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Police took a Michigan man into custody on Wednesday evening after the parents of a five-year-old a girl accused the man of urinating on their daughter.
According to the Associated Press, two 7-year-old children and a 5-year-old were in an alley near their home in Grand Rapids, Mich., when a man allegedly urinated on the youngest child and called her a racial slur. The young children told their parents who alerted the Grand Rapids police.
When the police responded, all three children gave a description of the man and confirmed that they saw a man, described as a 60-year-0ld white male, commit the heinous act, including the use of the n-word. After canvassing the area, the police identified a possible suspect, including his home address.
The suspect in question was not at home, but the police returned to the address and arrested the man without incident.
While the Grand Rapids Police Department said [t]here were no injuries to the victim or witnesses, Michigan Live reports that Family Services is investigating the incident and the Childrens Advocacy Center has reached out to the victim and witnesses to provide counseling.
After investigating the claim, The Root has learned that the suspect is scheduled for arraignment in court on Thursday where prosecutors will file formal charges against the suspect, if any.
https://www.theroot.com/white-man-accused-of-urinating-on-5-year-old-black-girl-1828552204?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=theroot_twitter
chillfactor
(7,584 posts)GOOD!
Initech
(100,102 posts)Response to HipChick (Original post)
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LisaL
(44,974 posts)chowder66
(9,080 posts)lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)good lord... what as idiot asshole.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)What the ever living fuck are you TALKING about, NO INJURIES
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)4139
(1,893 posts)...
demsocialist
(202 posts)people act this way.
dchill
(38,532 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)this wouldve been a young(er) man. Damn! 60? Same age as I am. Either he was drunk, most likely, or he has a mental issue. Either way theres no excuse for this. NONE whatsoever!!
denbot
(9,901 posts)This guy needs a wake up call..
dalton99a
(81,575 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)OP should update title.
KT2000
(20,587 posts)if they think there were no injuries to the victim. Looks like DOJ needs to assist on this.
maxrandb
(15,353 posts)will be right on it
oberliner
(58,724 posts)So I guess we can call off the DOJ.
KT2000
(20,587 posts)before learning it was not true, reveals something about the police.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)But this is a prime example of why it's so important to wait until all the evidence has been gathered and the criminal investigation has been completed before jumping to any conclusions, to quote the local county prosecutor.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)....or was tended to by medics, for cuts bruises or scratches....
And why would they have been, considering it was bullshit....
mythology
(9,527 posts)But does it say something about DU that so many people leaped to believe this was true and that the person must have been a Trump voter?
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)From MLive.com: Man accused of urinating on black girl, using racial slur, has mental illness, records say
The 60-year-old man, who has been involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals in the past, is held in the Kent County Jail while Grand Rapids police investigate.
Once the investigation is complete, prosecutors will review findings for potential charges, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said.
"The allegations are disturbing, especially because they involve a child," Becker said in a statement.
If is mentally ill and the crime is a product of his illness, under the law he needs to be hospitalized and treated. He can be under a treatment order, including hospitalized until he is no longer a danger to self or others.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)sexual Offender that was not registering...
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)You should edit your title.
LuvLoogie
(7,028 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Captain Stern
(2,201 posts)From the article:
Police said several children, all 7 or younger, were playing together sometime before 6 p.m. Wednesday when one of the children urinated on the 5-year-old girl.
Kent County prosecutors said the parents of the children, in talking with them, ultimately determined the children "concocted the story to avoid trouble."
I'm guessing they added that story to the link after you posted it.
lame54
(35,321 posts)Time to register
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Alwaysna
(574 posts)I wonder if he was a good "christian"!
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)The local news is playing up his mental illness and he is known to be erratic, but I know people who live in that neighborhood and say hes also a known racist. This man should not be free again, hes going to kill someone.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)These children learned to blame a person in need.
MichMan
(11,972 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)to his house when he's in court and pump his living room full.
I don't buy the "no injuries" thing. That poor kid will never forget
what happened.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)femmedem
(8,207 posts)According to police and parents, one of the kids urinated on a girl, then they made up the story to avoid getting in trouble.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211046426
OP should delete.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)femmedem
(8,207 posts)but they blamed it on someone with a history of mental illness. https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/08/man_accused_of_urinating_on_bl.html
I do believe that kids even that young pick up on differences or notice if someone is a social pariah and thought their story would be more likely to be believed if they blamed it on him.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/08/children_made_up_story_about_w.html?utm_campaign=mlive_sf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
The Root needs to pull this story immediately.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Response to HipChick (Original post)
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USALiberal
(10,877 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)It's not right to leave up something that was made up on the board, people who don't know pass it along and look like fools or liars.
MichMan
(11,972 posts)5 and 7 year old children don't usually come up with these kind of vile accusations in a vacuum