Hi my name is Joann Read, as a board member on this great organization as well as a mother and Sheriff Deputy, I am sickened and saddened by this appeal decision.
Once again judges and the court decision made a grave mistake, and the cost will be many many children continuing tobe ABUSED. VERBAL & EMOTIONAL ABUSE IS ABUSE..alot of times WORSE than physical abuse. It is COMMON SENSE that is someone tells an innocent child to go get a knife and kill his motherthat is traumatizing, abusive, and will damage the very soul of a child for years if not forever. It will lead to a damaged adult, who might not know anythin but abuse and not even realizing it starts to abuse him/herself. Thats alot of the exact reason there is so much doemstic violence. Men especially see that happen to thei rmothers growing up. How any one can disagree with that is beyond my belief.
I go to many calls where there is alligations of child abuse. Some are just parents who have slapped their child on the butt, to other who have beaten as a child. ALMOST ALWAYS along with abuse, verbal abuse is accompanied with it. Repetitive, continual,degrading, harassing,name calling, threatening, words or action is VERBAL & EMOTIONAL ABUSE...PERIOD. Munao may now get out and be able to see his children again, and continue the abuse. WHAT DOES THIS TEACH CHILDREN? Keep being passionate about giving these innocent children a voice. It takes a village to rasie a child has never been more true. Let's keep on this site, let's get together for meetings, fundraisers, sign petitions, do marches, whatever it takes. Like the Jerry Maguire "WHO'S GOING WITH ME? If one child is saved from this torment and abuse then we have done our job. Lets show th esystem and the courts and goverment that if it is was there child ..grandchild, niece or nephew etc. They would think differently. Same with sexual abuse..people think "well the kid will get over it". He /she is not really hurt, it will pass. THAT IS WHY SEX OFFENDERS ARE IN THE THOUSANDS LIVING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY...thats why people who have stolen 1,000 worth of goods from a store can do more time that a sexual/predator dirtbag. TOUGHER LAWS stricter punishment. These abusers will never change or get better. And until we show them that they will not get out, and they WILL NOT have awesome food great entertainment tv's radios, all the amenties like a freaking hotel then maybe they will think about it...if only for a second.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT. "JUSTICE WILL NOT BE SERVED UNTIL THOSE AFFECTED, ARE AS OUTRAGED AS THOSE AFFECTED''(Benjamin Franklin)
JOANN READ (BOARD MEMBER)