A father in Michigan is accused of forcing his son to strip at gunpoint, marching him to a vacant lot, and shooting him to death after learning the 15-year-old had inappropriate sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl.
The boy's mother, Lazette Cherry, said her son had told her about the sexual contact. "I called and told his father. This isn't something you sweep under the rug," she said. Then, she said, Jamar Pinkney Sr arrived at their home with a gun, ordered his son to strip, and marched him outside despite her protests. She said her son also protested, "He got on his knees and begged 'No, Daddy, no,' and he pulled the trigger."
Corbett O'Meara, the defense attorney for Pinkney, has said that prosecutors should keep in mind the father's state of mind over the sex abuse allegation. "If something were to happen that would cause a reasonable person to lose control of himself, that is something the prosecution would have to take into account."
The shooting took place in a vacant lot of Highland Park, a once-prosperous city of 16,000 which has now been left to decay, abandonment, and demolition. "This is something that's hard to deal with for all the parties concerned, including the police," Chief Ted Caldwell said. "Highland Park is a small city. These are people who have been members of the community for years."
Pinkney has entered a not guilty plea, and is being held without bond until a preliminary hearing on December 1.
For more information:
- MSNBC: Dad accused of killing son over sex with tot
- WWJ Newsradio 950 - Police: Highland Park Dad Kills Teen Son
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no son should be killed over anything, when you feel that you can't handle the situation in a non muderous matter then you need to walk away from that situation. what type of father can do that? that is demonic....
This is a horrible tragedy. Unfortunately the effects of childhood sexual abuse are cyclical in nature. And of course I'm purely speculating here, but what if the father of this boy is actually a childhood sexual abuse survivor himself? It could then be possible that through learning of his own son's perpetration on this 3 year old child that he himself was triggered. In the United States alone there are over 60 million adults living with the effects of childhood sexual abuse; worldwide that number is estimated to be near 1 billion survivors. (that's 1 in 5 people!!) It is a possibility that this father could have buried his own abuse so deeply, but unfortunately when these adults are eventually triggered the results are catastrophic. I am not making excuses for the father, but all survivors do need help. The trauma of CSA affects each person differently. The Let Go...Let Peace Come In Foundation is here to help. Visit letgoletpeacecomein.org for more details.
This man should be given a medal for the lives he's subsequently saved. I would have done the same.
Michael your a freak!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you do not have children.
2 birds with one stone
Awesome. I say anyone proven to have done such acts should be marched out to the back of the courthouse and shot.
IM IN SHOCK I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FATHER WAS COMING FROM BUT TO KILL YOUR OWN SON I JUST DONT KNOW I WOULD HAVE ENT HIM TO JAIL OR MAYBE SHOT HIM IN THE ARMS BUT NOT KILL HIM BUT I KNOW IF ANYONE MESS WITH MUY TWO YEAR OLD I WOULD WANT TO KILL THEM TOO
For anyone who knows anything about pop psychology, THIS so called, selfish "Father", most likely sexually abused his innocent son and shut him up before anyone found out where the abuse came from in the first place. The only guilty party is the father and the son was spared more abuse...
This is very sad and the father is a sick bastard that needs to be punished harshly he deserves the WORSE possible. What human being would do that to their SON he is clearly a demonic bastard
His son probably would have grown up to be a degenerate. He was already one now. Sometimes you don't need to have been abused to start abusing. Sometimes you just feel like doing some sick ----. I say the father should get a minimal sentence. That boy was no good, no good at all.
The dead suspect molested a 3 year old and should of gotten the death penalty for that. The father saved numerous lives from sexual abuse given these sex offender bastards never quit, there is no treatment for them other than death. Yes its harsh the father killed him, but the dead suspect is better off dead! The father should get probation.
Sean, I agree.. what's sad is liberal Americans have forgotten about protecting our young children from sex abusers. If someone is famous, like Michael Jackson or the film producer in Switzerland... its ok because they're famous. Its just sad where Americans have gone. If someone molested my 3 year old i'd kill them too, there wouldn't be a trial. Liberal Americans have gotten weak and don't care about right and wrong anymore and have redefined what right and wrong is. If some dimented sex offender like Michael Jackson molests a child, liberal Americans look the other way... SHAME ON YOU, your weakness is destroying this Country and our youth. Its horrific what this dad did, but would you say it was wrong for the father of the 3yr old to have killed this sicko, i'd hope not. We need to get tough on offenders that sexually abuse a child! This father did just that, and even though it was harsh...it was necessary.
I agree with some other comments. The son was probably abused by the Dad and it would of come out. The son went to the Mom and told her what he had done..knowing and hoping to get help. I don't trust this Dad who, rather than help his son, silenced his son. Why would someone tell their parent a wrong they had done unless they wanted help and felt remorse. Dad buried the truth with his son.
Wow some of you are just idiots.. jumping to a conclusion that the dad now was a sexual abuser, without a shres of evidence only a posting by some retard on a forum.. OMG are you serious, idiots especially "the truth won't be told" you are a king idiot.. your name says the truth, but you came to an opinion by another blogger and nothing more. God I hope your not a registered voter thereby not making you eligable for jury duty, because your the biggest dummy I've seen on here.
@ Todd.. you hit the nail on the head. Its funny when idiots come up with their own ridicilious theories about what they believed happened (and like you said without a shred of evidence) and it feeds stupid people on forums. Stick to the evidence people, dad killed his son who he just found out sexually abused a 3 year old... that's the evidence. To "truth be told" dummy, go watch CSI you dummy! And someone else said sex offenders cannot be cured... that is true, they can't so we need to all thank this father if we are parents of a child because the dead teen woulda had many years to continue his abuse on kids!
Here's the thing, The son told his mom what he did because he obviously knew that he needed help. Sexual disorders are hereditary! Or because he was sexually abused! Poor kid, and for any other kid who has been debating on coming clear to get help that won't now. I hope the dad rots in prison and I hope that the mom regrets not protecting her son (I am just as angry at her). I am a mother of 5 and no matter what I would help my child get professional help...even if I could never speak to them again for doing something like that.
Cori your just a dumbass, there's no such thing as a heridatary sexual abuse problem, you just made that up probably to excuse your own sexual abuse fantasies... I mean come on I've heard of some retarded things but you top the cake!
Oh and Cori, there's no such thing as help or counseling for sexual abusers.. your a mother, OMG God help us all! No telling what your kids are gonna grow up to be given your ridicilious beliefs.
And Cori, you mentioned nothing of the true victim, the three year old.. but apparently you don't care about abused children, only protecting the abusers.. like some of the other postings said "SHAME ON YOU"
I salute the father for what he did. I do not believe he abused his son like some say, if he did, then the mother is in on it, and she is just as guilty as hell for what her son has become. Having said that, I don't think the father abused his son.
I believe the father was just so disgusted with his son, and so conscience-stricken about the three year old KID whom his son abused, that he couldn't think straight on account of his anger.
what I am noticing today is that this society has become more concerned about the perpetrator and forget about the victim.
No doubt the son will turn the finger to his father if he went on trial, that's what his lawyer will do, because that is good defense, "everybody's fault but mine".
If he were my son I woulda shot him right there in front of the victim's family.
oh, drat...now I read somewhere that the 3-year old was the son's half-sister. If that were true, could the 3 year old have been the mother's daughter by another man ?
Anyway.
The little girl might have been somebody the father loved for him to have done what he did.
I hope his lawyer makes a very good temporary insanity defense for him.
Now, that is one defense which most hard-core criminals' lawyers' have successfully used in the past (disgustingly) but this is one case I hope the defense works.
The father is said to be a mail carrier, according to the same article, a working man and not some irresponsible drug addicted "family man" who saw an opportunity to portray himself a dispenser of justice.
The punishment does not fit the crime. Yes a heinous act was done on that poor three year old girl but to strip your own son down naked and shoot him in an alley like a dog is despicable. I hope he gets punished severly. Obviously a cold hearted SOB to hear the pleadings of his 15 yr old son beg for his life.
no doubt this upstanding father mentored his son in appropriate sexual behavior, raised his son in a loving supportive home, and taught him about sex. no doubt.
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