Mother of teen who claims set on fire says 'we're being brushed off'

ksla.com ^ | March 27, 2012 | DeAnn Smith & Amy Anderson

[Free ThinkerNY]

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -

The mother of a 13-year-old boy who says he was set on fire by two teens said Monday that her son is having a difficult time after he suffered first-degree burns.

"It's hard for him," the boy's mother told KCTV5 Monday. "It's hard for us as a family having to deal with this."

Other media outlets have identified the boy's mother. KCTV5 is not doing so because the boy is a minor and no one has been charged.

Part of the police investigation has included attempting to verify the veracity of the boy's claims.

This prompted the boy's mother earlier this month to complain that police were treating her son as a suspect.

"It's very frustrating because I feel like we're being brushed off and there's nothing that is happening for us," the mother said Monday.

But in a news conference held last month, detectives said what the boy experienced was a particularly heinous crime.

The case drew national attention last month because the boy is white and he said the two teen boys who set him on fire were African-Americans.

Kansas City Police Sgt. Stacey Graves said Monday that the investigation is ongoing.

[MikeSteelBe]

Proper investigation and prosecution of this case would disparage Holder’s people, and that’s not likely to happen with the negro nazi party in power.

It’s like Germany in the 30s, with the races switched around.

[bicyclerepair]

holder’s people sure be gettin uppity