WTF!!! Woman drags kid through Verizon Store

Run time: 00:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMRddAIHx0   Posted on YouTube: April 25, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 03, 2009 By DU Member: trumad Views on DU: 1617

 
BTW: They arrested her sorry ass.

An Alabama woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police say she injured a child while dragging it through a store in Rome.

According to Floyd County Jail records:

Melissa Catherine Smith-Means, 37, of Gaylesville, Ala., was arrested by Rome police around 12:30 p.m. She was charged with felony first-degree cruelty to children.

Police say she was observed by customers and employees at a store on Broad Street, dragging a small child around by a backpack leash. The child had visible marks on the neck from the incident.

She remains in jail without bail.
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I had a two year old like that one. He actually turned out to be a human being despite all the early indications.

I'd hate to know what she'd do behind closed doors.

BTW, I'm not sure what you meant by you had a two year old like that one. I guess I missed the story of what the child was like that merited being dragged around like that.

You are guessing wrong.
Read the story, at least.

testy, eh?

If the kid is asleep, what is the woman doing with the kid out of a stroller?

If the kid is just tired and cranky, it's not time to be shopping, time to be having quiet time.

This makes no sense, EVEN IF, the child sustained no PERMANENT injuries or marks THIS TIME, what is going on in the head of the woman?

I've seen these maybe twice, and they made me gasp.

I have tried to maneuver a stroller with a baby and had two small children and no matter how much you say "stay right with me" or "please don't jump off the sidewalk in front of that car", they still do it. I would rather have the ability to pull them back out of danger's way or keep them from wandering off with a leash than risk them getting injured.

kids old enough to talk sense to. That's just strange. But little kids - they're wild.

Because she was going on vacation, and my nephew wasn't even 2 yrs. old yet, and was trying to run off occasionally.

The first and only time he wore the leash he barked at every passerby. He wasn't wearing it very long.

:rofl:

that must have been humiliating for mom.

My sister still acts embarrassed talking about the incident 10 years later.

when I would try to put her in the cart would run off. I had to get a code adam like 4 times!!! I was scared to death when I she ran off and I couldn't find her. generally, I try to give her the chance to walk, but usually if we are already having problems listening before we ever get in the store I may just put her in the cart. I can certainly understand why someone would have a young child on one of those things. better that then have your kid run off and be taken by someone.

And i will bet it didn't look good when I was dealing with her. At the age of two, I would pick her up and carry her out.... she would be hitting me and pulling my hair all the way out to the car. I never used those leash things, but I have physically picked her up and carried her with her arms and head hanging over like a sack of potatoes to minimize how much she could hurt me. When I got to the car I would put her inside and shut the door and stand outside while she had her tantrum and I cooled down because it took everything I had not to unthinkingly react to being hit in the face. I remember one time after that woman was seen on security camera apparently beating her child in the car, I had been holding emy in her seat while I attempted to fasten her five point car seat seatbelt. She was hitting me and pulling my hair the whole time, and i just held her in the seat with one hand and latched with the other. I wondered as i did this if it looked like i was beating my kid to a security camera. I don't know what was going on with this woman, nor do I know what the kid was doing to have the woman dragging the kid around.... but as a parent, I know how tough it can be and I would HOPE that the woman would get some sort of help in figuring out a better way to deal with a possibly difficult child in public.

It's what I was referring to in post #1.

If I would have had my kid on a leash during the worst episodes, I might have hog tied him with the leash and sold him to a stranger for meat.

done and your kid is being a terror. I mean, it's easy to say to not take the kids when they are crabby or whatever... and i will avoid taking them when they are like that if i can. but it isn't always possible. especially if you are a working parent who has to go get things done when you have the time. I am lucky that i am a stay at home mom and can usually try to work around those times when the kids aren't going to cooperate. but i also make it very clear that any bad behavior is an automatic no for anything. They may not get anything at the store.... but bad behavior guarantees they will get nothing.

Much as i would love to be able to get them a treat every time we go to the store, I can't do that.... because then they expect it. I think having a system where once in awhile if they are good they get to pick out a sucker or a little toy of some kind. but usually they don't get anything special....

But there is nothing worse, i think, then to have the kids have a temper tantrum in the middle of the store. you have just spent like an hour going through getting groceries and you are tired, and they are tired.... and you certainly don't want to have to pick them up and carry them out of the store without your groceries after all that time and effort!! and you feel the eyes staring at you. no matter what you do someone is judging you. if you ignore them, then you get disapproving stares.... if you tell them to stop it or threaten to ground them or whatever... you get the stares. though i have had cashiers say they were glad to see a parent who doesn't give in. oh no, i say.... i do NOT give in. i remember when i was a cashier and the kids would SCREAM through the whole store. and as soon as they got to the register, the parents would give them some candy. well, i'd think... you've just guaranteed that the kid will do that again.

've had people try to step in and 'help'. one lady tried to give me money to pay for something my daughter wanted that she was sitting in the cosmetic department and refusing to go for. I swear i wanted to scream at the woman!! i had the money. but i will not reward that kind of behavior. Emily was getting too big to pick up and carry. LOL! otherwise she would have been in the cart by that point. emily is ten now and much better about the store. ashley is not nearly as bad as emy was when she was younger. i think starting early helped. but you definitely want to nip that stuff in the bud while you can still pick the kid up. LOL! imagine trying to deal with a 100 pound 10 year old having a fit. i don't even want to think about it.

because it would be the only time I could go alone (kids in bed and dad got home). It was like going on a cruise - being able to shop without constant interruptions and be able to actually think about what I was doing.

Whenever I took mine to the grocery store I would talk to them beforehand and tell them what they could expect - if there would be a treat or not, what they could buy and knowing it depended on their behavior. Just knowing what to expect seemed to help them a lot. I could usually quieten mine down when I would get nose to nose with them and talk very quietly. They knew they were in deep s--t when that happened.

And next week I pack the last one off to college...on to bonafide empty nest.

arrange for a time when you can shop alone, do it as a mini vacation.

Very wise.

take my time... and it's nice to actually be able to look at things in the store. I will tell the person in line when they apologize things are taking so long.... that's ok...i'm on vacation. no hurry. take your time. LOL! Before i take the kids in the store i tell them "ok... what are the rules..." and they'll repeat together, no running off, no asking for things, stay with you... lol. emily has started to, instead of outright asking, she'll say, 'i haven't had x in a LONG time!!" which is asking for things. she insists she is not asking for anything, just making a statement. uggh. They don't seem to catch on to the quiet voice for some reason. i know when i was a kid that would send the sirens off telling me to back off. but they don't seem to notice when they have just about gone too far. what is amazing to me more than anything is remember when i was a kid and i would have never DARED to talk to my parents the way the kids talk to me. and to disobey!! you just knew you would be black and blue if you even tried.

and there were 4 of us with 2 very close together in age. With all that going on, she didn't have time to pussy foot around and no luxury of shopping without the kids. The oldest brother was the worst-just plain hard headed. When mom asked that he do something-he would do the opposite. He was a strong thing but his weakness was his ears and she would snatch him by the ear and march him into the nearest rest room to have a 'chat'. He would emerge sniffling but better behaved. Just the mention of a bathroom chat would make the rest of us straighten up and fly right.

We all laugh today because Mom would and still can give you 'the look' that will stop you in your tracks. None of us had damaged self esteem and really did deserve what we got although some on the thread might say we were abused. When we were spanked, we knew why we were disciplined, and we were never beaten-just a few swats.We all preferred that to the lecture anyway. Once we were past 6 or 7, we grew out it. We really were a handful-naughty monkeys all.

Yeah, he might get a concussion or two, some abrasions and sprains and strains, but at least he's being dragged around by the neck in a GOD-FEARING state that knows how to protect innocent life!

Should be obvious, but to make sure, this post is :sarcasm:

What a truly disgusting piece of shit. I really hope she gets prison time for that.