Stone Mountain

As of the year 2000 Stone Mountain was populated with 7,651 people. Stone Mountain is a city that was astoundingly given a title on June 27, 2006, the Certified City of Ethics. Once you read my story you will question the Georgia Municipal Association in this decision. Normally I wouldn't label a city from one man’s action, but I found this to be very ironic. A news article located at Cnn.com caught my eye, Roger Stephens a 61 year old gentleman, visiting Wal-Mart at Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta. Mr. Stephens was extremely irritated at the constant cry of a two year old girl, a girl that was a complete stranger to this man. Mr. Stephens informed the mother as the two stood in isle 7 that if she didn’t shut her child up he was going to. And it wasn’t much later he walked over to the child grabbed her and slapped the baby across the face not once, not twice, not three times but yes four times. A fellow shopper stepped in and detained Mr. Stephens until he was arrested Monday and charged September 2nd in court with first-degree cruelty to children.


The assignment is to give our input in regards to our story that we are writing about. So I ventured around looking, searching, until I found the one that screamed at me, something that I could tell you and put me into what I am truly trying say, enjoy. How can any person feel that is proper behavior, can you stop and imagine how the mother felt? Being a mom for over 21 years my temper went rampant, my blood pressure went through the roof, and I kept talking to my husband and kids what I would do to this man. It amazed me that it took a fellow shopper to detain this man, because I can guarantee each and every one of you, there is no person on this earth that would harm my children. And not catch the full blown wrath of an angry mom. They say that there is nothing any worst than the scorn of a woman, that man would get the concept to treat women and children with respect. My mother god rest her soul was as protective as any mother and probably then some, but she said she never seen anyone as overly protective as I was with my children. Mr. Stephens personally needs to be sent to anger management classes and be mad to do community service as a janitor at the nearest elementary school to teach him respect for other human beings, children, women just anyone. Obviously he has some deep seeded mental issues to think that behavior as his was acceptable and that there wouldn’t be some kind of recourse for such ignorance and disrespect for human life, especially a child. I, as anyone in this world and you can deny it, but you know it is the truth we have all endured going shopping especially the holidays when the children are thick running from one place to another making their Christmas list for Santa Claus. You will run into children that are abnaxus and needs to be disciplined. As their parents are concentrating on what to sneak in the cart, they have learned the fine art of selective hearing, we all have done it…come on tell the truth? So you look at mom and dad like would you just stuff a sock in it, so I can think in peace for just one moment. But, to act on this thought is only to be treated with discipline itself. As Mr. Stephens was charged, my opinion is he should of gotten worst.