# We need more kids like this (9 year old saves kitten from beating) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147 "2011-06-03T00:12:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/1 "2011-06-03T00:12:14Z")
Jamarea Mills is my hero today. [http://blogs.catster.com/kitty-news-network/2011/06/02/boy-fights-off-bully-to-save-kitten-from-being-beaten-to-death/](http://blogs.catster.com/kitty-news-network/2011/06/02/boy-fights-off-bully-to-save-kitten-from-being-beaten-to-death/) Warning: video is a little disturbing, but the kitty’s okay in the end. I’d put this in the Pit to RO about exactly what I think should happen to the little waste of skin who started this, but I’d rather focus on the good kid. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/2 "2011-06-03T00:14:37Z")
What the hell kind of a 12 year old just starts beating a kitten to death? Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/3 "2011-06-03T00:46:26Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > What the hell kind of a 12 year old just starts beating a kitten to death? Jesus. A very messed up one. Animal torture/cruelty is a bad sign. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/4 "2011-06-03T01:26:06Z")
That’s one brave little kid! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/5 "2011-06-03T03:05:11Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > A very messed up one. Animal torture/cruelty is a bad sign. I’m of the opinion that animal cruelty is bad _in and of itself,_ whether or not it’s a sign of anything. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/6 "2011-06-03T03:08:25Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > What the hell kind of a 12 year old just starts beating a kitten to death? Jesus. A future psychopathic serial killer. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/7 "2011-06-03T03:48:32Z")
Yay, Jamarea! Good on him for saving a life. The 12-year-old needs psychiatric help NOW. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/8 "2011-06-03T12:40:25Z")
Also, I just watched the video, and I thought the ending part where the reporter is trying to show him a picture of the cat on his laptop was a little, er, poorly thought out. “Come look at a picture of this kitten in my windowless van, little boy…” ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/9 "2011-06-03T13:48:59Z")
One damn good kid. 🙂 One damn sick kid. ☹ One lucky kitteh. 🆒 Hopefully there’ll be a full-scale intervention in the sick kid’s behalf. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/10 "2011-06-03T14:06:19Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Also, I just watched the video, and I thought the ending part where the reporter is trying to show him a picture of the cat on his laptop was a little, er, poorly thought out. “Come look at a picture of this kitten in my windowless van, little boy…” Heh. Well, given that there was clearly a cameraman hovering around behind, he probably thought it was safe to take a chance. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/11 "2011-06-03T14:12:15Z")
Update: I am now very sad. It’s not easy to post links from my iPad when I’m in a hurry, but I was googling to see if anybody was doing anything nice for Jamarea and discovered that the poor little kitten has died. ☹ ☹ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/12 "2011-06-03T15:01:07Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Update: I am now very sad. It’s not easy to post links from my iPad when I’m in a hurry, but I was googling to see if anybody was doing anything nice for Jamarea and discovered that the poor little kitten has died. > > ☹ ☹ ☹ Gah, totally not your fault but that just wrecked my day. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/13 "2011-06-03T15:32:54Z")
> [@elninost0rm](#): > > Gah, totally not your fault but that just wrecked my day. Sorry about that. Pretty much wrecked mine, too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/14 "2011-06-03T15:39:15Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Sorry about that. Pretty much wrecked mine, too. ☹ I just pictured the little guy struggling to breathe because of (most likely) some waste of space punk. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/15 "2011-06-03T15:46:15Z")
It appears that Suffolk, Va., police are [pursuing an animal cruelty charge](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/12-year-old-va-boy-charged-with-misdemeanor-cruelty-could-face-felony-after-kitten-dies/2011/06/03/AGVMmyHH_story.html) against the older boy. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/16 "2011-06-03T15:56:54Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > It appears that Suffolk, Va., police are [pursuing an animal cruelty charge](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/12-year-old-va-boy-charged-with-misdemeanor-cruelty-could-face-felony-after-kitten-dies/2011/06/03/AGVMmyHH_story.html) against the older boy. I hear they’re contemplating charging him as an adult. And I hope they do. I’m sorry, but I have zero sympathy for this little punk. 12 is old enough to know that this is wrong. Get him psychiatric help if he needs it, but keep him away from society until he’s capable of living in it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/17 "2011-06-03T19:27:17Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I’m of the opinion that animal cruelty is bad _in and of itself,_ whether or not it’s a sign of anything. While I agree, the fact that it is a sign means you can’t dismiss it as a kid doing something stupid. Any kid that does this is messed up in some way, and needs help. Yes, even if that help just means severe consequences for his actions. He’s only 12, so we still have a chance of getting through to him. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/18 "2011-06-03T22:10:39Z")
No comment from me, because I’ll only be called nasty names to say such things about someone who’s only a twelve year old child. And no, at this point, I doubt we can “get through to him”. Okay, so I commented, so sue me. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/19 "2011-06-04T05:54:46Z")
Oh god no! That little thing looked like my Maggie. Poor, poor kitten. That little boy though was a hero. > [@Sailboat](#): > > I’m of the opinion that animal cruelty is bad _in and of itself,_ whether or not it’s a sign of anything. You’ll get no argument from me here. People who are cruel to animals are assholes. People who torture them like this are extra-special assholes. And in this situation, the kid’s most likely a sociopath. There’s very little you can do if that’s the case. I’m gonna go and hug my kitties. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147/20 "2011-06-04T09:38:59Z")
A nine year-old boy went up against someone older and larger _armed with a knife_? :eek: That’s a very brave young man. Well done! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-more-kids-like-this-9-year-old-saves-kitten-from-beating/584147.md?page=2)