Gothamist: 18 Year Old Charged with 4 Year Old's Murder

Jesu

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:52:47 -0500

I hope society can see the effects of no-fault divorce and "mom's boyfriends" have on children.

zincink

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:54:47 -0500

Throw him by the ankles into the wall? Why don't they take Calderon and throw HIM into a wall. Or maybe big bubba can do that for him later.. I don't think any amount of money can save a child from moronic animal parents and the scum they associate with...they are born into a nightmare and then have to face abuse which creates another cycle..then they grow up and do the same thing..its very sad.

malatron

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:37:46 -0500

God Damn!!!! Obviously, this is incredibly heartbreaking. It almost makes me tear up. I am so sad. And I wonder what can we do as a society to help prevent these things from happening. One thing that seems really important would be to get rid of, and or treat, all of the things, reasons, and issues that would precipitate someone like Calderon doing what he did. This dude is obvs a maniacal lunatic. I mean, the anger inside him is just incredible. Totally, we can lock them up, and it appears Calderon needs to be. But what are we gonna do to prevent people like this developing as Calderon did. What are we gonna do to prevent these situations from happening again, and again, and again. Can we do anything? Is this guy a product of violence, poverty, and other such things that help prevent someone from developing as a healthy person? And if he is, do we bare responsibilty for that? Or is it completely out of our hands? Jesus christ. This is so f*cked.

yo

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:16:49 -0500

It's times like these I wish we had the death penalty. That may be an unpopular viewpoint but what kind of punishment can we give these psychopaths that fit? Death is the only thing these non-humans deserve.

anonymous

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:44:13 -0500

Sometimes the cops show up in addition to ACS. Theoretically, ACS is supposed to investigate every alleged incident of child abuse, ranging from a small burn or bruise to a severe beating or fatality. You can't have the cops show up everytime a kid burns his finger on the stove and a neighbor thinks a parent did it. In a city as big as NY with few resources, you have to allocate resources accordingly, at least for the first visit. Visiting as many times as ACS did with the Brown/Calderon family and not doing anything is inexcusable.

bhu

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:13:22 -0500

This is ridiculous. If a man abuses his wife, the police are the ones that show up at the door, not some social service agency. Why is child abuse not treated the same way with law enforcement personnel as the first point of contact rather than some administrative service. This is heart-breaking.

whatmore

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:57:22 -0500

who else can help if there'd no ACS available? is ACS the child's only hope?

SHADOW

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:16:46 -0500

Agree with above comment on birth control. The agency can't take all the blame. The ACS doesn't have a lot of resources to cover every troubled home. This is not to say they're doing a bang-up job though.

Shovel

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:52:16 -0500

6 children??! I saw this woman on the news comment on what a rough time the mom had because of her 6 kids...like this can't be avoided? Why why why do people spawn children that can't care for? You can't entirely blame the ACS when people obviously know nothing about birth control.