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| 2010-07-13 |
| A 21-year-old Oakland man is in police custody after he threw his baby daughter into the path of a moving car, according to cops. NAACP probably thinks this is OK. Police say an off-duty officer saw the man, later identified as John Taylor, shake the 18-month girl and throw her into oncoming traffic on Fifth Avenue near East 15th Street around 5:39 p.m. Saturday. A Volkswagen Jetta almost hit the toddler, police say, and the car's undercarriage burned and scraped the girl. Heck, give the guy a Nobel Peace Prize! The girl, Jayla, lives with her mother and had been visiting with her father that day. After Taylor allegedly threw his baby daughter into the lane of traffic, he took off running, pounding on and kicking cars along the way, police said. While a neighbor pulled the baby girl out from underneath the Jetta, police chased Taylor down. The girl's mother, Alena Bartholemew, doesn't believe the story. She says Taylor was under attack and did what he could to protect their baby. Mother of the Year Award goes to Alena Bartholemew! "I'm hurting now because I know my baby's father is in jail facing charges and I don't feel that it is reasonable," Bartholemew told NBC Bay Area. "Anybody who feels that they think that John had thrown the baby out, please get that out your mind -- there is no reason to believe that. He is a great father to her." When he's not practicing how to be a politician with his kids. Drivers in the neighborhood tried to stop Taylor as he ran from cops. When officers caught up with him, they found him in a violent scuffle with those motorists. Police hit Taylor with a Taser and arrested him. I hope they zapped him with it, too. Taylor was arrested on suspicion of of willful cruelty to a child, vandalism, resisting arrest and battery on a police officer. Err, attempted murder, anyone? |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #3 On the plus side, policemen around the world just love adult men who try to murder children. It can be extra fun to be arrested by a cop who has "righteous indignation". |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-13 16:50 |
| #2 "After Taylor allegedly threw his baby daughter into the lane of traffic..." I think that's the first time I've seen the word "allegedly" used in the MSM since that whole Chappaquiddick affair. |
| Posted by: Lowspark 2010-07-13 05:44 |
| #1 Neuter both parents, please. |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Flainter9609 2010-07-13 05:02 |