Woman pleads guilty to selling 4-year-old-girl and 5-year-old boy for $175 and a cockatoo. The kids were in the woman’s care after their biological parents had left them with her. It happened in Louisiana.

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11 replies on “Times are Tough, and Cockatoos Are Really Great”

  1. @2: The bird is worth the price, maybe she just threw in the kids for free.

    Seriously, stuff like that makes you wonder. At least now that authorities know about these kids there is a chance that they can finally be put in the care of someone who will look out for them rather than try to take advantage of them.

  2. @5 and Grant, Fuck you. This could have happened anywhere. I hope you both have your elitist hipster we are so smart and sophisticated in the NW egos stroked by insulting a southern state. I guess they are all just idiot racist? Fucking pricks. This from the city whose residents can watch a 15 years old black girl get her head stomped in and watch. You think that would have happened in the South? Hell no! At least peope give a shit about one another down there. Give me a break.

  3. I love Louisiana. There are bizarre news stories every day in this state, so much so that we barely blink at them any more.

    and @8 – you need a reality check. You don’t think racial violence like that happens in southern states every day? Come to Louisiana and watch the news sometime. Heck, visit some of the high schools here, and you’ll see it. And I promise you, there are people just standing around watching it happen.

    You have some kind of Andy Griffith idealized image of the south. People here don’t care about each other any more or any less than people elsewhere. People are people. Some are awesome, and some suck. Deal with it.

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