PSYCHOcatholic Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 LEE COUNTY, GA (WALB) - A Lee County teenager put up a shocking video on YouTube, showing him using a large, inflatable pillow to launch an eight month old baby through the air. Now that 16-year-old boy is charged with felony cruelty to a child. He was arrested after a Lee County school teacher saw the video and called the Sheriff's Office. It's a mother's nightmare. Watch as this 16-year-old DeSoto boy demonstrates, for the world to see, how to, as he put it, 'make a baby fly.' He puts the baby on an inflatable pillow, then jumps on the pillow to launch the baby through the air. The baby landed several feet away on the floor and can be heard crying. "It was terrible," says Lee County Sheriff Harold Breeden. "I can't believe a 16-year-old kid would do something like this." The 8-month-old child was left in the care of the family of the teen who was actually behind the camera shooting the video. The Lee County Sheriff's office got a call from a Lee County High School teacher who was shown the posting by another student. Fearing for the child's safety she called investigators, and now her former student is in the detention center. "He's incarcerated in RYDC," Breeden said. "We took him down this morning and he has been arrested and charged with cruelty to children in the first degree, and in the third degree." The first count for violence to a child under 18 and the second count for allowing his 16-year-old friend to see the violence by encouraging him to videotape it. The teen who videotaped it is not charged with a crime. Pediatrician Donna King, who has 8-month-old twins, says the baby could have been seriously injured. "Trauma to the skull, of course comes to mind at first. A trauma to the skull resulting in the fracture of the skull which can cause a contusion to the brain, bleeding inside the brain," said the doctor. As for the teen's actions, the Sheriff's office hopes others will learn from their mistake. "It's not going to be funny when the judge gets through with him, he'll think twice next time you know, about how funny it was," Brreden says. The video has been removed from the YouTube site and the teen, who's never been in trouble before, must now await his fate in court. The Lee County Sheriff's office has asked the baby's parent to have the child seen by a doctor, they're still waiting to hear if the baby had any injuries from the fall. -WALB News Link to Story and Video. Warning: It is not physically possible to jump through your computer monitor if you watch this video. You are going to want to. What this teen did to this baby is one of the cruelest things i have ever seen caught on video. Just the thought that he FILMED IT! SICK...DEMENTED...PEOPLE! Here is my question. The teen is obviously old enough to make his own decisions. So, should the parents get into trouble? Our local news asked the same question. Just want to hear your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I refuse to watch the video...the story is enough to make me sick to my stomach. I hate to admit this, but Lee County is only two counties away from where I live. I can't believe such a terrible thing happened so close to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I also refuse to watch it. I hope not to be perceived as overreacting, but the thought occurs that the popularity of danger/harm-inducing clips and programs (think "Jackass," Joe Rogan's worm/entrails-eating show, the name of which escapes me, et al) and the desire to produce them in order to meet a demand or need, is somewhat indicative of a morally bankrupt societal mentality, not unlike the Roman Empire's bloodlust era, which preceded its downfall. Through media and its acceptance, people seem to becoming further desensitized to pain and suffering. This cannot be good for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 ^ that S2V is right shows alone the fact that the news site, and probably some TV News, are actually showing this video respectively enabling people to download it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I totally agree with yall, i didnt intend to watch it either til it was too late and they were showing it on the news. You know when you flip to a channel and you catch something you wish you had never seen...? The fact is, this kid should be tried as an adult, and they should speed up the process, even if the baby is Okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I hope not to be perceived as overreacting not possible where this is concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Disgraceful! Not all flying babies are bad, though . . . Superbaby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Maybe the same should be done to that kid....and the launcher should be one of those huge sumo wrestlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Jenny, you are my type of woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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