<I don't think it's really "blaming". I mean of course some people do, but whenever someone looks for the cause of how someone could commit the actions they make, people consider them taking the blame away from the people who commit the act. I see it more as figuring out why people do what they do and then maybe you can come up with a solution or ways to prevent it in the future. Even if this event encourages parents to take a greater roll in their childrens lives and figure out what they are doing online it can be good. Obviously these 12 year old girls were sick in the head, but it's rare for these events to happen so it's good to look in to why they do. And I honestly find it hard to blame 12 year olds. They should never have been exposed to this stuff in the first place.
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Well exactly Sal, good point.
There are thousands of others who have also followed the weird stuff those 2 girls did, but they all didn't go out and kill someone.
The girls are demented...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/28/children-swarming-southern-border-prove-a-test-oba/
Under U.S. law, the children are entitled to special protections and can’t be put straight into deportation proceedings, as adults are.
Instead, they are screened for trafficking concerns. Once processed, they are placed with either foster families or sent to their own families in the U.S. while they apply for asylum or a special juvenile visa, said Marc R. Rosenblum, deputy director of the Migration Policy Institute’s U.S. immigration policy
Under U.S. law, the children are entitled to special protections and can’t be put straight into deportation proceedings, as adults are.
Instead, they are screened for trafficking concerns. Once processed, they are placed with either foster families or sent to their own families in the U.S. while they apply for asylum or a special juvenile visa, said Marc R. Rosenblum, deputy director of the Migration Policy Institute’s U.S. immigration policy
This girl is doing what Junior did on the Sopranos....taking them all for a ride.
By M.L. JOHNSON
Associated Press
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of two preteens accused of stabbing a classmate 19 times to please a fictional horror character was ordered Friday to receive treatment rather than stand trial, based on doctors’ testimony that she claims to see and have conversations with things others cannot — including unicorns and a Harry Potter villain.
Judge Michael Bohren ordered the 12-year-old girl evaluated and treated either in a hospital or in a juvenile detention center, where she currently is being held. Doctors have a year to get the girl to a point where she can help with her defense and go to trial. If they can’t, she could be held at a treatment center.
According to court documents, the girls plotted for months to kill their friend to curry favor with Slender Man, a character in horror stories they read online. They told investigators they believed Slender Man had a mansion in a Wisconsin forest and they planned to go live with him after the slaying.
Dr. Kenneth Robbins, a psychiatrist hired by the girl’s defense attorney, testified that the girl believes she can communicate telepathically with Slender Man and was more worried about offending the specter than going to prison.
“If she says the wrong thing, if she somehow upsets Slender Man, not only hers, but her family’s lives, could be in danger,” Robbins explained.
Dr. Brooke Lundbohm, a court-appointed psychologist, said the girl described Slender Man as “a person she has a strong bond with, she idolizes and believes to be real.”
Both testified that the girl also believes she can see and hear other fictional beings, including unicorns and characters from the Harry Potter and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.
“For her, these are real characters,” Robbins said. “She sees them and they have discussions back and forth.”
The doctors said the girl has a tendency to burst into laughter for no reason, and Lundbohm described her squatting on her chair and bouncing during an exam. The girl also told both doctors that she had “Vulcan mind control,” an element in the Star Trek series.
The doctors said the girl’s medical and school records did not indicate any mental health or behavioral problems. But Lundbohm said that when she spoke to the girl’s parents, they recalled her being fascinated with fictional characters and trying to convince her father that Slender Man was real.
The girl’s parents cried silently as Lundbohm testified that the girl’s teachers described her as artistic and bright, and eccentric but well-behaved.
Defense attorney Anthony Cotton said after the hearing that the girl had not received any treatment or medication since her arrest, but that would change with Bohren’s order. Robbins testified during the hearing that he believed the girl could be helped with counseling and medication, but a more firm diagnosis was needed.
Bohren scheduled a Nov. 12 hearing to get an update on the girl’s condition. Also Friday, he scheduled the second girl for a Sept. 17 hearing, where prosecutors will present evidence and ask the judge to send her to trial.
Wisconsin law requires anyone age 10 or older to be charged as adults in severe crimes. The Associated Press is not naming the girls because both of their attorneys have said they will try to get the cases moved to juvenile court.
The two girls attacked the 12-year-old victim in a wooded Waukesha park after a May 30 sleepover at the home of the girl now going to treatment. Once the attackers left, the victim crawled from the woods to a road where a passing bicyclist found her. Doctors later told police the girl had narrowly escaped death — the knife just missed a major artery near her heart.
The child has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.
These suspects are 12 years old......I'm assuming they've been watching this crap probably for a year or more.
When you're this young, you can be manipulated very easily into doing crazy things by believing what you watch on TV/online if there isn't any responsible parents to watch over the kids.
With the internet now a days, you have to be on top of your kids.....I'm not blaming the parents in the situations but im sure as a parent of these suspects, they ate probably having a mental breakdown trying to figure out why their kids did this.....I still want to know what kind of household these girls came from.....
As far as being born evil.....yes, there are people born evil into this world but you have to look at each case separately to decide.
