http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...rnestine-dorphinghaus-child-neglect/83889740/
and in Tennessee they are arresting kid 6 years old for just watching a fight.
A 1-year-old girl was injured Monday when she was slammed to the ground by another child.
Officers were called to the first block of South Merritt Street at 6:40 p.m. by staff at Bronson Battle Creek, where the little girl was being treated in the emergency room for injuries to her head.
The injured child's grandmother, Ernestine Dorphinghaus, 47, took her for treatment after the incident at her home.
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/...-and-neglect-michigan-record-levels/82713166/
Dorphinghaus told police she was at the house and was watching her granddaughter and six other children under the age of 10. She said the 6-year-old neighbor girl sneaked outside with the baby. The woman said she learned of the injuries when other children told her the baby was outside and was bleeding and crying.
Dorphinghaus told police she went outside and picked up the child and took her to the home of the 6-year-old. The mother of the older child told Dorphinghaus to take the toddler to the hospital.
The mother of the older child then talked to a neighbor who saw the older girl pushing the baby's face into the concrete and also kicking the baby in the face, police said.
The mother of the older girl asked her daughter why she had done it; she told police her daughter told her it was "because she did not like (the baby)."
Police said Dorphinghaus didn't know how the 6-year-old was able to leave the house with the baby. She declined to talk about the incident to the Enquirer on Tuesday afternoon but said her granddaughter was released from the hospital Monday night.
Police said they can't seek charges against the 6-year-old because of her age but they have sent a report to the Calhoun County prosecutor and are seeking charges of child neglect for Dorphinghaus.
and in Tennessee they are arresting kid 6 years old for just watching a fight.