"Mother is the name of God on the lips of babes"

Oct 10, 2006 11:15

That's how the saying's supposed to go, at least. Today, however, I just read something that shakes even that sturdy maxim to its core.

CNN: Woman charged with using baby as weapon

ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A woman used her 4-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said.

The baby boy was in serious but stable condition Monday at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, police said.

"Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this," District Attorney Bradley Foulk told the Erie Times-News.

Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

The infant, whose name was not released, suffered a fractured skull and some bleeding in the brain, authorities said. His head hit Graham's boyfriend, the baby's father, police Lt. Dan Spizarny said.

Authorities removed four other children from Graham's home and placed them with the Erie County Office of Children and Youth, Foulk said.

Never in my life would I have ever thought anyone capable of this. This isn't a simple case of "I wasn't watching the baby and he slipped." This isn't even a case of "I lost my temper when the baby cried and...." No, this is monstrous, this is deliberate. I don't condone child abuse in any means, but I can understand to some degree when someone snaps and takes it out on their kid - still isn't right, but at least you can see where the fracture in the mindset is.

But this? Where's the fracture in that? No, it's deliberate. The woman wanted a weapon and grabbed the nearest thing available - and didn't stop even when she realized she used her own child as a cudgel. That's evil.

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