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Renew Deal

(81,840 posts)
Tue May 7, 2013, 06:24 PM May 2013

The kidnapped girls were pregnant up to 5 times and were beaten while pregnant

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WKYC-TV, quoting unidentified police sources, reported Tuesday that the suspects allegedly forced the women to have sex, resulting in up to five pregnancies.

WKYC's Tom Meyer quoted one of the sources as saying the captors would beat the pregnant girls. Two sources are quoted as saying the babies did not survive.
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At the home in Cleveland, investigators worked through the night gathering evidence and clues in the case. They noted the presence of "disturbed" dirt in the backyard. WKYC says its source did not indicate whether that was related to the alleged pregnancies.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/07/missing-women-cleveland-brothers-arrested/2140359

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The kidnapped girls were pregnant up to 5 times and were beaten while pregnant (Original Post) Renew Deal May 2013 OP
This story just amazes me. Reports of crawling naked women on leashes LiberalEsto May 2013 #1
If the police did was on yesterday's similar Hawaii 5-0,bet cop haters would say abuse graham4anything May 2013 #2
Huh?? CokeMachine May 2013 #3
I guess as others always bring it up, ask the ACLU what they would have done. graham4anything May 2013 #5
If police always followed the law they are sworn to uphold newmember May 2013 #4
Why solitary confinement? SoCalNative May 2013 #6
What sick bastards! smirkymonkey May 2013 #7
 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
1. This story just amazes me. Reports of crawling naked women on leashes
Tue May 7, 2013, 06:32 PM
May 2013

didn't motivate the cops to take action.

But if someone had called and claimed drugs were being used at the house, I'm sure there would have been a full-scale raid by all sorts of law enforcement agencies.

I hope all three of these bastards are thrown into solitary confinement for life.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
2. If the police did was on yesterday's similar Hawaii 5-0,bet cop haters would say abuse
Tue May 7, 2013, 06:48 PM
May 2013

guess police and law enforcement can't win either way

if they busted down doors or a few heads, some would complain too.

damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Makes me wonder which is it?

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
5. I guess as others always bring it up, ask the ACLU what they would have done.
Tue May 7, 2013, 07:07 PM
May 2013

I admit its a conundrum.

Shame that some are so quick to blame the police (yet again) without waiting for
all the facts to come in.

and no matter what, blaming the police (yet this time for not busting heads and knocking down doors without cause) usually it is the reverse.

police and law enforcement can't win.

What answer would have been the correct one?

political talking points are tacky though when real people's lives are at stake.

(on the eerily coincidentally similiar topic on yesterday's 5-0, the retro reboot of the series,
the star McGarrett2 beat up a suspect to get info.)

 

newmember

(805 posts)
4. If police always followed the law they are sworn to uphold
Tue May 7, 2013, 06:53 PM
May 2013

no complaints

That doesn't always happen though ...does it....

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