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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolk couple punished boy with nine-hour kneeling sessions, deputies say
A Lakeland husband and wife accused of forcing a child to kneel for hours as a punishment for misbehaving were arrested on child abuse charges on Thursday, the Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies say Albert and Nancy Cusson, upset that the boy had been misbehaving and cheating on school work, forced him to kneel on a bathroom floor nine hours straight a day for 10 days.
The boy was given a protein shake each morning and not fed again all day, deputies say. He told investigators he was beaten with a stick any time he moved, and slept in a bathtub at night.
The boy followed the daily routine for 10 days, ending Saturday, deputies say. On Tuesday, the boy was forced to kneel again, the Sheriff's Office said, told he'd have to do so for 20 more days.
But the teen decided Wednesday he "could not take it anymore" and fled, deputies say. The Cussons reportedly told investigators the kneeling ritual is "the only punishment that works for him."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/crime/os-couple-arrested-abuse-child-kneeling-20120308,0,6416602.story
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trumad
Mar 2012
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)1. The faces of sadistic child abusers. n/t
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. They certainly do look like the freeper types
you'd expect this from. Throw the book at them, prosecutors, and find that poor kid a decent foster home.
rocktivity
(44,580 posts)3. Nine hour kneeling sessions should be
for adults only!
rocktivity
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)4. Sick fucks.
That is about the only way to describe them.
onethatcares
(16,192 posts)5. as a punishment
they should be made to kneel on navy beans while apologizing aloud to the kid and everytime they make a mistake in wording or puncuation they should be lashed.
fucking child abusers, I understand what the teen meant when he said he "could not take it anymore". was there at one time,I understand exactly how he felt.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)6. Today's lesson in why we need birth control.....
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)7. Polk County
The Reddest part of Florida, and by that, I mean red enough to make Rush Limbaugh look like Jesse Jackson. This is where the Klan has open stores and rallies.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)8. Make them kneel before their cellmates.