“allegedly”
Not yet convicted, “allegedly” is the correct terminology.
That said, holy fucking shit.
A woman allegedly stabbed a 3-year-old boy to death outside an Ohio grocery store in a random attack, according to police.
The little boy and his mother were both stabbed around 3 p.m.
Ellis and the victims didn’t know each other, police said.
Jesus fucking Christ… My heart breaks for that little boy and his mother. That’s just… unimaginably horrific.
If that happened to one of my kids, I don’t know how I’d ever be able to put myself back together. That’s horrible.
I really don’t think I’m being a Dwight when saying I would go full “law abiding citizen”. (Probably unsuccessfully, but it wouldn’t matter). Life would be meaningless, and I’m not mature enough to subsist on justice. I would need vengeance or death
I always wonder how much would have to be different for this to be averted. If the boy hadn’t been there, would it have been someone else stabbed? If the boy had been asleep, would that have been enough? What if the mom parked in a different spot?
What if the US had accessible nationwide mental healthcare?
Perhaps I should have said “how little” would have to be different, not “how much.”
I guess it also depends if you’re looking to prevent the stabbing of that child specifically, or the next child that became available to her.
I wonder if it was delayed road rage. “There’s the one who cut me off earlier, I’ll show them!”
I’ve been pretty angry before, but I’ve never been “stab a toddler in a parking lot” angry. This is very likely the product of untreated mental health issues.
I’m all about fixing the root cause of systemic issues, but thinking about improving given encounters on a micro scale is an interesting thought experiment too.
I follow. My point is if it’s mental health related, and the target was one of opportunity, your small changes could save that child at the expense of another one. We’d still be reading a headline, only about a different victim.
The country def needs that. But these stabbings and or random violence happen everywhere
Ellis and the victims didn’t know each other, North Olmsted police Det. Sgt. Matt Beck said at a news conference Tuesday, calling it a “random act of violence.”
Hmm. Meth head?
kagis
No, or at least she doesn’t have the obvious sores and such.
Girlpower!!
