
VictorZamora wrote:I still don't get it....
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BATON ROUGE, La. – A Baton Rouge couple faces felony charges after a video showed them allegedly encouraging teen girls to fight.
The video, which was posted on YouTube Saturday, shows two 16-year old girls punching and slapping each other, while two adults stand and watch. The video has been viewed for than 1000 times.
“This was the first time that we've seen this kind of thing here. What was so concerning to us is that there were adults present facilitating and encouraging this kind of behavior, said Casey Rayborn Hicks, East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman.
Police arrested 31-year-old William Parker and his wife Chanda just hours after viewing the video.
Authorities say this throwdown happened at the Parkers' home in Baton Rouge.
Deputies say not only were two adults present, but another juvenile actually shot the video.
At one point, one of the girls tried to get away from the fight, but it appears an adult pushed her back into the garage. The Parkers face two counts of cruelty to a juvenile -- felony charges that could put them in prison for up to ten years.
"The type of thing that I can compare this to most would be the situation where we dealt with, with people who are you know dog fighting or cock fighting...now we're looking at someone's child here. These are children that are being encouraged in this kind of behavior," Hicks said.
Investigators are attempting to identify other adults in the video, and see if underground fighting is becoming a problem in Baton Rouge.


A woman is suing Metra claiming the contents of a toilet "exploded" and splattered her as she rode a Joliet-bound train.
Julianna Mandernach filed the suit Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court against the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp. and Metra, claiming the Jan. 29, 2009, incident left her with injuries of a "personal and pecuniary nature."
Mandernach boarded a Metra train on the Chicago-to-Joliet/Rock Island line as a passenger. She used a toilet on the train, and upon flushing, the contents exploded out and "splattered" her, the suit claims.
The suit alleges Metra permitted Mandernach and other passengers to use the toilet when they should have known it was not working properly. Metra should have repaired and replace the toilet, and also failed to barricade, rope or block off the toilet from public use.
The suit seeks unspecified damages, as well as costs of the suit.
When asked about the extent of Mandernach's injuries, attorney Francis Ostian refused comment.





PALOUSE, Wash. (AP) - A male cheerleader at Garfield-Palouse High School in Palouse isn't content to do typical male stunts or be the mascot.
Benjamin Grundy wants to do the same dance and kicks as the girl cheerleaders. He says school administrators are discriminating against him.
KXLY reports Grundy and his mother, Suzanne Grundy, say school officials should be reprimanded for causing him severe emotional trauma.
"At the beginning of the current season I was told I'd be able to participate in everything other cheerleaders would do, including the dance routine," Benjamin Grundy said.
However, the family claims Gar-Pal's athletic director later pressured the boy to be the mascot instead of a cheerleader. Later he was forbidden from moving his legs and feet, dancing or even shaking his hips when he cheered.
"I was reduced to standing there and moving my arms," Benjamin said. "I didn't lift my legs or move from the place I was at, I just stood there."
Superintendent Beverly Fox won't comment on the specific case but says district policy is that every student has the same rights everybody has, without discrimination.
Suzanne Grundy says "the combination of a bi-racial, mentally challenged gay male may be too much for them."


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