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I don't need to know all the facts. It is NEVER okay for the government to steal a kid from the parents. If the government stole this kid, then that makes a bad situation worse.

Yes, I am serious. Just Google one of these terms: "foster parents rape kid," "foster parents abuse kid," "foster parents molest kid." Have fun reading the horrendous articles. The most dangerous place for a kid to be is in the care of the state. The state does not give a crap about our well being. If you think government is benevolent in its actions you are sorely mistaken.

P.S. you get more the "reward of knowing we helped some kids." Chances are you get a crap ton of money. I've seen ads in the NRV Current advertising as much as $1,300 per month per kid to be a foster parent.

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Somebody needs to stop watching Law and Order: SVU.

Shelly sweetie if you just go off of what the internet says I feel bad for you. Yes there are horrible cases of abuse but most foster homes aren't abusive. Also if you have such strong feelings against the states care for these children do something about it or shut up. And the money is to help the children and foster parents are loving people who are providing these children with a safe place to live. Also seeing as this incident occurred in January and the arrest was not made till recently I am going to have to say they looked into the issue and there must have been true abuse not a child tripping.

I have worked as a paramedic for the last five years, and during that time, I have had to deal with several cases involving child and elder abuse. It's absolutely disgusting to see how some people treat those who depend on them. Being placed in foster care may not be ideal, but it is far better an option than leaving a defenseless child in the care of people who could not care less.

ACTUALLY, you sound rather dumb because they found the injury when the parents took the child to the pediatrician because they thought she was ill. The media took this story and ran with it just because a Tech football player was involved. I know these two kids and they are excellent people. Just two kids trying to do the best and raise their kid while still attending school. Whatever the reason for the internal bleeding, I can assure you WHOLE HEARTEDLY it was not abuse.

wow, really. I hope you yourself are not an african american, because if you are, thats quite shamefull to be co-signing on such and ignorant comment. And if it was meant to be a joke or sarcastic, it kind of didnt work and was done it bad taste, smh.

You're welcome.

Here's a suggestion - take mugshots of all black VT football players from the Tidewater area the day they report to football camp as freshmen. It'll save the local authorities a lot of time.

Lee Hawkins - the reference isn't spurious. Just take a look at how many BLACK VT football players from the Tidewater area have made the crime blotter in the last five years or so.

I'm not saying its causation or correlation, but you can't deny that the connection exists. Our football players are a bunch of thugs.

hokie-1997.........a UVA fan.

Jacque - they've got the Barber brothers and we've got the Vick brothers. So yeah -- maybe uva is doing something right.

Jacque - I'd be more of a fan of our football program if the players behaved themselves and didn't act like a bunch of savages off the field.

Date r@pe, drug usage, gun possession, dog-fighting, and now child endangerment. An awful lot of crimes and misdemeanors by a very small group of students.

And yes - the overwhelming majority of VT football players who make the crime blotter are black and from the Tidewater area.