FEBRUARY 4--Despite videotaped evidence to the contrary, a Florida mother claims that she did not egg her daughter on during a public brawl with a fellow high school classmate, according to a new court motion...In her Circuit Court motion, Newcomb claims that a video of the fisticuffs only shows her saying “get up” to her child. She also argues that her “mere presence at the location of the consensual altercation, coupled with the statement ‘get up,’ does not constitute” the crime charged. Newcomb apparently has overlooked several video clips showing her yelling encouragements with the brio of Bundini Brown. The 39-year-old Newcomb loudly advised her daughter to “punch her in the fucking body” and “kick her ass” as the teen was getting throttled by her larger opponent. A 15-year-old spectator interviewed by police said that Newcomb yelled at her to “back the fuck up” when she apparently got too close to the teen fighters. The girl added that Newcomb was telling her daughter “where to hit” her adversary.
As clear cut of a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't as I've ever seen. How many stories do you read these days lamenting parents lack of interest in their children's extra curricular activities? And then this mom comes out to support her teen and she gets a court date out of it?
And for what? Shouting words of encouragement and advice? Please that's parenting 101. She's not just going to sit back and watcher her daughter get her ass beat. "Punch her in the fucking body" is a classic boxing technique. Everyone knows body shots tire out your opponent. Plus they're more humane than face shots, it's not like she's cheering for the other girl to be mutilated, just for her own daughter to come out victorious.
