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- - - Detectives said the girl was placed in the custody of Phoenix child protective services after the attack because of her parents' attitude toward her. "The parents felt that they had been shamed or embarrassed by their child," Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said. ... Protective services officers "will determine what's going to happen in the days ahead and they'll look at the past history with that family, if there is one," he said. CNN affiliate KTVK said it interviewed the girl's 23-year-old sister, who said she was baby-sitting the girl at the time of the alleged attack. The sister, who was not identified by name by the station, expressed mixed feelings about her sister's attack. "I came to her and said it's not good for you to be following guys because you are still little," the sister told KTVK. She also said that she wanted the suspects to be released from jail because "we are the same people." "When she comes back I'm going to tell her don't ever do that again because all of us, we are the same family, we are from the same place. Now she is just bringing confusion among us. Now the other people, they don't want to see her," the sister told KTVK. Tony Weedor, a Liberian who fled civil war with his family and now lives in the Denver, Colorado, area, told CNN that cultural aspects are deep in the case. In Liberia rape was not against the law until 2006, he said. "The family [believes they] have been shamed by her, not a crime, but the name of the family has been degraded and news will get back to Liberia. And they're more concerned about that than the crime," said Weedor, who is co-founder of the CenterPoint International Foundation, which aids Liberian refugees in the United States and provides aid for those still in Liberia. - - - As the noted, honorable, not to mention now-famous African-American "scholar" Henry Gates would doubtless say, "This is what happens to poor black girls in America!" - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bob Calco > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:17 PM > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: [OT] Obama sure has classy friends > > http://bit.ly/i9JBv > > - - - > The Cambridge Police Department reports, authored by Sergeant James > Crowley > and Officer James Figueroa, quote an incensed Gates yelling, "This is > what > happens to black men in America!," and, when asked by Crowley to speak > with > him outside the residence, Gates replied, "ya, I'll speak with your > mama > outside." > - - - > > What a coincidence, he's Obama's good friend, a "scholar" no less---and > he's > an opportunistic jackass. > > What actually surprises me (a little) is that Obama had what appeared > to be > a major amateur moment defending this Grade A asshole, right in the > middle > of his precious health care monologue. So much for avoiding > 'distractions'. > But maybe this too is thinking-inside-the-trapezoid. > > One gets the impression that underneath all the chalky fake charisma > he's > really a kind of gremlin or Joker-like character. He's just lighting > every > flame he can as fast as he can, to see what chaos will come of it. > > Someone noted to me recently how odd his laissez-faire attitude toward > the > actual health care legislation slogging through Congress has been, > letting > the Congress critters grind the sausage almost by themselves. > > Like a dog chasing a car that wouldn't know what to do with it once he > caught it. > > "It's all part of the plan." > > - Bob > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
