Posted on 09/25/2023 2:31:37 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
A Texas mother was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making false statements to police about her two-year-old son's life-threatening injuries sustained in February, in which he had suffered internal injuries, burns, and a lacerated liver.
Shelby Martinez, 30, was arrested on Saturday at her apartment complex where her son was injured and has been charged with making false statements to police, according to KFDX Wichita Falls.
Authorities say Martinez and the boy's father, Thomas Gates, tried to cover up how their child received life-threatening injuries.
Their two-year-old son was allegedly run over by Gates when he was backing out with his vehicle, but the couple blamed it on an "unknown white couple," according to police. Martinez and Gates are both black.
Gates was arrested in February, several days after the incident, for the same charge after coming clean to the police about how the incident played out.
According to authorities, Gates told them that a car driven by an unknown white female and male had pulled out of a parking spot at the Maverick on Maurine Apartments on Ridgeway and hit his son as he and his family were getting into their car.
After Martinez was questioned by police, they claimed that the details of her account were different from Gates'. Martinez was reportedly combative at the Fort Worth hospital and refused to give an interview to police.
Forensic evidence showed that Gates had lied to police about the location of where his child had been hit. Detectives found blood in the parking lot of their apartment complex, not across the street which Gates had stated, police said.
Gates, who is out on bond, informed police that he wanted to change his story and said that he had accidentally backed over his son, who had run behind the car. His second statement was corroborated by two other children present in the car at the time of the incident.
Martinez's warrant for the same charge, according to the police, was served on September 16 when they spoke with her during an unrelated call at her apartment building, the outlet reports.
Weird how the country has changed just in my lifetime
Bad people used to blame their own crimes and mistakes on black people.
Now bad people blame their own crimes and mistakes on white people.
Beyond the child’s injuries, the actual damage cannot be undone.
Good chance the father was under the influence and waited long enough to prevent being tested for chemical/alcohol abuse.
That's probably why Shylock in The Merchant of Venice calls the judge "a second Daniel" when he thinks the judge is going to rule in his favor.
Illegal psycho-pharmaceuticals produce raycisssm.
Plays better.
Just check the tread marks on the poor kid...
life-threatening injuries on ‘white couple’ arrested for lying to police.
Another case of living while being white.
Media not amused
There is a hate crime here somewhere.
You could bet on it if the races were reversed.
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Thus lowering the chances of any reported crime being white on black.
Very likely. I also think that the child is at risk of other abuse.
No, they both still are.
Perfect example of why you don’t want to be running around in some ancient 20 or 30 year old car. My 2022 crossover has a backup camera, ultrasonic sensors and rear automatic braking. It would be darn near impossible for me to back up and hit a child who managed to somehow get back there without being seen by me. I know what it’s like to run over a kid who tried to scoot around me on his minibike while I was backing up. The fact that it was his fault was of little consolation to me. It happened 3-4 days after I got my driver’s license and there was no technology back in those days to prevent this sort of thing. No way would that have happened in a vehicle like the one I have now. So all you Luddites who want to drive your ancient vehicles, I hope you never have to go through something like what I did, even if it isn’t your fault.
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