The mother is not totally irreprehensible. She must have really upset her autistic son to cause him to be so violent that the police were needed. This probably means it was an ongoing battle between her and him and finally things came to a head and erupted. She had probably been nagging him and dragging him for months. She probably got no help from the congregation except platitudes from the elders that she must keep bringing him.
Some JW parents can get pretty nutty when their child starts rebelling and refusing to go to meetings etc. I remember my mother taking to me and my sister with a piece of skipping rope when we were badly playing up once. The JW world creates that kind of frantic, pressure-cooker mentality with all their meetings, talk of the end of the world, etc.
It's very sad and highlights the real situation in the organisation, ie, full of unhappy, stressed out families.
Child dies because he did not want to go to the meeting
by VanillaMocha73 41 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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yaddayadda
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Narkissos
Sad story.
Vote for "worst mistitled thread of the year" though.
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sammielee24
''was having a violent episode and hitting everyone in the home,'' Calzadilla said. Dispatched at 6:47 p.m., officers arrived 15 minutes later, he said.
I would wait on the outcome of the investigation before I accused anyone of purposely doing something to harm him. From the report it would appear he was violent with everyone and it was escalating. What would anyone have said if theCrisis Team had not done enough to stop him hitting the mother and she got killed? Then the media hogs would have titled the news 'Police stand back and let mother die" I feel badly for the family during all of this. sammieswife.
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purplesofa
''was having a violent episode and hitting everyone in the home,'' Calzadilla said. Dispatched at 6:47 p.m., officers arrived 15 minutes later, he said.
I read that article over a few times and missed it
as I was looking for violence.......
I agree with yaddayadda's comment.
purps
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BlackSwan of Memphis
It wasn't the first time the Colindres family had to call police because their severely autistic son, Kevin, had become aggressive.
This is scary. The thing is we don't live there and don't have a clue what the home life is like or when it says severely autistic, has he or have they gotten the help they need on a regular basis to deal with his condition.
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juni
That's sad. If these officers were trained w/dealing w/the mentally ill, why would they be sitting on him? Seems to me they weren't following through w/proper procedure.
Juni
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skyking
I feel for the family. Very SAD
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jgnat
There's a phenomenon under study that links certain restraint procedures on individuals in "excited delerium" to unexpected deaths.
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/158/12/1603.pdf
This might be the cause of what happened to this young man.
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lola28
This could have happened to an autistic kid that didn't want to go to Mass.
Yup, I don't mean to be rude to anyone but threads like this really bother me. For one the child is not dead, and two it seems like the family had to deal with violent outbursts before, but from the subject line all we get is "Child dies because he did not want to go to the meeting". Boy those witnesses are really evil. Please next time think before you post.
lola
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daniel-p
The mother is not totally irreprehensible. She must have really upset her autistic son to cause him to be so violent that the police were needed. This probably means it was an ongoing battle between her and him and finally things came to a head and erupted. She had probably been nagging him and dragging him for months. She probably got no help from the congregation except platitudes from the elders that she must keep bringing him.
You're making quite a few assumptions there. I had a friend who was mildly autistic and believe me - it was no fault of his mom's when he went off on rants and got violent. You're making up a whole scenario that you have no idea is true or not.