State Rep. Bob Nicholas (R-Cheyenne)
Nicholas, 54, was arrested in Boca Grande, Fla., while on vacation after allegedly punching and kicking his 19-year-old mentally disabled son, according to a Lee County Sheriff's Office report. The document indicates that multiple witnesses outside of a restaurant saw Nicholas hit his son repeatedly with a closed fist, push him onto the sidewalk and then kick him more than five times.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office contacted Nicholas about two hours after the incident in the hotel room where he and his son were staying. A sergeant reported a small blood stain on a bedspread in the room and observed that the victim had redness and welts on his neck and a foot-sized abrasion to the skin around his left ribcage that appeared to have a shoelace pattern to it, the report says. Nicholas was placed under arrest and transported to the Lee County Jail without incident. He was released Nov. 24 on a $20,000 bond.
Nicholas explained his behavior by saying his son, who has a condition similar to autism, was being combative during lunch, and that he needed "corporal punishment." He has no intentions of resigning. "I don't think I committed a crime, so why would I?" he said.
terms defined: Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable. (wikipedia)
it's the 'deliberate infliction of pain' that bothers me and, it seems, others... and the psychos response to questions of resignation, "I don't think I committed a crime, so why would I?", is even more disturbing... yes, you did commit a crime, and it's called assault... your autistic son is 19 and could very well press charges if he so chooses... I have little faith this will occur or if a judge would mete out a sentence to fit this crime, even if convicted
as a father of 2 grown daughters, I would never have even dreamt to go down the road this sick bastard has travelled
I know that even though psychopaths do not see the wrong they inflict as detrimental to others, the majority including me sees it as insane