July 14, 2012

Attacks on Elders Do Not Stop With Verbal Abuse

[This letter was published as it appears here, in the print edition of the Cambridge Chronicle, Thursday July 19, 2012, Page 8. It appeared online on Monday July 23, 2012.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x42015698/Letter-Attacks-on-elders-do-not-stop-with-verbal-abuse#axzz21Tw17UZr
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Richard Griffin joins network news lamenting extreme verbal abuse by middle school students of a elder woman bus monitor. The student attackers were all male, and likely would grow up and extend their abuse to physical attacks.

This was a minor event compared to others showing lack of respect for elder citizens. There are many more serious physical criminal attacks on elders by teen age thugs alone or with groups of others, male and female. That is of greater concern than the uncivilized verbal attacks, especially because the mainstream media do not report them and replay those YouTube videos.

In Cambridge there are groups of homosexuals, black Americans and women protected by police agencies, who enjoy harassing elder citizens. Taxpayer funded organizations are unable and unwilling to stop such criminal abuse. They demand that victims of outrageous abuse prove they are not mentally ill. They apparently believe it is OK to harass persons if they are mentally ill; and unless the victim admits they are mentally ill the professionals will not investigate.

It shows misguided and unlawful priorities of taxpayer funded professionals regarding criminal abuse occurring within their jurisdiction.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1990297284/Guest-column-Dignity-for-the-elderly#axzz20YFhBPnn

Growing Older: Dignity for the elderly
By Richard Griffin/cambridge (at) wickedlocal.com
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Jul 13, 2012 @ 12:26 PM
Last update Jul 13, 2012 @ 12:44 PM

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