Mother arrested for getting her 10 year old son a Tattoo: What was she thinking?!

ACWORTH, Ga. - A Georgia woman faces child cruelty charges after taking her 10-year-old son to get a tattoo.

She says she didn't know it was illegal and her son had a good reason to want the body art.

Chuntera Napier said her family is still grieving the death of her 12 year old son, Malik -- hit and killed by a teenage driver in Macon, Georgia some two years ago.

She has tattoos of her own in memory of Malik and says her now 10-year-old, Gaquan was with Malik when he died.

"My son came to me and said, 'Mom, I want to get a tattoo with Malik on it, rest in peace.' What do I say to a child that wants to remember his brother?" she said.

Gaquan said he wanted the tattoo, “Because it represents my brother."

So Napier took Gaquan to a tattoo artist in Smyrna and the youngster got a tattoo featuring Malik's old jersey number.

"It made me feel good to know that he wanted his brother on him," Napier said.

Someone at his school noticed it, they called authorities and police pulled up a 2010 law that says: It shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo the body of any person under the age of 18, except for a physician or osteopath.
Acworth Chief Mike Wilkie said while they felt for the family's grief, a consultation with the district attorney and solicitor's office tied their hands.

"We hope that they can find something that can sustain them through that loss, but this is not the way, it is illegal and it's something that we were bound by the law to investigate and to prosecute," he said.

Asked if she thought it was illegal to allow her son to get a tattoo Napier said, "No, I always thought that if a parent gave consent, then it's fine."

Police are also investigating the tattoo artist.
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This is just ridiculous. When are parents going to stand up and be parents. Children should be told no sometimes and to let a 10 year tattoo himself because he wanted to represent his brother is a bit far fetched. I know the child wanted to pay homage to his brother but the mother should have explained to him other ways of expressing his sympathy, instead she took him to get the tattoo he asked for. 

WTF: 18 people arrested for Gang Raping 11-yr old Girl

What in the sam heaven's is our world coming to? According to KTLA, 13 adults and 6 juveniles have been arrested and charged with raping an 11 year old girl in Cleveland, TX.

Per the news channel, Darrell Broussard, assistant police chief for the Cleveland, Texas, Police Department, said Monday that the investigation into the incident "is continuous," with more significant developments possible.

Cleveland is about 50 miles northeast of Houston.

"There have been leads during our investigation that have alerted us to other possible persons of interest," Broussard said.

"The investigation is ongoing."

The assistant chief said that the 18 individuals charged thus far are between 14 and 27 years old.
On Friday, the Cleveland Police Department announced that four students in the Cleveland Independent School District had been arrested on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14.

They appeared Monday in a Liberty County court, in the town of Liberty, to face the charges.

Mike Little, the district attorney in Liberty County, said police would likely decide whether more people would be charged. He offered few other details, saying, "We are very careful about pretrial publicity."

The incident allegedly happened late last year in Cleveland, and the case has sharply divided the community, according to CNN affiliate KHOU, which reported that the girl was 11 years old.

"It just seems like a dream," said a Cleveland resident who told reporters her 20-year-old son is among those accused.

"I just hope everything comes out well, because some of these kids are innocent."

Source:www.ktla.com
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I am sure this is not the first time something like this is happening but how can you as a GROWN ASS MAN rape an innocent 11 year old girl with all these women out here! If they are found guilty, I hope their punishment is castration. SMH