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Revere cop accused of beating kids; no, not that one, his girlfriend
By adamg on Fri, 01/27/2017 - 5:48pm
Revere police officer Angela Halcovich was arraigned today on charges she beat two children in her care and then let her boyfriend, fellow Revere cop Marcos Garcia, beat them as well, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
A Chelsea District Court judge set bail at $2,500 for Halcovich on two counts of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault and battery on a child under the theory of wantonly or recklessly allowing another person to commit assault and battery on a child, the DA's office reports.
Innocent, etc.
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They should be demoted.
Just make them...beat cops
FIRE THEM
I heard that TD Garden is looking for security guards after the scandal involving the brutal beatings of the homeless at North Station.
Is this spankings and belt stuff?
I thought that was culturally over in the US a couple generations ago.
Or an anger-issues hitting?
Abuse
Abuse is hitting children.
The "reason" does not matter. Hitting children is abuse.
Walk up to an adult stranger and spank them and see what happens.
Fully agreed that any hitting of children is abuse and NOT OK
I was asking about causes, so that the causes could be addressed, so it doesn't happen to other children.
(This message supersedes my 2 previous attempts to clarify, without having to create an account.)
what part of bruise confuses you?
your comments attempt to mitigate the situation that a school nurse felt compelled to take action on. You should ask yourself why?
It's not
In America today, a substantial majority of parents (around 70%) believe spanking children is acceptable, and an even larger majority actually do it. Spanking remains legal in all 50 states. In 19 states spanking at school is even still legal. So no, it's not over, not by a long shot.
Nor is this specific case about spanking, but about injuries to children sufficient to leave visible bruises. If the investigation had just found spanking, no charges against the parents would be forthcoming.
In addition to the questions of morality (dubious) or legality (assured), parents should consider the likelihood of child welfare investigations before they spank their children.
As they say for other situations, "you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride." Approximately 37.4% of children endure a child protective services investigation by age 18 years. For African American children, the rate rises to 53%, and for Asians/Pacific Islanders the rate is only 10.2%.
Why isn't her bail higher?
and for that matter, why wasn't her boyfriend's bail higher?
http://patch.com/massachusetts/malden/duty-officer-allegedly-handcuffed-...
Because
The default for bail is personal recognizance, and the odds are that she will turn up in court when summoned.