Medlock Badmouths Grieving Mother On-Air

[DM]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

Okay, blast away.

I notice in the photo the family supplied the media, the girl has a Playboy bunny on her T-shirt.

Woman is assaulted by two teen girls, wallet comes up missing.

Draw your own conclusions.  Sad deal, but I don't think we are talking about someone raised by Ward & June Cleaver.

Just because their parents are not Ward and June Cleaver, that does not make this 12 year disposable. She was 12. The other was 16. These are kids killed over a wallet. I doubt anyone on here would want their parenting skills to be questioned after losing your child. Oh and BTW, Ward and June Cleaver were not the best parents either. Beaver got in trouble all the time! Parenting is not perfect. But we all must do what we can with what we have. Because even if parents do all the right things, tragedy can still take your child. Even over something as small as a wallet.

[Conan71]

No one said the girl was disposable.  It is a sad lesson to be learned as to what can happen to children with ostensibly permissive or inattentive parents.

Your right, Beaver was always in trouble:

"Ward you were a little hard on the Beaver last night, don't you think?"

[rwarn17588]

Having finally wiped the sleep out of my eyes and read the paper this morning, I'm now inclined to blame the shooter entirely.

Sure, the kids were up past curfew. But on the other side you have a hothead, probably drunk (he was in a bar), who shot two kids with an AK-47 over a stolen wallet? And no one's even sure whether the wallet was stolen? And the girl was trying to comfort the shot kid when she was shot, too?

The guy's just a stone-cold killer.

[Conan71]

"Muller allegedly shot and killed Leah Harris-Fuqua, 12, and Derriko Ross, 16, Sunday after a dispute over an allegedly stole wallet."

Reporting on the fly?

Yep, the drunken toad is responsible.  But it took a drunken toad plus a few targets to complete the scenario.   This was by no means a justifiable homicide and not self-defense.  It's the worst case where being in the wrong place at the wrong time can be fatal.

Main reason my daughters have a curfew and why I'm not real permissive is because there are a lot of drunken toads out after midnight.

I'm just waiting for the un-informed on guns to start screaming for a ban on assault rifles.

[sgrizzle]

The guy is a killer and I blame him, but I think with better parenting, it might not have been these two kids it happened to. At 12 years old, she wasn't a little past curfew, she was a lot past curfew. The playboy bunny shirt is inappropriate at that age but these days blaming anything on parenting is taboo.

[DM]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

The guy is a killer and I blame him, but I think with better parenting, it might not have been these two kids it happened to. At 12 years old, she wasn't a little past curfew, she was a lot past curfew. The playboy bunny shirt is inappropriate at that age but these days blaming anything on parenting is taboo.

I would not say blaming ANYTHING on parenting is taboo. It's just ill timed. Right now we should be focusing on catching this guy. I understand they may have him surrounded in Lawton right now. Personally I would like for him to kill himself or be killed. Yes, HE is disposable. Anyone who intentionally harms kids certainly is IMO.

Conan, I am not saying you said these kids were disposable. My apologies for any implication. I completely agree a lesson could be learned here. But lets catch this a**hole that did this and teach him a lesson first. []

[Conan71]

^^Sounds like the law is moving in on him.  Hopefully either they or he will spare taxpayers a trial.

I guess I'm in the mood for hate mail and searing comments.

The paper says that the girl was in an alternative education program, and one of her counselors or teachers said she was "mature for her age."

It doesn't take a village to raise kids, it takes concerned, caring, and non-self-absorbed parents to keep them out of trouble and to steer them on the right path in the first place.

I feel bad for the girl because it doesn't sound like she likely had the best home environment nor parental guideance to start with.

[iplaw]

It doesn't take a village to raise kids...

Nope.  Villiages tend to turn out idiots...

[RecycleMichael]

"It takes a pillage".

Attilla the Hun

[Wilbur]

quote:Originally posted by DM

Chris Medlock is asking this question at the wrong time. Why not focus on catching the killer. There will be time for questions later.

Medlock is discussing this now because he is a radio personality who discusses CURRENT events.  Many people will forget this happened a month from now.

[DM]

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:Originally posted by DM

Chris Medlock is asking this question at the wrong time. Why not focus on catching the killer. There will be time for questions later.

Medlock is discussing this now because he is a radio personality who discusses CURRENT events.  Many people will forget this happened a month from now.

So that makes it right?

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by DM

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:Originally posted by DM

Chris Medlock is asking this question at the wrong time. Why not focus on catching the killer. There will be time for questions later.

Medlock is discussing this now because he is a radio personality who discusses CURRENT events.  Many people will forget this happened a month from now.

So that makes it right?

yes, next question.

and anyways...why are you listening to one of the least credible stations on the air?

[Wilbur]

quote:Originally posted by DM

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:Originally posted by DM

Chris Medlock is asking this question at the wrong time. Why not focus on catching the killer. There will be time for questions later.

Medlock is discussing this now because he is a radio personality who discusses CURRENT events.  Many people will forget this happened a month from now.

So that makes it right?

Yes.  He is talking about the big fat elephant in the room.  Not ignoring it.

[DM]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by DM

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:Originally posted by DM

Chris Medlock is asking this question at the wrong time. Why not focus on catching the killer. There will be time for questions later.

Medlock is discussing this now because he is a radio personality who discusses CURRENT events.  Many people will forget this happened a month from now.

So that makes it right?

yes, next question.

and anyways...why are you listening to one of the least credible stations on the air?

Um I don't listen to them. Someone else posted. But thanks for paying attention. And the answer to the question is NO. It's in poor taste and just plainly wrong. It would be just as bad for him to start criticizing the baseball player that hit that ball into the Drillers coach or the fact that he was not wearing a helmet. Both would be in poor timing and in very bad taste.

[DM]

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:Originally posted by DM

quote:Originally posted by Wilbur

quote:Originally posted by DM

Chris Medlock is asking this question at the wrong time. Why not focus on catching the killer. There will be time for questions later.

Medlock is discussing this now because he is a radio personality who discusses CURRENT events.  Many people will forget this happened a month from now.

So that makes it right?

Yes.  He is talking about the big fat elephant in the room.  Not ignoring it.

So in a couple of days the elephant will still be there and at least the dead will have been layed to rest. Like I said, poor taste and bad timing. But I guess some people have no idea what respect is.