Busted For Slapping Stranger's Crying Baby

[Matthew Hopkins]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...2091slap1.html

" SEPTEMBER 2--Meet Roger Stephens. The Georgia man, 61, was shopping Monday morning at a Walmart in Stone Mountain when he crossed paths with Sonya Matthews and her two-year-old daughter Paige. The child was crying, which apparently greatly perturbed Matthews. "If you don't shut that baby up I will shut her up for you," Stephens warned Matthews, according to a Gwinnett County Police Department report. Moments later, Stephens acted on his threat, slapping Paige "across the face approximately four or five times." Though the child "started crying and screaming" after being struck, Stephens told Matthews, "See, I told you I would shut her up." After police were summoned, Stephens told a cop that the child was crying "and he just slapped her," according to the report. Stephens was arrested for felony cruelty to children and booked into the Gwinnett County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond. Paige sustained "slight redness to the face," but was otherwise unharmed."

[Caliente Alan]

WTF... maybe someone should kick the shit out of this fucking asshole. It's a real tough guy that can slap a two year old child!

[Rose]

What a horribly miserable guy.

[sensual_lover20]

As much as I hate crying babies, I wouldn't hit one. (Anyone ever see the Fmaily Guy episode and Brian's reaction to the crying baby that annoys him?) I often wonder why mother's bring their loud babies out with them. My mother told me that I cried a lot and as to not disturb others she would leave me at home (an hour at max in a safe and secure area). A grocery store okay, but restaurants is very unfair to others.

[Matthew Hopkins]

The kid was crying before he slapped her and she cried after he slapped her. His method might not have been sound, but at least he gave her a legitimate reason to cry.