Your comments about jail being to good for them reminded me of something.
One time I went to Salem, Ma and took a guided tour of a jail, the type that the town used way back during the witch trials. Extremely tiny cells, underground, cold and damp. The guide also explained to us that people who were arrested would be put in a cell and it was not up to the town to feed them, the prisoner was responsible for that, so if family provided them food then they would not starve, if no family or friends provided this then they would starve.
This is the type of jail I wish we still had for a case like this!
I will not take any comfort in knowing these 's will spend the rest of their life locked up, it's MO people adapt and they will continue to find pleasure at times, they will have friendships, use and manipulate people. They will be protected and not put into general population.
If we had the jail of long ago, I don't believe they would last long and I would get some satisfaction knowing they know a few moments of suffering.
My only hope is that somehow because of what happened, and the huge outcry from people, another child may be saved. Someone might notice the signs of abuse before it is to late, a judge may need proof that he's sending a baby to someone who will actually care for them.
A parent may actually have a moment of reality and understand leaving their child in a home where they're loved and cared for is the best thing rather than carry them to hell.
Ethan has affected us all, his spirit is strong and I know years from now people will continue to feel the outrage over what was done to him, he was a pure innocent, he was all that is good! We can not fully understand the pure evil that did this, I'll never understand it, but we have to remember that it is out there and watch for the signs to protect other children.
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Ok, this is OT but it's kind of on point with someone seeing or recognizing something that could in fact save a child from danger and doing something about it.
Today when I returned to work from lunch a girl that works with me stopped me and asked id I knew if the apartment complex right our work is for disabled people, I said no not as far as I'm aware, why? Well, there is a guy that has been standing there fully exposed since I pulled in and parked...I said no way, let me see what your talking about because there is a school right there and it was almost lunch/recess time. We went over and watched this man for 10 minutes and yes he had his package out and was doing what we all know, we could not figure out if he was peering in the window of the apartment he was in front of while doing it or what but he saw us and moved behind the bushes and when we moved out of sight he came right back in full view.
I ran straight upstairs to get my supervisor as our work facility is over 600 people, 90% women and the
school is what bothered me the most. She came down and I asked her if she could see his "package" and she said yep, well he had been there for at least 20 minutes by this time doing this. We called the cops, I met one outside and told him the guy would be able to see his car if he parked by where you could see him and that when the guy had noticed us looking at him he hid, so he parked his car to the side we ran up so I could show him where the man was and he got the full view, his partner pulled into the parking lot of complex and the guy saw the cop car and bolted.
Well they found him in the apartment, he lived there and had changed his shirt by the time the cops got to his door. They questioned him, had us identify him and told us he was "mentally challenged" they did not arrest him, come to find out this complex is for disabled or mentally challenged people, they called the facility manager out and said he cannot be living here near the school, and he is contacting the state mental health assistance program to have him moved ASAP.
The man told the police flat out, I do this every week and no one has ever called the cops before....OMG, the freaking school is right there, I can only imagine he was getting more and more comfortable doing this since no one had ever reported it and his behavior could have become more aggresive. Furthermore one of his neighbors had walked by him while he was doing this and just carried on about their business, like it didn't register to them this was way inappropriate.
I am not downplaying mentally challenged people in the least bit but to have their apartment complex right next to a school in my opinion is not safe, obviously they may not have the mental capacity to know what is inappropriate to do in the presence of a child. He didn't see any problem with what he was doing and neither did his neighbor. The cop said to tell me thank you very much for calling it in being that he does this all the time and it had never been reported and they will be having him moved away from the school, God only knows what he would have gotten more comfortable with. So please if you ever see or suspect something where children are involved or in risk of danger speak up, don't be afraid, don't think what if it's not true, if you suspect or see something tell someone, if things check out there is no harm done by trying to protect an innocent child. We may have very well saved a child from being sexually assulated in the future by reporting this man today. Sorry to go OT mods and everyone but just pointing out the importance of speaking up and paying attention to what is happening around children.
