turn to desperate measures to feed and shelter their family. It’s cause and effect.
  • We need teachers. Education is the most important asset of the United States. Without education, we cannot move forward.
  • And do I really need to explain why we need Fire Fighters??

Why aren’t our “Elected Officials” taking a pay cut?

If our Elected Officials truly care about the budget, and “What’s Good For The Country”, why don’t they trim their own salaries?

It’s not like they’re not making extra cash on the side from lobbyists.