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Say I Didn’t Beat You!

May 6, 2009 at 1:59 am by FlamingFox

North Platte, NE- There’s not too much in on this, but what we do know is that idiots like Kevin Shannon will never learn. Shannon was awaiting trial on previous child abuse charges against his 10-year old son. On January 29′th of this year, the boy told his mother and the police that his father hit and kicked him. After an investigation, Shannon was arrested and his jury trial was set for May 26′th. I don’t know how or why, but Shannon was still able to have visitation with his son.

Kevin D. Shannon

On Sunday, after visiting with his father, the boy returned home and told his mother that once again Shannon displayed his capabilities of being a real shitty dad. The boy stated that while he was in his father’s care, Shannon confronted him and threatened to beat the boy with a yardstick unless he recanted his earlier abuse accusations and did so with a tape recorder. Shannon planned on using the tape for his defense. Once again, the boy’s mother contacted the police and, after investigating, they arrested Shannon around 8 p.m. that day.

Kevin D. Shannon was arrested for an additional charge of child abuse, a Class-I misdemeanor and tampering with a witness, a Class-IV felony. He could face a maximum 6 years in prison, fines of $11,000 or both if convicted of both crimes. Shannon was jailed and released on a $10,000 bond.

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Tags: Child Abuse, Nebraska, tampering with a witness

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thismomrocksx3

Someone give that boy an award! Standing up to dad, not once, but TWICE.

It is refreshing to hear of a mommy who stands behind her child and takes swift and proper action to allievate the problem, and the person who is causing her child harm.

MY HATS OFF TO MOM AND SON. Wish we heard more stories like this one.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=446437751 FlamingFox

thismomrocksx3:
Someone give that boy an award! Standing up to dad, not once, but TWICE.
It is refreshing to hear of a mommy who stands behind her child and takes swift and proper action to allievate the problem, and the person who is causing her child harm.
MY HATS OFF TO MOM AND SON. Wish we heard more stories like this one.

So do I! These stories hardly sour my coffee in the morning.
Stella

thismomrocksx3: Someone give that boy an award! Standing up to dad, not once, but TWICE. It is refreshing to hear of a mommy who stands behind her child and takes swift and proper action to allievate the problem, and the person who is causing her child harm.MY HATS OFF TO MOM AND SON. Wish we heard more stories like this one.

Very smart boy and good for mom. But we’re missing the big picture here. Why should a 10 y.o. boy be put in this position in the first place? It’s a raw subject for me, I’ll admit.

On the other hand, I’m hoping this shows the boy that this is NOT how to raise a child; seems to be working so far.
ecvmanzo

Sad that he had to endure his shitty dad’s punishment. But this 10 year old is so brave! Kudos to mom and son!
JessicaR

”I don’t know how or why, but Shannon was still able to have visitation with his son.”

Because the courts believe anyone can be rehabilitated and that a biological father has rights to his child regardless of whether or not he is a POS. Each child deserves at least one good parent and one that is willing to fight no matter what the courts say. Courts/ad litems are not the expert on your child; you, as the parent, knows what is in the best interest for your child. Parents should stand up and say no if they don’t agree with what the courts are recommending. You can fight as long as it takes. Sometimes you have to keep beating a dead horse until you get your point across.
CassieMomma

That is so dumb that he was allowed to visit with his Dad unattented. I understand what you’re saying Jessica, but they were getting ready to go to trial….come on courts!!! WTF. Strong kid, he’ll make it some day.
Veronica

Thank god the kid was brave, otherwise the abuse would never stop! But it helps that this kid was old enough to tell someone what was happening to him, so many victims of abuse are too young and have to suffer in silence. I am still a little raw from reading all about Baby P yesterday, DD probably didn’t cover it as it was in the UK but has anyone else here heard about that? “Baby P” was only 18 months old and was abused to death by his stepfather, and it may just be the worst case of child abuse I”ve ever heard about, and that is saying a LOT when you are a regular on DD!!
http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12 Athena

Because the courts believe anyone can be rehabilitated and that a biological father has rights to his child regardless of whether or not he is a POS.

Given the lack of info, I think the odds that the court actually ordered unsupervised visitation in this case are less likely than the mom just being kinda dumb and letting dad take the kid.
Veronica

Athena:
Given the lack of info, I think the odds that the court actually ordered unsupervised visitation in this case are less likely than the mom just being kinda dumb and letting dad take the kid.

Agreed. People on this site often seem to assume the absolute worst about the parent who did not actually do the abusing without any real basis. Without having any facts at all, I prefer to limit my judgement to just the perp him/herself. That is not to say that we don’t EVER have any basis to blame the other parent or family members, but not in this case and if you ask me, not in the McTear baby-killing case either.
Veronica

Athena:
Given the lack of info, I think the odds that the court actually ordered unsupervised visitation in this case are less likely than the mom just being kinda dumb and letting dad take the kid.

Agreed. People on this site often seem to assume the absolute worst about the parent who did not actually do the abusing without any real basis. Without having any facts at all, I prefer to limit my judgement to just the perp him/herself. That is not to say that we don’t EVER have any basis to blame the other parent or family members, but not in this case and if you ask me, not in the McTear baby-killing case or the Kristina Hepp (at least with regards to her bio-mom, not daddy’s idiot girlfriend Chelci Folds) case, either.
http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12 Athena

Agreed. People on this site often seem to assume the absolute worst about the parent who did not actually do the abusing without any real basis. Without having any facts at all, I prefer to limit my judgement to just the perp him/herself. That is not to say that we don’t EVER have any basis to blame the other parent or family members, but not in this case and if you ask me, not in the McTear baby-killing case either.

I think my initial post was poorly worded.

I think it’s substantially more likely that the mom stupidly allowed visitation than the court ordered unsupervised visitation in a case featuring child abuse. That said, we don’t have that information one way or the other, and there’s no sense in jumping to conclusion.

But ultimately, I’m with you in that we are often too quick to judge the parent that didn’t specifically offend.
Veronica

Athena:
I think my initial post was poorly worded.
I think it’s substantially more likely that the mom stupidly allowed visitation than the court ordered unsupervised visitation in a case featuring child abuse. That said, we don’t have that information one way or the other, and there’s no sense in jumping to conclusion.
But ultimately, I’m with you in that we are often too quick to judge the parent that didn’t specifically offend.

I actually did get your meaning, but I kind of used it as an excuse to make my point about being quick to judge and jumping to conclusions. Probably should have made that more clear, myself.

And just to clarify, I am not categorically against putting blame on the other parent or family member, but there should be something in the article to back that up. And we certainly see enough of that on DD!!

I just see a lot of assumptions being made about the various cases we read about here….and yes I have been guilty of that myself at times.
Veronica

Athena:
I think my initial post was poorly worded.
I think it’s substantially more likely that the mom stupidly allowed visitation than the court ordered unsupervised visitation in a case featuring child abuse. That said, we don’t have that information one way or the other, and there’s no sense in jumping to conclusion.
But ultimately, I’m with you in that we are often too quick to judge the parent that didn’t specifically offend.

Furthermore, Athena, I’ve realized I’m just a dumbass, I totally misread your original post! Anyhoo, we are 100 percent in agreement on this so it’s A-OK…
Veronica

And why did my edit show up as a second post? Hmmm…I’m totally stinking up this thread today! LOL.
JessicaR

Athena & Veronica – I get what y’all are saying about jumping to conclusions and judging the parent who did not abuse the child. All I am saying is that after the Jan 29th incident they were scheduled to go to trial on May 26th but in the meantime they could have filed an emergency order with the court to have the visitation suspended until the outcome of the May 26th trial was determined.

If it was my kid I would have requested supervised visits and/or to have the regular visitation schedule suspended pending the results of the May 26th jury trial.

I get frustrated with parents b/c I think alot of incidents involving kids can be prevented if parents did a better job of educating themselves.
http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12 Athena

I’m with you there, JessicaR. I’m with you, there….
Veronica

JessicaR:
Athena & Veronica – I get what y’all are saying about jumping to conclusions and judging the parent who did not abuse the child. All I am saying is that after the Jan 29th incident they were scheduled to go to trial on May 26th but in the meantime they could have filed an emergency order with the court to have the visitation suspended until the outcome of the May 26th trial was determined.
If it was my kid I would have requested supervised visits and/or to have the regular visitation schedule suspended pending the results of the May 26th jury trial.
I get frustrated with parents b/c I think alot of incidents involving kids can be prevented if parents did a better job of educating themselves.

Agreed. I think I am better able to forgive simple ignorance, rather than the callousness that seems to mark most of the inaction we read about on this site. So many people don’t know their rights under the law. Though, unfortunately as Rotten Apple has pointed out in another thread, court orders mean dick to psycho assholes like this one!
tjangel

Speaking of not jumping to conclusions, we don’t really know what happened in January, for all we know the mom may be exaggerating the circumstances to get the dad into trouble and coaching the son on what to say. I have 2 different friends who are married to men with psycho ex-wives who tried to do something similar. I’m not saying he didn’t do it but I’ll reserve judgement until after more info is available.
Veronica

tjangel:
Speaking of not jumping to conclusions, we don’t really know what happened in January, for all we know the mom may be exaggerating the circumstances to get the dad into trouble and turn his son against him. We’ve all seen that before. I’m not saying he didn’t do it but I’ll reserve judgement until after more info is available.

In cases of alleged child abuse, I tend to give the kid the benefit of the doubt (he did tell the police himself after his mom contacted them). I imagine he probably had bruises or injuries to back it up, based on the charges. And while we’re at it, how many times have we heard a parent try to cover up abuse by saying that the spouse/ex-spouse/whatever is “just trying to get back at them” or some such shit? It goes both ways…
Special2bme

thismomrocksx3: Someone give that boy an award! Standing up to dad, not once, but TWICE. It is refreshing to hear of a mommy who stands behind her child and takes swift and proper action to allievate the problem, and the person who is causing her child harm. MY HATS OFF TO MOM AND SON. Wish we heard more stories like this one.

Well said! I applaud both the boy and mom and your right I wish we did hear more stories like this one.
Kalehue

CassieMomma:
That is so dumb that he was allowed to visit with his Dad unattented. I understand what you’re saying Jessica, but they were getting ready to go to trial….come on courts!!! WTF. Strong kid, he’ll make it some day.

Agree. Makes no sense to me that they would allow him unsupervised visitation considering the charges.

Haha, now that moron of a father has upped the charges against him.
http://www.myspace.com/aprilamber April

Fucking father of the year. What a bastard. Emphasis on the “tard” in bastard.
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To all you idiots that have responded to this. First, you dont know the crazy mother, she ran off and left this child when he was 2 months old. The child didnt like being disciplined for his bad behaviour, so this is where the proported evidence came from. Think about it, if you were trying to discipline your child and your ex made him record it, it could be made out to be something it wasnt. so before you go off jumping to conclusion, walk in their shoes. and DONT believe everything that the news reports, the more colorful they can make it the people buy it as you all have done. Fuck you all for your stupidity. Maybe you all will sleep good tonight, the father killed himself on Monday, he couldnt hold up uder all this bullshit. It wasnt the right choice, however, it was the one he choose. Now this poor child goes to the mother that never wanted him and is a drug addict (BTW which the father wasnt) Hope you all know the facts before you start publish shit you know absolutely nothing about.