Man Slaps Crying Toddler on Plane

Sunday, February 17, 2013

An Idaho businessman has been charged with simple assault after allegedly slapping a crying two-year-old on a flight and telling his mother to "shut that n----- baby up." Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, has been suspended from his job as president of Unitech Composites and Structures following the incident. "Hundley's comments were racist and hateful," said the boy's mother, Jessica Bennett. "The family has numerous questions about how a passenger could get so violently out of control as to assault a toddler." Hundley denies the allegation and denies using the racial slur.

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How exactly do you control a two year old, racist toolbox?

#2 | Posted by Ben_Berkkake at 2013-02-17 02:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, lemme guess... Beating them?

#3 | Posted by Ben_Berkkake at 2013-02-17 02:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

If true, that was a pretty stupid thing to do.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-17 02:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

The man had obviously reached a breaking point.

#5 | Posted by Twinpac at 2013-02-17 02:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

"and telling his mother to "shut that n----- baby up." Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, has been suspended from his job as president of Unitech Composites and Structures following the incident. "

What an azzhole. Anybody have his bosses' email address? Come on people, let's get this retard fired permanently.

#6 | Posted by nullifidian at 2013-02-17 02:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Anybody have his bosses' email address?"

I see they note the incident on the home page of their website.

The guy is in deep doo doo.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-17 02:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

Where were the black males?

Enough is enough!

#8 | Posted by fresno500 at 2013-02-17 02:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.youtube.com

#9 | Posted by HanoverFist at 2013-02-17 03:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Some things never change. That part of Idaho has long been tainted by a white supremacist scourge. I bet ole Joe Rickey and his Klan buddies can't figure out what all the fuss is about. It's a shame, the Idaho panhandle is one of the most beautiful areas I've ever been, but you couldn't pay me enough to stay there on vacation. Between the meth heads and the white power losers It's too bad there are so many @ssholes living there! And that name, Joe Rickey Hundley, it sounds like a spoof on a NASCAR driver or a country singer but really he's some one-tooth Idaho mouth breather whose family tree probably doesn't branch.

#10 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2013-02-17 03:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't blame the guy if the little thug was kicking the back of his seat and screaming too. Shoulda belted the mother while he was at it.

#11 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2013-02-17 03:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

The plane was prepping for landing. Maybe the kid was having problems with his ears. It happens.

Chicken, there is no good reason to assault a child.

#12 | Posted by BruceBanner at 2013-02-17 03:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Ms. Bennett received assistance from several people on the plane."

It's wonder someone didn't kick his ass right then and there.

I hope he goes to jail for assault and that she sues the [....] out of him.

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-17 04:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

"That part of Idaho has long been tainted by a white supremacist scourge."

You got that right. Great pizza place in Hayden, but that's about all it has going for it.

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-17 04:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

Was there not one real man on board to punch the crap out of this guy? But hey, if that were my baby it would have taken an Army to get me off and away from him.

#15 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-17 05:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

#6 | Posted by nullifidian
#7 | Posted by REDIAL

"Reports of the recent behavior of one of our business unit executives while on personal travel are offensive and disturbing. We have taken this matter very seriously and worked diligently to examine it since learning of the matter on Friday afternoon. As of Sunday, the executive is no longer employed with the company."

He's already lost his job according the the website.

www.unitechcomp.com

#16 | Posted by greeneyedguy at 2013-02-17 05:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh for heavensum... hello... there is a reason its called "terrible twos" ... there is no controlling them except in 90 second intervals between ring tailed hissy fits lasting two hours or more. It is the most common age for children to be severely beaten by the parents who are pushed to their limits... because a two year old could drive the Dali Lama to murder. If a child has a strong personality... something they are born with... It is among the most challenging years to walk a kid through.

Unless the guy has lived in a cave it is common knowledge two year olds are handful like that... stick a little kid on plane with strangers... some kids cannot handle the stress But it sounds like the guy was a racist jerk looking for reason to be a bigger jerk than the two year old who hasn't yet learned that it is being a jerk. Hitting a kid that age teaches them nothing useful. They aren't wired for most things. The guy is probably a prime example of what comes from teaching social skills via smacking at the age of two. Idiot.

It sure is interesting reading the sanctimonious crap here from people leaping to some parental short coming... no father etc. Mostly the anti abortion right wingnuts who love waving around the Lincoln was a republiclown while whining about the progeny of those they claimed to have freed. You don't mind putting them in jail in disproportionate numbers... and for lessor offenses than those of Euro heritage. It gives you something to whine about noting that daddy isn't home raising his kids. Makes you feel reeeel good abut yourselves.

Jump on your soap box all you want... feisty and some times beligerent two year olds is a normal part of development. Unless you were a stay at home parent you probably missed most of it. I think the twos were put there to prepare a parents for the teens.

For heavens sakes its a two year old. Subjecting a kid to being couped up on a flying tube full of strangers isn't really fair to the child or other passengers. If you have to you have to. The best thing you can do with a little rug rat at that that age when you go on a flight and if they can take it... give them a benedryl and hope they sleep most of the way.

#17 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2013-02-17 06:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

How exactly do you control a two year old, racist toolbox?

Disipline. And I am not speaking to this incident. Enough has already been said.

It's just funny you don't know how to control a 2 year old.

#18 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 06:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's just funny you don't know how to control a 2 year old.

Stick 'em in a covered wicker basket and dunk 'em in the pool a few times. They'll mind after that.

#19 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-02-17 06:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

"It's just funny you don't know how to control a 2 year old."

When confronted with an AR-15 most 2 year olds will shut up.

#20 | Posted by danni at 2013-02-17 06:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's just funny you don't know how to control a 2 year old.

Oh, lemme guess... Beating them?

(Actually, I only beat my two year old black children...the white ones have their act together.)

#21 | Posted by Ben_Berkkake at 2013-02-17 07:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Controlling a 2-year-old? Making it stop crying? How, by strangling it? Putting a bag over its face? Boaz, you are either naive or a child abuser if you think you can control a 2-year-old who is crying.

Chickenongrill and Phester are obviously just trolling.

#22 | Posted by cbob at 2013-02-17 07:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

21: I feel dirty. I laughed.

Good thing I wasn't on that plane. I would have been in jail for dumping my drink on the guy, then pulling out my carry-on and bashing him in the face with my laptop. And that's only if he were hitting his own kid.

You. Do. Not. Hit. Toddlers. Not and expect to sing bass ever again.

#23 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-17 07:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

21: I feel dirty. I laughed.

I did too.

Oh, lemme guess... Beating them?

Actually, no, it's what my grandma called "popping" them. One swat on their thigh or on that pamper is usually enough to correct any toddler. But it has to be done with decisiveness and quickly after the infraction else it's meaningless. My kid(who is two now) looks at me first when he does something wrong. My wife uses the (I'm going to tell your father) all the time. That's how I know it works..

When I tell my kids to shut up, they shut up. Otherwise, I pop them. And I don't care who knows or sees it. I consider it my job as a parent.

#24 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 07:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

"You. Do. Not. Hit. Toddlers. Not and expect to sing bass ever again."

If you do and you expect that to stop the crying you're crazy. 2 year olds are still virtually babies, the best thing you can do is cradle them and hold them close. Rock them a little. Discipline them? Ridiculous.

#25 | Posted by danni at 2013-02-17 07:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

Boaz, you are either naive or a child abuser if you think you can control a 2-year-old who is crying.

Crying is an affirmation that your correction worked. Spankings do that..

That is just the difference between a liberal and a conservative. I believe you can control a child. I have raised three of them. They don't whine. They don't throw tantrums. I don't allow it.

You as a liberal don't believe that, hence why kids are bad today..

#26 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 07:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

People do stupid things regularly. George Bush failed to defend us on 9-11 and then after lying about intel he got us into a frivolous costly war, and he didn't spend a day in prison. Wall St screwed the world out of trillions and didn't spend the day in prison.

Typically the media tones down the atrocities of the elite, while hyping what the general public may have done. I don't trust the media to report accurately on anything about average Joes.

#27 | Posted by Robson at 2013-02-17 07:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

"You as a liberal don't believe that, hence why kids are bad today.."

I know plenty of people who call themselves conservative (probably because they vote conservative and like guns) and have succeeded in raising absolutely crappy children. Making assumptions about parenting based on ideology is downright stupid.

#28 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-17 08:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

"If you do and you expect that to stop the crying you're crazy. 2 year olds are still virtually babies, the best thing you can do is cradle them and hold them close. Rock them a little. Discipline them? Ridiculous."

Actually, a stern look used to work pretty well with my lads at that age. Or a sharp word. Caught 'em right up. At six and eight, not so much. But the stuff they do is usually pretty harmless. Those who smack their children regularly are as likely to raise children who fear or hate them as to raise kids who respect them. That said, generally speaking, I have no problem with a quick, short smack to the butt of a two-year-old (under two is a VERY different story)--as a reminder, not as an intention to cause pain. And never done in anger. So Boaz and I might more or less agree on this one, even though I am a weak-minded liberal.

But Boaz, what would you do if some other adult smacked your kid? Seriously. Imagine your kid is crying for a while, for whatever reason (I know, it's hard to imagine, but roll with it), and some stranger reaches out and clouts or even just "pops" your kid. What would you do?

#29 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-17 08:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

But Boaz, what would you do if some other adult smacked your kid?

Death to the offender would come quickly, depending on how far I pushed their nose into their brain.

I don't disagree that touching someone elses kid is wrong, but that isn't even under discussion. You don't touch someone elses kid. Period.

#30 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 08:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

I believe you can control a child.

I believe you can control a child as well. I just prefer not to treat my child like an animal and I don't apply the standards of a full grown adult to a two year old child. I operate with the understanding that a two year old is in fact a two year old.

#31 | Posted by Ben_Berkkake at 2013-02-17 08:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

...and lets not confuse a smack on the ass with a smack in the face.

#32 | Posted by Ben_Berkkake at 2013-02-17 08:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

I operate with the understanding that a two year old is in fact a two year old.

Even two year olds need boundaries. That's how things work. Leaving children without boundaries makes them think anything in their world goes and it doesn't.

#33 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 08:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

and lets not confuse a smack on the ass with a smack in the face.

Agreed. I don't hit my toddler in the face. Period.

I reserve that for my teens when they get out of line.

#34 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 08:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I reserve that for my teens when they get out of line."

They'd have to be pretty seriously out of line. You don't return easily from striking someone in the face.

Would you smack your wife in the face? How about your father? (Assuming the latter is alive.) How about an employee?

#35 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-17 08:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

So I think we're all in agreement this guy should have possibly smacked the parent but definitely not the kid.

#36 | Posted by snoofy at 2013-02-17 08:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

36: Dunno. The article doesn't give enough information. I can't think of an instance where smacking either would be appropriate--except if the parent was being abusive to her own child. I often want to strike such people. (I never have.)

#37 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-17 08:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

So I think we're all in agreement this guy should have possibly smacked the parent but definitely not the kid.

I think someone should have smacked the guy for smacking the kid.

They'd have to be pretty seriously out of line.

Yep. Teens are always testing, always probing to see how far they can get. I haven't had to smack one yet.

Would you smack your wife in the face?

Only if she voted democrat.

How about your father?

My step father raised me. He was 5'7, 210 of pure black man muscle. He was crazy. I didn't fart in his direction. Ever.

#38 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 08:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

I think we're all in agreement this guy should have possibly smacked the parent but definitely not the kid.

#36 | Posted by snoofy at 2013-02-17 08:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

No, we're not. Two-year-old kids cry. Sometimes there isn't a darn thing a parent or anyone can do about it. Violence certainly won't help, whether against the kid or the parent.

All you people who feel the need to hit someone when a baby cries... maybe you need psychiatric help.

#39 | Posted by cbob at 2013-02-17 09:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

All you people who feel the need to hit someone when a baby cries... maybe you need psychiatric help.

If you have been trapped on a plane with a crying toddler and not felt the need to smack someone ... maybe you need psychiatric help.

Wanting to and doing are two different things though and in civilized culture that is usually pretty well understood. This guy did not understand that but I suspect losing his job and having his name smeared all over the papers will drill the lesson in. Good chance he will lose his wife and kids if such exist as well. He is one I wouldn't cry about if family courts did a nutcase* to him.

*Nutcase no offense to you or other fathers like you intended for the most part I have sympathy for fathers, but in this case, not so much.

#40 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2013-02-17 09:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

I've been trapped on a plane with crying toddlers too, and I understand the frustration. But read this thread. There's too much macho BS that sounds very serious about hitting people, especially from Boaz, for me to shrug it off as some kind of joke. So no, I don't need psychiatric help. So bug off.

#41 | Posted by cbob at 2013-02-17 09:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

A study was completed at Tulane University and published in Pediatrics that shows parents continuing to use spanking and corporal punishment despite warning against such behavior from both the medical and psychiatric communities. This article refers to corporal punishment in the United States. If you wish to read the original the reference for the article is:

"Use of Spanking for 3-Year-Old Children and Associated Intimate Partner Aggression or Violence"
Catherine A. Taylor, PhD, MSW, MPH, Shawna J. Lee, PhD, MSW, MPP, Neil B. Guterman, PhD, Janet C. Rice, PhD
Pediatrics August 23rd, pp. 2010-0314

Interestingly, the findings showed that the highest percentages of toddler spanking occurred in families with lots of inter couple conflict, both verbal and physical.

Corporal punishment has lasting negative effects on the psychological well being of children throughout their lives. It leads to depression, low self esteem, lack of self confidence and impaired ability to trust others.

www.mhcinc.org

#42 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-17 09:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

Spanking Alternatives: Experts' 8 Top Tips For Disciplining Toddlers

www.huffingtonpost.com

Of course, it's easier just to teach the child that violence is a an appropriate response.

Ever see a little kid trying to hit their parent or sibling or another kid? Know where they learned it?

From their abusive parents.

#43 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-17 09:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

Of course, there are people who treat their dogs better than they do their kids.

If they have any sense at all they know better than to hit their dog with their hand, so they use a rolled up newspaper and usually don't even hit the dog, but just their hand to make a loud noise which works and doesn't make the dog hate them or shy away whenever anyone reaches out to pet them.

Works for toddlers, too.

#44 | Posted by Corky at 2013-02-17 09:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

Of course you do not hit a 2 years old!
that bruises the meat and a 2 year olds meat is already tender enough.
Jeffrey Dahmer

#45 | Posted by PunchyPossum at 2013-02-17 10:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

especially from Boaz

I never said I slap an already crying child. I do pop him on his diaper and on his leg to let him know what's wrong. There is no negotiation. There is no debate. Children need to understand that. You lose your authority when you negotiate with a child. And child doesn't need choices, they need guidance, and clear consequences when they break rules.

The liberal mantra of talking and negotiating with kids is exactly why we have this culture of kids talking back, because the parents allow it. A child has no frame of reference with which to negotiate with, they only know they want their way.

#46 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 10:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Yep. Teens are always testing, always probing to see how far they can get. I haven't had to smack one yet."

Really? Teens push boundaries? Huh. I had no idea.

"Would you smack your wife in the face?
Only if she voted democrat."

That was almost funny. What would be funnier would be if your wife commonly voted Democrat.

#47 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-17 10:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The liberal mantra of talking and negotiating with kids is exactly why we have this culture of kids talking back, because the parents allow it."

Again, you need to get out more.

And giving a kid a choice hardly means you are giving in to them. Nor does one need to smack a kid to show them they've done wrong.

#48 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-17 10:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

Nor does one need to smack a kid to show them they've done wrong.

Again, I don't smack my young kids. If my older teens disrespected me, yes, they would get a smack.

Whatever, I know one thing, my kids are respectful in public, respectful to adults and I know my discipline of them is a direct reason why.

Matter of fact, we were in a grocery store and a child was having a tantrum. My two year old just sat and stared. A tantrum should never be tolerated by a parent.

#49 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 10:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Boaz looks forward to the golden years when he and his wife smack each other on their diapers.

#50 | Posted by snoofy at 2013-02-17 10:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Boaz looks forward to the golden years when he and his wife smack each other on their diapers.

I plan on being a naked, dirty old man after age 75..no diaper needed..

#51 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-17 11:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Boaz, You popping your own kids doesn't a. Give you the right to smack others' kids nor b. use a highly disrespectful word in doing so toward a child.

What this man did is the height of disgusting.

#52 | Posted by klifferd at 2013-02-17 11:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

52: Now hold on. Boaz has nowhere indicated that he would smack another person's kid (in fact, he took pretty much my position, but is more dangeorus than I am), nor did he support the guy's word choice. I daresay he'd agree with you re disgusting.

#53 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-18 12:03 AM | Reply | Flag:

Yep..

#54 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-18 12:12 AM | Reply | Flag:

Nothing that Boaz has said here seems particularly out of line.
"Take hold of yourself before you take hold of your child" as the ads used to say.
Boaz does not seem like the type of person who is not in control of his emotions, or would strike a child out of anger.

#55 | Posted by snoofy at 2013-02-18 12:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

Thanks..

My philosophy is, spank the child at home so you don't have to spank them in public.

#56 | Posted by boaz at 2013-02-18 12:49 AM | Reply | Flag:

^
Also applies to spanking the monkey.

#57 | Posted by snoofy at 2013-02-18 01:49 AM | Reply | Flag:

Wait a few years - then take action..
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide.

#58 | Posted by Greatamerican at 2013-02-18 02:19 AM | Reply | Flag:

**** Heavy Boozer? Joe Rickey Hundley looks more like 80 than 60!!!

#59 | Posted by AntiCadillac at 2013-02-18 03:39 AM | Reply | Flag:

Boaz, you are either naive or a child abuser if you think you can control a 2-year-old who is crying.

He is an internet daycare tough guy.

#60 | Posted by 726 at 2013-02-18 08:03 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Boaz does not seem like the type of person who is not in control of his emotions, or would strike a child out of anger."

That's my sense too. As much as I find his politics and cultural view for America distasteful, I don't think he's a bad guy. And nothing he's described rises to the level of child abuse.

#61 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-18 08:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

That's my sense too. As much as I find his politics and cultural view for America distasteful, I don't think he's a bad guy. And nothing he's described rises to the level of child abuse.

#61 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-18 08:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

You might be right. I have no problem with the parent being the boss and a child being kept in line. I'm sure Boaz and I would agree that the parent-child hierarchical paradigm has been ignored for too long by too many, and it's why so many kids today are out of control. But the child's age is an important factor. And in this instance, we're talking about a 2-year-old that's crying. No physical strike will stop the crying, especially if it's caused by the discomfort of pressure change on an airplane. Hitting a 2-year-old, even "lightly," is not only abusive - it's counter-productive, as it will usually only lead to more crying.

#62 | Posted by cbob at 2013-02-18 09:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

I've met a couple of two year olds that can take a punch. You can't put them all in the same box.

#63 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2013-02-18 09:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

"I'm sure Boaz and I would agree that the parent-child hierarchical paradigm has been ignored for too long by too many, and it's why so many kids today are out of control. "

Absolutely. In schools, we talk about the problem of parents wanting to be kids' friends rather than their parents. It ruins many a child.

"But the child's age is an important factor."

Yep, I commented on that above.

#64 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-18 09:16 AM | Reply | Flag:

"don't blame the guy if the little thug was kicking the back of his seat and screaming too. Shoulda belted the mother while he was at it."

#11 | Posted by phesterOBoyle

Name: phesterOBoyle
Seniority: 466
Party: Republican
Ideology: Conservative

Family values at its finest.

#65 | Posted by CrisisStills at 2013-02-18 09:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

#11 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2013-02-17 03:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

You jerk!

(Pity outrage for an unnsuccessful troll)

Seriously, I think the guilty party needed a beating just for calling himself "Joe Rickey".

#66 | Posted by Sully at 2013-02-18 10:00 AM | Reply | Flag:

Very disgusting act...I wonder if the fact that the mother of the adoptive son was white had anything to do with his comments...or, even the fact of whether he would have slapped the child if the Mom was black.. this guy deserves no mercy period.. a child of that age in a situation described is 'not out of control' and even though crying can be a nuisance, this was definitely wrong all the way around... I also think the age difference should beg to charge him more than with 'simple assault'..!!!

#67 | Posted by drsoul at 2013-02-18 10:23 AM | Reply | Flag:

Was the childs father there to help the mother?

#68 | Posted by yougothurt at 2013-02-18 10:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

The guy is 60, lost his job, unhireable, publically humiliated, may need to change his name and move to Iceland, etc. That's how life can be. It takes one second to ruin it completely. I don't think we need to press anymore charges here. Time to move on.

Crisis

#69 | Posted by CrisisStills at 2013-02-18 10:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

Heard on the radio this morning his attorney thiks they can resolve this outside of court. My ears heard here comes the money. He should not be able to buy his way out of this.

#70 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2013-02-18 10:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

"I don't think we need to press anymore charges here. Time to move on."

He should be criminally charged for assaulting a minor and whatever FAA laws he broke as well.

If this guy is given a pass then its unethical to prosecute anyone else for attacking someone else's kid.

Criminal lowlives like him deserve no pity in the first place.

#71 | Posted by Sully at 2013-02-18 10:52 AM | Reply | Flag:

Sully, the guy is ruined. Nobody is advocating a free pass for bodily harm. However, at the same time, let the punishment fit the crime.

These sad stories make lawyers drool.

Crisis

#72 | Posted by CrisisStills at 2013-02-18 11:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Sully, the guy is ruined. Nobody is advocating a free pass for bodily harm. However, at the same time, let the punishment fit the crime."

Our legal system has determined the appropriate punishment for this crime and he should be subject to it if found guilty. I'm saying let the punishment fit the crime.

You're the one advocating special treatment because the guy is presumably rich and may lose his money. I don't see how his financial situation is relevant to this at all. So what if he may lose his money(which probably won't even be the case)? We prosecute people are are already impoverished all the time. And we should if they go around hitting other people's kids.

He's a violent criminal and should be treated as such. End of story.

#73 | Posted by Sully at 2013-02-18 11:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

"...may need to change his name and move to Iceland..."

He lives in Hayden, Idaho. They've probably named a park after him already.

#74 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-18 01:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

If a black man had assaulted a white baby, he would be under the jail and a video clip of him doing a perp walk playing on all major channels every half hour.

#75 | Posted by fresno500 at 2013-02-18 02:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

#75 true.

#76 | Posted by snoofy at 2013-02-18 02:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

"He lives in Hayden, Idaho. They've probably named a park after him already."

Don't exagerate. All they did was rename the dunking booth at the State Fair "Joe Rickey's ______ Baby Bath". Just changed the sign and substituted some tasteful blackface and an oversized diaper for the dunk-ee's clown costume....

#77 | Posted by Sully at 2013-02-18 03:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'm very surprised that several people did not kick this guys butt on the plane.

#78 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2013-02-18 05:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

then orders a double Johnny Walker Black. 100% Bad Ass.

#79 | Posted by AuntieSocial at 2013-02-18 08:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Was the childs father there to help the mother?"

Irrelevant. The mother should have slapped the guy.

#80 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-18 08:16 PM | Reply | Flag: