If you're reading this, most likely you've been following the accounts of the murder of little Nixmary Brown of Brooklyn who was brutally beaten to death at the hands of her stepfather, Cesar Rodriguez. Her mother did nothing to save her.
I'll spare you all the gory details (if you want them, you need look no further than The New York Post or The Daily News) but suffice it to say, this 7-year-old child knew nothing but a short life of pain, starvation and torture at the hands of BOTH of her parents, the people who should have loved and protected her.
And, let there be no doubts: I emphasized the word BOTH for a reason. You watch. In the days to come, now that the wake and funeral are over, the spotlight will be on the ACS, the child welfare agency that failed Nixmary and others like her (more on this later); the people who knew something was wrong but said and/or did nothing; and the lawyers. Especially the lawyers.
Mark my words. The little girl's body is not even cold in the ground yet and the mother's lawyer is already looking for an alibi. No, he's not denying that she took part in the murder but he's telling anyone who will listen that she, herself, was a victim and therefore suffers from Battered Women's Syndrome, the same syndrome suffered by Hedda Nussbaum more than 15 years ago. Everyone's a victim today, everyone has their own syndrome, how convenient. I call bullshit.
In my eyes, the mother is even guiltier than the stepfather! Why? Because she killed her own flesh and blood.
Flash ahead to today, January 20: The miscreant stepfather is now telling anyone who will listen that Nixmary pretty much deserved what she got because she didn't behave! And, he's crying crocodile tears saying he's sorry he killed her, but... What a croc, indeed.
I wish for two things to come out of this:
1. Privatization of the ACS. Little Nixmary is not the first tragic consequence of the ACS and its union drones. They just don't seem to get it, do they? My solution is to not just revamp this useless agency but to shut it down completely, make it a private enterprise and hire some top notch MSWs with salaries to match their abilities. Then no longer will we have to hear the hew and cry of "We are so overworked and underpaid, blah-blah-blah."
2. That Nixmary's *mother* and stepfather live to be 100 years old--in prison--and have to think about what they did every day for the rest of their sorry, pitiful lives.
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I've read this here post but I am going to ask you something unpost related: are you really 48? If this is true I am going to make you feel old by saying you're older than my mom. I thought you'd be in your early 30's though so take that as a compliment, you're internet personality tricks me to think you are younger.
Thanks, Katie. Yes, I am old and I wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled...LOL!
Thanks for the compliment.
From Gotham Gazette during Giuliani time no, not the Daily News, not The New York Post, not any big media, because teflon was in effect>
See past monthly updates for Children.
by Caroline HowardGuest Reporter
Children's Services
The agency whose job it is to keep the city's children safe, the Administration for Children's Services, is now a permanent agency, thanks to a charter proposal that the voters passed in November, after a six-year separation from the Human Resources Administration. But Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, widely hailed as the mastermind behind the agency's reinvention, is stepping down and his replacement has yet to be announced. At the same time, as if to mock all their best intentions, tragically, at least six children under the age of seven have died recently, allegedly at the hands of their abusive parents.The list is a heartbreaking reminder of the agency's grave responsibility: Inez Bennett, 7, found dead in her family's Bronx apartment with a smashed jaw and hot water burns, cuts and bruises covering her body; Signifagance Oliver, 4, drowned in the bathtub by her mother in an exorcism ritual; Sylena Herrnkind, 3, beaten to death by her mother in the Staten Island home she shared with four siblings; Sidney Achan, 2, who died from multiple skull fractures and brain injuries; and Kyron Hamilton, 15 months, beaten to death by his mother who said the baby was bothering her while she watched television. A Brooklyn man was charged with second-degree murder in the death of De Andrew Monroe, the 15-month-old son of his girlfriend. According to police, the baby was shaken to death because he would not stop crying.
If the Administration for Children's Services is......
You won't remember any uproar in the press at that time because there was none.
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We never talked to girl - NYPD City policy called for cops to investigate Nixzmary Brown's injuries alongside child welfare caseworkers - but detectives never even talked with the girl, according to the NYPD and the notesFull Story
(I have this bridge I'd like to sell you....)
Archives of Rudolph W. GiulianiMAYOR'S MESSAGE
Mayor's WINS AddressSunday, February 15, 1998
New Instant Response Teams Will Protect Children Firstby Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani
MAYOR GIULIANI ANNOUNCES INSTANT RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM TO TARGET MOST SERIOUS CHILD ABUSE CASES Hey Mike, what's up with the Instant Response Teams
ARCHIVES OF THE MAYOR'S WEEKLY COLUMNArchives of Rudolph W. Giuliani
City's New Children's Center a Monument to Caring
As a delegagte of my local union 371 SSEU I tried mightily to stop the move to this center. For one thing there was an issue of concern over formaldehyde, since the
Children's Center is a renovated morgue.Additionally most staff come and go by private automobile and they enter and leave work at odd late hours. Parking is very tight and there are heavy fines and towing fees. We emergency children's services workers get no breaks in this regard. When one's car is in the "No parking after 8:00 AM'' zone and eight o'clock comes and one is in a precinct or hospital miles away from the car one is very very much out of luck. I don't understand how this situation helps us to investigate child abuse, do you?
I emailed virtually every City Council member and State Legislator from the city but after a delay of a few months the move went forward. We union members met with staff from Betsy Gottbaum's office but to no avail.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!How many children died in ACS care or under ACS investigation during Giuliani's term in office?PRESS RELEASE State child fatality reports show continuing failure of child welfare agency to learn from mistakes and of state to require changes.From Gotham Gazette during Giuliani time no, not the Daily News, not The New York Post, not any big media, because teflon was in effect>
by Caroline Howard Guest Reporter
Children's Services
The agency whose job it is to keep the city's children safe, the http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/acs/home
Administration for Children's Services, is now a permanent agency, thanks to a charter proposal that the voters passed in November, after a six-year separation from the Human Resources Administration. But Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, widely hailed as the mastermind behind the agency's reinvention, is stepping down and his replacement has yet to be announced. At the same time, as if to mock all their best intentions, tragically, at least six children under the age of seven have died recently, allegedly at the hands of their abusive parents.The list is a heartbreaking reminder of the agency's grave responsibility: Inez Bennett, 7, found dead in her family's Bronx apartment with a smashed jaw and hot water burns, cuts and bruises covering her body; Signifagance Oliver, 4, drowned in the bathtub by her mother in an exorcism ritual; Sylena Herrnkind, 3, beaten to death by her mother in the Staten Island home she shared with four siblings; Sidney Achan, 2, who died from multiple skull fractures and brain injuries; and Kyron Hamilton, 15 months, beaten to death by his mother who said the baby was bothering her while she watched television. A Brooklyn man was charged with second-degree murder in the death of De Andrew Monroe, the 15-month-old son of his girlfriend. According to police, the baby was shaken to death because he would not stop crying. If the Administration for Children's Services is......
You won't remember any uproar in the press at that time because there was none.
To understand the situation you should read these articles I have posted on this blog:
ACS worker to The Commissioner - My Boss Says Some Things to The New York Daily News - And I React.
The Commissioner speaks of more aggressive interviews.
The Nixzmary Brown Case - Daily News gets its hands on the case record, more....
I ask if the failures seen in these excerpts provided by The News are typical or not and offer a simple way of finding out. I also point out that the famous NYPD Special Victims Unit of television fame was deep in this case. Of course the police commissioner is not on the spot nor his staff.....
Nixzmary Brown, 7 Is Dead, Known to Child Welfare Authorities
How Scopetta and Giuliani "Reformed" Child Welfare in NYC
COP WHISPER CAMPAIGN AGAINST CASEWORKERS GETS PUSH FROM NY Times:
''The Sunday News reported that the Children's Services case file on Nixzmary said the detectives had helped interview her relatives, but then chose not to pursue a criminal case. The police have disputed that account, and a police official went further yesterday, providing more details of the detectives' actions.
The police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the caseworker called the detectives from the Brooklyn Child Abuse Squad to the school out of a fear that Nixzmary's stepfather, Cesar Rodriguez, might show up and try to interfere. Normally, such a call would have been referred to uniformed officers, but since the detectives knew one of the Children's Services workers, they went, the official said.
But by the time they arrived at the school, the caseworker's interviews with Nixzmary and her siblings were finished, the official said, and Mr. Rodriguez had already appeared on the scene without incident. At no time did the police interview Nixzmary or Mr. Rodriguez, nor did the caseworkers ask the police to take any further action, the official said. The child welfare workers then traveled to the family home to continue their work, without the police detectives accompanying them.
The official said that Deputy Inspector Ann Marie K. Connell, the commanding officer of the Special Victims Division, which oversees all child abuse squads, was present at the meeting in City Hall on Sunday and provided those details.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/nyregion/17mayor.html?pagewanted=print
If we want to believe that Special Victims Unit Detectives provide security for ACS caseworkers inside school buildings we are ready to believe anything at all. There is a protocol that lays out the cooperation that is supposed to take place between NYPD and ACS in such matters. It is called the Instant Response Protocol. The Special Victims Detectives were at the school to do their jobs which is to investigate crimes against small children in this instant. It is incredible what is being said now by NYPD both off the record and on the record. Schools employ security officers. Special Victims Detectives are not school security officers. This investigation smells more and more like an old fashioned lynching to me....
COP WHISPER CAMPAIGN AGAINST CASEWORKERS GETS PUSH FROM NY Times:
''The Sunday News reported that the Children's Services case file on Nixzmary said the detectives had helped interview her relatives, but then chose not to pursue a criminal case. The police have disputed that account, and a police official went further yesterday, providing more details of the detectives' actions.
The police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the caseworker called the detectives from the Brooklyn Child Abuse Squad to the school out of a fear that Nixzmary's stepfather, Cesar Rodriguez, might show up and try to interfere. Normally, such a call would have been referred to uniformed officers, but since the detectives knew one of the Children's Services workers, they went, the official said.
But by the time they arrived at the school, the caseworker's interviews with Nixzmary and her siblings were finished, the official said, and Mr. Rodriguez had already appeared on the scene without incident. At no time did the police interview Nixzmary or Mr. Rodriguez, nor did the caseworkers ask the police to take any further action, the official said. The child welfare workers then traveled to the family home to continue their work, without the police detectives accompanying them.
The official said that Deputy Inspector Ann Marie K. Connell, the commanding officer of the Special Victims Division, which oversees all child abuse squads, was present at the meeting in City Hall on Sunday and provided those details.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/nyregion/17mayor.html?pagewanted=print
If we want to believe that Special Victims Unit Detectives provide security for ACS caseworkers inside school buildings we are ready to believe anything at all. There is a protocol that lays out the cooperation that is supposed to take place between NYPD and ACS in such matters. It is called the Instant Response Protocol. The Special Victims Detectives were at the school to do their jobs which is to investigate crimes against small children in this instant. It is incredible what is being said now by NYPD both off the record and on the record. Schools employ security officers. Special Victims Detectives are not school security officers. This investigation smells more and more like an old fashioned lynching to me....
copyright 2006 Eugene Weixel excerpts may be republished on the internet with a link to this page.
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When it comes to the Nix mary Marie post Im a bit late to the party. Im sorry for that. Hope im not out of line here. This case keeps eating away at me and im not sure why.
Here is my profile. White male late 30's. I have a son. He is now 2 1/2. I work for a cable company here in New Jersey.
I would see these type of cases in the news and just change the channel or just forget the names the next day. I just cant seem to forget this little girl. My heart hurts for her. Sometimes I cry. I have noone to talk to about it. I never really believed in god, but I really hope there is an after life and she is there; happy as ever.
sorry..meant Nixmary Brown
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