Cellphone reporting in Family Disputes

I totally admit that this story caught my eye because the “bad father” was a Packers fan, and let’s just say I’m from Chicago… yet beyond the wacky news/ha ha quality of the story, note that the mother documented the abuse with a cellphone and showed that to police.

How many domestic moments where one parent or the other loses it temporarily have gone unnoted in the past, with the result that without public intervention, the family got itself back in balance. Now I do admit that there are plenty of instances where a picture in time, could have saved a beating or even a life. I just think this new dimension of the possibility of involving a global audience in our most intimate moments, many of which are not our finest or proudest, is something we should talk about as a society. Any comments?

The boy refused to wear the jersey Saturday, when the Packers beat the Seattle Seahawks in a playoff game, Smith said. Smith said the incident sounded strange when reported at first, but the mother took pictures with her cell phone and that type of evidence is difficult to dispute.

Source: chicagotribune.com via biverson

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