suffer the little children
For the last three days I have been obsessively refreshing CNN.com or watching whenever I can hoping to get some good news in the case of Madison, the 3 year old girl being abused on video tape. The police, who normally do not show the faces of sexual abuse victims had been putting this girl's picture out there because they feared she was still being abused and were hoping someone would recognize her as theirs and that they would be able to find her. Yesterday I caught word that they had found the girl in the tape, who is now 7, and that she is safe and with her family.
I broke down in tears. She looked like my niece.
This morning I borrowed my roommate's car just so I could drive up to my brother's house just so I could hold my niece and cry some more because she is safe and won't have to go through life scared and fucked up because of some sick mother fucker.
I wonder though, just how safe is this girl? How did this monster get his hands on her? He's not related as far as they know. And how could her family not have known what had happened to their daughter? It's not like there wouldn't have been signs of the abuse. I don't know what this man did to her, but if the cops are saying it's worse than anything you could imagine, dear god. And if they did know about it why didn't they report it?
I'm angry. So incredibly angry that people like this guy exist. I'm pissed at our judicial system that has failed children like Madison by thinking predators like this can be rehabilitated. This guy has a record, has warrants. He's done this before. He's disgusting and no punishment the US judicial system could ever think up would be good enough for him. He's damn lucky I have virtually no chance of ever crossing his path, because I would kill him.
There is no doubt in my mind of that.
I broke down in tears. She looked like my niece.
This morning I borrowed my roommate's car just so I could drive up to my brother's house just so I could hold my niece and cry some more because she is safe and won't have to go through life scared and fucked up because of some sick mother fucker.
I wonder though, just how safe is this girl? How did this monster get his hands on her? He's not related as far as they know. And how could her family not have known what had happened to their daughter? It's not like there wouldn't have been signs of the abuse. I don't know what this man did to her, but if the cops are saying it's worse than anything you could imagine, dear god. And if they did know about it why didn't they report it?
I'm angry. So incredibly angry that people like this guy exist. I'm pissed at our judicial system that has failed children like Madison by thinking predators like this can be rehabilitated. This guy has a record, has warrants. He's done this before. He's disgusting and no punishment the US judicial system could ever think up would be good enough for him. He's damn lucky I have virtually no chance of ever crossing his path, because I would kill him.
There is no doubt in my mind of that.