Protesters Act Like Good Parental Role Models In Front Of Casey Anthony's Home
UPDATE #2: According to The Criminal Report Daily, here is why Casey was arrested again:
CAYLEE ANTHONY UPDATE 13 September 15, 2008 Casey Anthony faces new charges Orange County investigators from the agency’s Economic Crimes Squad have arrested Casey Anthony for Uttering a Forged Instrument, Petit Theft, and Criminal Use of Personal Information in connection with their ongoing investigation into Ms. Anthony’s illegal use of a friend’s bank account. The defendant was arrested without incident at the Orange County Jail following a scheduled visit with her home confinement release supervisor. She was with counsel at the time of her arrest and is expected to remain in custody until her first appearance tomorrow morning. We will post the report/charging affidavit on our web site when it becomes available. D/S Carlos Padilla Orange County Sheriff's Office Office of Media RelationsUPDATE: Casey has been arrested yet again. No word yet on exactly what the charges are although they could relate to theft from one of Casey's friends. And just in case you're confused, the title is sarcasm. First, let's try and quickly get up to speed on the latest news in this sordid, never-ending case. Over the weekend, investigators released recordings of Casey Anthony's interrogation:
A series of responses given by Casey Anthony during police interviews are not consistent with a desperate mother who wants to find her daughter, a psychologist told Local 6. "Most people who are interviewed by police officers don't manage their emotions that well," Dr. Deborah Day said of Casey Anthony during questioning over her daughter. "They get upset, they get agitated and they get angry." [...]The last time I got pulled over by the police on a minor speeding infraction, I got upset. I can't imagine what it would be like to be interrogated by the police if one of my children was missing.
In the interviews conducted on July 16, Casey continued to be a tough nut to crack:
"What happened to Caylee," an investigator asks on the tape. "I don't know," Casey Anthony said. "Sure you do," and investigator said. "I don't know," Anthony said. "Listen, something happened to Caylee," an investigator said. "We're not going to discuss where the last time you saw her (was). I'm guessing something bad happened to her some time ago and you haven't seen her, so that part is true — is you haven't seen her because she's somewhere else right now." "She's with someone else right now," Anthony said. "She's either in a Dumpster right now, she's buried somewhere, she's out there somewhere and her rotten body is starting to decompose because what you're tellING us...," an investigator said. "Here's the problem. The longer this goes, the worse it's going to be for everyone. Right now, everything you've told us — we've locked you into a lie. Every single thing that you've told us has been a lie." Day said the only time she heard Casey Anthony get emotional on released tapes is when she talks about her relationship with her mother, Cindy. and not her daughter, Caylee, Local 6's Jessica D'Onofrio reported. A detective was pressing Casey Anthony about how she wasn't living up to her mother's expectations.You can hear the recordings here. The parts involving Cindy are pretty interesting, especially as there has been speculation that Casey murdered little Caylee as revenge against her mother. Casey also pled "not guilty" to ten check fraud charges, the basis of her latest arrest. Slowly but surely the police are building their case.
In the meantime, the neighbors of Cindy and George Anthony are fed up with the noise and behavior of protesters at the Anthony house and are trying to stop further demonstrations:
Protesters angry at her mother, Casey, who faces a child-neglect charge, ate fast food on the sidewalk and smoked cigarettes outside her home in east Orange County. They cursed at family members as they came and left. Family members cursed back. Then Casey's brother Lee Anthony blazed into the driveway in a black Ford Mustang, missing a family of protesters — including two school-age girls and a toddler — by inches. One girl bawled. Mothers shouted. Cameras surged forward to tape it. "You can't slow down to give them a chance to move!" a crowd member shouted. Neighbors are so frustrated by such scenes that an attorney representing the homeowners association said she plans to ask a judge today or Monday to order the protesters to limit their activities. "We do not care if the content supports or criticizes the Anthonys. What we hope to accomplish is to restrict the time, place and manner of the protest to reasonable activities and hours," attorney Karen Wonsetler said. [...] For the most part, protesters have gathered on the sidewalk or the patch of grass between the sidewalk and street — all considered public property. Deputy Carlos Padilla of the sheriff's office said that if a judge decides to limit protests they must tread carefully because of the First Amendment right to gather. "Our legal staff will work that out and figure what has to be done," Padilla said. "It's upsetting to the Anthonys and their neighbors, but it is a touchy subject and we have to be careful."A group of protesters and Cindy Anthony almost came to blows over the weekend, this time with children being involved:
Around 12 a.m. on Sunday morning, a woman, who was accompanied by her child, began yelling at Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy. "She didn't want that baby, so she could go and party. Stay up late and drink beer. You're protecting her!" the unidentified woman screamed from across the street. Cindy Anthony was hammering "No Trespassing" signs on her lawn when she confronted the protesters.All right, that's it. I mean, what is wrong with people? Look, I'm all for protesting of something you don't agree with. There are law-abiding, civil, peaceful ways of going about it. There have been plenty of instances in which protesters show up, have their legal protest, and go on their way, with no harm and no foul involved. I totally understand the frustration in this case, compounded by Casey's lies and the apparent willingness of the Anthony family to believe them (and smear Tim Miller of EquuSearch in the process). But this is completely and totally ridiculous. People are at this house at all hours of the day and night, screaming and yelling and running in the yard and knocking on the door and totally acting like brainless moronic imbecilic idiots, and then act surprised when the Anthonys get mad at them. Golly gee, I wonder why? You can watch moar videos for yourself: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. I wish this were an isolated incident...sadly, it is not, it's just the latest one.Cindy: "See it, see it. Come here [expletive]!"Protester: "I see your [expletive] face. I see your face. Why are you sitting there protecting her?"Cindy: "I'm not protecting her! This is her home."Supporters of the Anthony family tried to defuse the situation, but Cindy continued after the child joined the exchange of words.Cindy: "She's not worth it." Child Protester: "Don't you dear talk to my mom that way!" Cindy: "Why don't you learn some manners!"Cindy then threatened to call the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and file a complaint on this mother.Cindy: "DCF needs to be called on you for teaching your child that." Protester: "Call them! At least I know where my child is!"The protester continued to shout at Cindy, even after George Anthony cames out of the house.Protester: "Have your little body guards go and protect you." Cindy: "I don't have any body guards right now. I'm fine."As the protesters packed into their sport utility vehicle to drive away, Cindy appeared to have lost patience.Cindy: "You call her a [expletive] one more time." Protestor: "What are you gonna do [expletive]?" Cindy: "Don't call my grand daughter a [expletive]." Protester's Friend: "You're gonna go to jail."A video recording of the confrontation reveals that the little boy, who accompanied his mother, got his arm caught in the door of the SUV. "Ow my arm," he screamed. Even though he complained of being injured, it didn't stop him from yelling out, "I hope you die!"
I totally believe that Casey Anthony is guilty of killing her daughter and hiding her body somewhere. If you agree, fine, and if not, fine...the least I think we can agree on is that she knows more than she is telling and has been less than truthful in this investigation. And I believe her parents are guilty of raising a spoiled brat of a daughter. Are they guilty of more than that? I don't know...maybe yes, maybe no. I do believe that at the least they are guilty of doing an about-face and suddenly believing everything their lying daughter says. However, does that then give me the right to show up at their house and act the fool? What is it about people, when they see a case like this, makes them want to not only watch it but to become part of the story itself?
Cindy Anthony certainly doesn't make things any easier on herself, stomping around her yard with her little hammer and engaging in cursing contests with the protesters...what, she can't get someone, perhaps one of the security team they have hired, to fix the yellow tape for her? She doesn't cut a real sympathetic figure. It isn't too hard to, I don't know, stay in the house? It's like she wants confrontation. She doesn't have to be out there, yet she goes out there.
All the protesters are doing is feeding the martyr complex the family has. They are not accomplishing anything positive. And the woman digging through their trash is, in my opinion, possibly getting in the way of a proper police investigation. Even if she were to find something, the argument could be made that she planted it there. After all, the search was not conducted by the police, was it? Doesn't take a Harvard law education to figure that out. If it was an important piece of information, it might even have to be thrown out. And frankly, the protesters are tying up police who could better be used elsewhere. I'd hate to have a genuine emergency and have to wait on a police officer because they were tied up at the Anthony home. They complain about this process being a waste of taxpayer money...well, this is a better use of it? Having to constantly call the police because people can't respect boundaries and rules? Why can't people just stay out of the way and let the police do their jobs?
The people protesting are saying they are being a "voice for Caylee." Bull. All they are really doing is trying to insert themselves into a story which was never about them to start with under the misguided pretentions of being "Caylee's voice." If they REALLY cared about Caylee, they would put down their signs and get their sorry butts out there and look for her. But that wouldn't get them on the news as fast as acting like a monosyllabic knuckle-dragging troglodyte in front of the Anthony's house, would it? It's a lot easier to hold a sign and yell than it is to get out there and do some grunt work and put your back into finding Caylee. Way to take the focus OFF Caylee and put it on yourselves, you bunch of idiots.
I'm going to just go out on a limb and say it and if you don't agree with me, then that's fine. But if you're a so-called parent out at MIDNIGHT with young children screaming at someone's house that the occupants are unfit parents, and you get into a shouting, cussing, verbal altercation with them WHILE holding a crying baby, and your CHILD starts hollering stuff like "I hope you die!", and the entire time little kids are yelling and crying and getting hurt, and the "parents" are acting in complete disregard for their own children's safety and emotional well-being, then it's entirely possible you are a bad parent yourself. The children are being taught that it's perfectly acceptable to act like a brainless thug as long as you believe you are right. People like this are no better than Casey, the only difference is their children are still breathing.
Why yes, I did say that.
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