Police: Boy Cut, Forced To Bleed On Bible

[The Straight Story]

Police: Boy Cut, Forced To Bleed On Bible

POSTED: 8:50 pm EDT September 24, 2006
UPDATED: 11:25 am EDT September 25, 2006

A couple in Palm Bay, Fla., is accused of beating their grandchildren with an extension cord and later slashing one grandson's arm to let it bleed onto a Bible, according to police.

Timothy Ray Johnson, 40, and his wife, 46-year-old wife Kathryn Johnson, both of the 1600 block of Cannon Avenue in Palm Bay were arrested over the weekend on two counts of child abuse.

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One of the boys told investigators that Timothy Johnson beat him several times with an extension cord, threw him into furniture and attempted to drown him in a bathtub.

That boy also told detectives that he watched as Timothy Johnson cut his brother's arm so blood drops could fall on a Bible, the reports said. Police confirmed Timothy Johnson said he was "spanking" the boys and admitted he did threaten to drown one of them.

http://www.local6.com/news/9923732/detail.html

Sick freaks.

[originalpckelly]

1. FUCKING NUTS! GOODNESS!

What is wrong with these people?

[villager]

2. Remember the film version of Stephen King's "Carrie?"

I reference the DePalma film 'cause I saw it before I ever read the book, and Piper Laurie's performance as the extreme, deranged fundie mama made the film even scarier.

How godawful (literally?) to be living in a time where that Piper Laurie-behavior is now accepted as "mainstream" by American "Christians." (For, where fundies are concerned, they are so far from the teachings of Jesus that "Christian" must indeed be put in quotes...)

[Danieljay]

3. Jesus Camp 2 "The Untold Stories" n/t

[MADem]

4. Holy shit--beating their grandchildren ?????

So much for doting gramma and gramps--no Wurther's caramels from the vest, no mints or hard sweets from the flowered apron pocket, ah reckon!!! And you can forget about trips to the fishing hole, or apple pie fresh out of the oven, I guess.

Man, it sucks to be a kid in some families. That's just reprehensible. I think Gram and Gramps need a little session with the "extension cord" themselves, just to get a feel for what they did to those babies, and maybe aid in their empathetic rehabilitation while they do some serious fucking jail time.

And this shit makes it a DOUBLE heartbreaker: The boys, age 10 and 6, moved into the home shortly after their mother died.

Damn. I wish them compassionate, loving foster parents who want to adopt them.

[The Straight Story]

7. Maybe we should call extreme home makeover

And have em build the house on top of the assholes who did this..."And kids, here's you're backyard! See that, it's a cemetary where buried them useless fucks, let's give a special thanks to the gravediggers local 35 for helping us out with this!"

[tenshi816]

23. My 9-year old is so afraid of my stepmother

that whenever we go back to the States to visit, he refuses to be alone with her (although he adores my dad). My stepmother has never laid a hand on my son, but she's a rabid fundie with no sense of humor and she's also extremely judgemental - and I do believe that if I left her to babysit my boy and he pissed her off for some reason, she'd take a belt to him the same way she used to with my stepbrother whenever he wet the bed.

Yeah, it sucks to be a kid in some families. Fundies and harsh discipline go hand in hand, sometimes with an extension cord.

[sui generis]

5. The Gay Story

Police: Boy manicured, Forced to Moisturize.

I'm telling you, we make better parents, even at our worst. :P

:hide:

[The Straight Story]

6. Don't forget the forced antique shopping :) (nt)

[MidwestTransplant]

12. And maybe some forced listening to show tunes!

[sui generis]

18. now that would be pure evil.

:rofl:

I know, my former SO did it to me for years - and I've decided there are other businesses besides show business like no business I know.

Plus I suck at lyrics.

[Bluebear]

9. Explain?

[sui generis]

10. humor.

Shameless playing on stereotypes. Because I can.

[Bluebear]

13. 'Shameless playing on stereotypes. Because I can.'

But should you? :)

[sui generis]

15. what part of shameless . . . .

it's okay, Jesus Camp II was irreverent too.

The answer is yes if it makes someone chuckle.

[MissB]

22. Personally, I was laughing my ass off.

:applause:

[William Bloode]

17. Lol!

Nice quip! While not the most certainly homosexually friendly person, i see your point. Straight folks(certain ones of course, not all) do all the things to kids that they scream they fear homosexuals would do.

[notadmblnd]

8. Why is drowning in the bathtub such a common meme among fundies?

is it something they learn in church?

[The Straight Story]

11. Like a permanent baptism maybe? (nt)

[Freedom_from_Chains]

14. It's symbolic of baptism for them

Only like with Andrea Yates it was the eternal baptism.

[Initech]

16. Wow, this is so fucked up words cannot describe it.

:yoiks:

[William Bloode]

19. I am a fan of copral punishment.

But a drop cord is waaaaaaay over the line! Jeez, i'm horrified, and almost speechless.

[VOX]

20. No wonder the idea of torture doesn't bother these Xtreme-fundies...

To them, it's just everyday life.

Speechless.

[and-justice-for-all]

21. Religion is corrupt I tell ya, CORRUPT and POSION

[Warpy]

24. Why are so many of these nutcases in FLORIDA???

Hell, it's been my contention all along that Florida is the state we need to give them. It's buggy, swampy, and vulnerable to the global warming they refuse to believe in. It's also hanging out there where it won't be in the way like other states would be for travelers. The climate isn't any better than the Gulf coast, which would be where we could relocate the sane folks.

Nah, they're too hard on their kids. They need the rest of us around just to rescue the kids they try to kill in the name of Jebus.

[FiveGoodMen]

25. or, as Homer Simpson said...

But that's America's wang!

[hashibabba]

26. I'd move back to beautiful sunny Florida in a heartbeat

if I had the money. I loved it there, but truth be told--I got involved with the fundies out there. Got out safely, learned a lot of good lessons in life!