Ever Want to Just Slap Somebody?

[lizbud]

This young woman deserves a good slap. What the heck is wrong with her?
This happened in an area I know very well. :confused:

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/16102256/detail.html

[Laura's Babies]

Give me just a few minutes alone with her and I'll show you what PAY BACK is!! (Aren't her parents proud?~!)

[Freedom]

A slap is WAY too good for this one!

[moosmom]

I watched the video of her being led away in handcuffs. When she stuck her tongue out, I wanted to rip it out of her head and choke the living daylights out of her.

Idiots like that 19 year old shouldn't be on the road. And the disrespect she showed was deplorable. I hope they throw the book at her.

[rosethecopycat]

I'd drive that tongue back in her mouth with a red hot poker.

SUCH DISRESPECT!

Throw the book at her. :mad:

[Daisy and Delilah]

Holy Cow!! Let me at her!! What a raving lunatic. My Mother is 81 and still drives. I would have to do serious harm to someone if they hurt my Mom like that :( :( :( :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Medusa]

The article said that she expressed remorse. Where? When? She has more than road rage. This girl is going to end up doing something even more heinous to someone else, just wait.

[shepgirl]

I agree with Medussa. This woman is totally deranged, nobody in their right mind would abuse another human this way, especially an elderly woman. I hope they lock her up for a long ime.

[Catty1]

Actually - aside from the injuries that 19-year-old idiot inflicted, the elderly driver Evelyn looks pretty healthy.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/16122861/detail.html

Beaten Driver, 81, Says She Couldn't Understand Rage
Hospitalized Woman Recalls Encounter; 19-Year-Old Under Arrest

INDIANAPOLIS -- An 81-year-old woman who says a motorist exited a vehicle and beat her in her car says she can't understand why the attacker became so angry.

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Lying in a hospital bed Thursday, Evelyn Page recalled the Wednesday morning attack that left one of her legs broken in 14 places.

"She thought I pulled out in front of her and went slow. I said that's the first time anyone ever told me I went too slow. They always say I go too fast," Page told 6News' Jack Rinehart.

Police said Page was driving in the 6200 block of South Meridian Street on Wednesday morning when 19-year-old Jessica Vasquez -- believing Page had cut her off -- drove around her and slammed on her brakes, forcing Page to stop.

Vasquez then exited her car, opened the driver's-side door of Page's car and began beating her, police said.

"She just reached right in and punched me with her fist," Page said.

Page said Vasquez demanded her keys and driver's license. Page said she left her vehicle to try to escape from Vasquez.

"When I did, she either hit me or she shoved me, and I went backwards and I fell, and my leg went underneath me," Page said, explaining her leg injuries.

Witnesses followed Vasquez's car as she sped away and were able to give police a license number, allowing officers to arrest Vasquez Wednesday night on preliminary charges of battery and criminal confinement, authorities said.

Vasquez expressed remorse in a profanity-laced interview with 6News as she was taken to a police station Wednesday night.

"I don't have anything to explain to you," Vasquez said. "I hope she's feeling better tomorrow."

Police said Thursday that Vasquez is a suspect in a recent armed robbery, citing surveillance video that they believe shows her. Details about the robbery weren't available.

Page has been told she will need a knee replacement because of her injuries.

"I don't know why she got so mad," Page said.

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Excerpt

The incident happened in the 6200 block of South Meridian Street at 10 o'clock in the morning. Several people witnessed the attack and couldn't believe what was happening.

Heather Games was working when she and co-workers saw the attack. Games ran out into the street to help the victim.

"She was very shaken up. She just kept saying, 'The girl said I was going too slow and she wanted my information'," said Games.

Games tried to stop Vasquez but she took off.

"There's no reason the car should have stopped. She should not have confronted the lady at all. And then to attack her and now the lady is in the hospital. That's just ridiculous," said Games.

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Mrs. Page will have surgery on her left knee Friday morning.

Vasquez is in jail under a $50,000 bond and two "C" felonies.

Report by Daniel Miller, WISH. Edited by Andrew Bonner.

[shais_mom]

deserves a good slap.
YES
MANY MANY TIMES

now off to see what the threads about....

[shais_mom]

81 years old and still driving??? That's scary.
wth?
:mad: :mad: are you serious? :mad: :mad:
so when you turn 80 you aren't going anywhere? whose going to take you to the dr? whose going to take your cats to the vet? whose going to cart in your groceries? whose going to take you to the store? Your daughter? Your friends - your friends will be as old as you are!!!
my grandma was 88 when she died and she did ALL the driving for her and my grandpa -
my 86 year old grandma drives herself to water aerobics 3 times a week and can run circles around you AND me combined.
Well see what you think when you turn 80 Donna, and see if you are ready to throw in the towel and hand over your keys...

she wasn't the one that was dangerous in this situation - I'd rather someone drive slower than speeding down the road with a cell phone in one hand and a newspaper or map or laptop in the other -and yes I've seen it.
the stupid ingrate 19 year is the one that shouldn't be driving.

[Karen]

I'd not slap her. First, I would make sure whose ever children were in the car with her never are influenced by her ever again - whether they are hers or someone else's. That's NOT the kind of example that children need. And if she was beating up an old lady she doesn't know, chances are, she probably hits the kids, too.

I hope they checked the 19-year-old for her blood alcohol level or other "stimulants."

81 is not too old to drive if the person still can see well, and drive well. There are 61-year-olds that shouldn't be driving and 91-year-olds that are fine driving ... Great-Great Aunt Flora was furious when, at age 96, they told her she was restricted to only daytime driving because her eyesight was failing. "They" were right, but there was no telling HER that!

Back to Ms. Vasquez - no, I don't want to slap her. She'd just be expecting that, obviously. I would:

A. Yank her driver's license for ten years.
B. Sentence her to 3000 hours of community service doing something like picking up trash on the roadside.
C. Pay all that woman's medical bills - garnish any wages, sell her car, etc.
D. Find some way to give her a lesson on civility - preferably taught by someone much larger and stronger than she - as well as anger management.

[shais_mom]

B. Sentence her to 3000 hours of community service doing something like picking up trash on the roadside.

how's about making her do her community service in a nursing home where she's SUPERVISED feeding patients - transporting patients and wiping patients behinds.

now THAT would be a sweet revenge served just right.

[Rachel]

Back to Ms. Vasquez - no, I don't want to slap her. She'd just be expecting that, obviously. I would:

A. Yank her driver's license for ten years.
B. Sentence her to 3000 hours of community service doing something like picking up trash on the roadside.
C. Pay all that woman's medical bills - garnish any wages, sell her car, etc.
D. Find some way to give her a lesson on civility - preferably taught by someone much larger and stronger than she - as well as anger management.

Have to say the above is not going to satisfy me. This was a deliberate act of battery and from the extent of the victim's injuries, it deserves the maximum sentence. *Vasquez could be charged with felony battery and confinement, police said.* Sounds like this woman needs serious time locked up.

[Medusa]

how's about making her do her community service in a nursing home where she's SUPERVISED feeding patients - transporting patients and wiping patients behinds.

now THAT would be a sweet revenge served just right.
Exactly! Better yet, I'd sentence her to being this woman's caregiver. Somehow, though, in my gut I feel that nothing is going to work w/this person. I don't like to appear cynical; I want to believe in my heart that everyone can be rehabilitated but given that this young girl is already a suspect in another crime, I think she's a rage-a-holic and won't stop until she commits a crime so heinous that the courts stop her by putting her in prison. She's too young to be that angry. Yes, she may have something in her own past that made her that way. I don't care. Nowadays there are support groups for everything. Got a hang nail? There's a support group for that. So she can avail herself of the help and support that's out there, if that is, indeed, the case. The attorneys often like to turn it around and make it seem like the perpetrator is the victim due to a horrendous childhood or whatever. I sure hope that doesn't happen here.

[Rachel]

Exactly! Better yet, I'd sentence her to being this woman's caregiver. .


Please give that some more thought.....from the victim's point of view. I couldn't imagine being attacked and then when I am in the vulnerable position of being incapacitated, being left to depend on the very person who attacked me. :eek: Noooooo....

[Medusa]

Please give that some more thought.....from the victim's point of view. I couldn't imagine being attacked and then when I am in the vulnerable position of being incapacitated, being left to depend on the very person who attacked me. :eek: Noooooo....
You've got a point there. I guess I was just thinking that she needs to see the pain that she caused and that she needed to be the one who rectifies it. But you're right, if I were the victim, I wouldn't want her anywhere near me.

[moosmom]

I edited my post. Staci, didn't mean to pi$$ you off or offend anyone. I forget that someday I'LL be 81. I'm glad the lady is okay and hope they throw the book at that kid for her smugness and disrespect.

[Catty1]

I forget that someday I'LL be 81.

I love optimists! I'm shooting for 83! :D

(sorry for the OT)

[Medusa]

I love optimists! I'm shooting for 83! :D

(sorry for the OT)
I'm shooting for triple digits, as long as I'm capable. I'm not old by any stretch but when I turned 60, it made me realize just how quickly those years flew by. If I blink, I'll be 80. My Dad lived to age 88 and he died in his sleep. I'm thinkin' I was born into the lucky gene club. No matter what age, though, it's important to take care of ourselves so that something like this doesn't happen to us. I would love to have read that the 81 year old woman jumped out of the car and kicked that snot's behind. This story made me decide to get back into kickboxing and I just bought a new bike today. Of course, it's raining and I can't ride it but I will!

[lizbud]

The older lady who was injured had surgery this morning. No word yet
on how she is doing. One thing is certain, she will be dealing with her
injuries for a long, long time. It's just so senseless.

[Medusa]

The older lady who was injured had surgery this morning. No word yet
on how she is doing. One thing is certain, she will be dealing with her
injuries for a long, long time. It's just so senseless.
Yes, and it's sometimes difficult for older people to heal, especially if they're bedridden for a while. Violence is glorified; all we need to do is watch You Tube. Kids are beating up each other on a daily basis, it seems. No wonder they move on to the defenseless because they won't fight back.

[shais_mom]

I'm shooting for triple digits, as long as I'm capable.
we had a lady admitted in the hospital the other nite that is 110!
:)
yes - Donna- I hope you make it past 81! :)
Don't get me wrong, I've seen lots of accidents in my 10 year career that have involved older people that shouldn't be driving. BUT I've also seen 16, 20,30,40,50,60,70 year olds that shouldn't be driving either!

[kuhio98]

I hope this lady's body heals quickly. It will probably take longer for her mind. I can only imagine what she's going through.

Regarding age ~ Bobcat will turn 80 this summer. He just had his 3rd hip replacement surgery. He was only in the hospital ONE night and he was well enough to leave. 2 weeks after surgery, he's driving himself around to his own doctor appointments. I pray that I will be as healthy has he when I get to be his age.

[phesina]

81 is not too old to drive if the person still can see well, and drive well. There are 61-year-olds that shouldn't be driving and 91-year-olds that are fine driving ...
And there are 19-year-olds that shouldn't be driving!

[dukedogsmom]

What a skank! Karma's a b***h! I hope hers comes swift and hard. Too bad there weren't witnesses there sooner to put a serious hurting on this horrible excuse of a human. Maybe she'll get it in jail.

[shepgirl]

I think she should be in a prison's mental facility for a complete assessment. This woman is a menace to everybody if she can jump on an 81 yr old and beat her that way. Glad the kids were removed, didn't realize she had kids with her. She shouldn't be allowed the kids back in my opinion, they will learn from her behavior and become just like her. And you can be sure those kids get their beatings daily. I see so many kids getting roughed up these days because the parents take their problems out on them. Like Medussa I hope they don't turn this into a poor woman had such a rough past...everybody has skeletons in their closets....the past is past, grow up, stop whining and move forward.
I can just see it now, poor woman felt stressed due to her horrific past. Tough if she can't move on and grow up she should be put where she can't hurt people.
On the other side of the coin I have to agree how well this 81 yr old looked. I hope I can look as good if I reach that age, and yes, I'm hoping to be driving too for the 3 digit number.

[NicoleLJ]

I think she should be in a prison's mental facility for a complete assessment. This woman is a menace to everybody if she can jump on an 81 yr old and beat her that way. Glad the kids were removed, didn't realize she had kids with her. She shouldn't be allowed the kids back in my opinion, they will learn from her behavior and become just like her. And you can be sure those kids get their beatings daily. I see so many kids getting roughed up these days because the parents take their problems out on them. Like Medussa I hope they don't turn this into a poor woman had such a rough past...everybody has skeletons in their closets....the past is past, grow up, stop whining and move forward.
I can just see it now, poor woman felt stressed due to her horrific past. Tough if she can't move on and grow up she should be put where she can't hurt people.
On the other side of the coin I have to agree how well this 81 yr old looked. I hope I can look as good if I reach that age, and yes, I'm hoping to be driving too for the 3 digit number.

HOLY COW. Though I am totally agianst what this so called woman/child did I do not agree with what you have said about peoples pasts. Your comments about growing up and getting over a horrific past are just uncalled for. There is no excuse for what she did. I totally agree. But some people do come from a horrific past and saying to just grow up and get over it is just plain insulting and shows you know nothing about tramatic events in peoples lives.

I now suffer from agrophobia and Post Tramatic Stress Disorder from a horrific past. Does saying I should grow up and just get over it fix it? NO. I live everday with the flash backs, the terrors of the past. I suffer greatly from past events that I had no control over. Would that give me the right to attack someone like this person did? NO but as her actions had no right to happen neither do your comments about people who have truely suffered and lived through it. You need to really read over what you type before you post it. I am truely offened by what you just posted as would anyone who has suffered a tramatic event. Not all people can just "grow up and get over things" as you would say. It is not that simple.
Nicole

[Catty1]

I think a fair way to put it MIGHT be that any adult who has had a terrifying past is responsible for getting help when they are an adult, and not use the past as an excuse. Only they as an adult can get the help now and change.

Which, Nicole, I believe you are doing. I hope this 19-year-old does the same thing.

She can't blame anyone else, past of present, for this - it is HER job to fix herself, with any help that is needed.

[NicoleLJ]

Thanks Catty and I agree. But telling somoeone they are responsible for getting their own helped to deal with past terrors or so on and telling someone to grow up and get over it are too totally different things. Like I said though just because someone has a horrendous past does not give them the right to commit an illegal act. But saying to anyone who has come from a horendous past that they should just grow up and deal with it is also not right. I wish it was that easy but for many it is an everyday strugle when they have suffered from inexcusable acts when they were younger.
Nicole

[lizbud]

It seems this young woman has been very busy in her life of crime. She
has been also charged of attempted robbery in a hold up at Walgreens.

She was recognized as the robber in this film clip.:rolleyes:

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/16143046/detail.html

[Medusa]

If she's convicted of a crime that was committed w/a firearm, there's a mandatory prison sentence connected to that. I'm not positive of how long but I think it's 5 years. As I suspected, even the policeman in the video alluded to her past and that it's a shame that there had been no intervention. This confirms my fear that her attorneys may try to use her past as an excuse for her deplorable, criminal behavior. I hope that a judge or jury, whatever the case may be, will be bright enough to see through it if her attorneys do use this defense. I'm getting really tired of smart mouthed young people getting away w/these things. No, it isn't always the young but we're seeing more of it on the news every day and it's a frightening trend that, if allowed to continue, will spell danger for everyone and not just the elderly. If you can, please keep us updated on this story.

[dukedogsmom]

Really makes me angry how she's smiling at the camera:mad: The defence attorneys are no better than the scum they defend.

[Catty1]

Can find NO updates past May 5 on this. Wonder how Evelyn is - and what has happened to Jessica?:confused: