DON'T YOU TALK TO MY DAUGHTER LIKE THAT!!!

So, as the media continues to glorify this punk, Adam Lanza, I am choosing to turn your attention to some other acts of stupidity that America has to offer. This story, in particular, was especially stupid because it was a little extreme. It turns out; a 59-year-old man visiting his daughter on the Island of Staten (Staten Island) was arrested after he stabbed her boyfriend to death because he didn't like the way the victim was speaking to her. Like I said...a little extreme.

The suspect in question, James Parker, was visiting the couple for the holidays, but wound up in jail. He's being charged with murder and weapon possession in the death of 39-year-old Henry Raftrey. Parker's 29-year-old daughter, Dana,  frantically called 9-1-1 shortly before 7 a.m., which is when the argument broke out in their Victory Boulevard apartment that she shared with Raftrey. Raftrey would eventually retreat to the attic at some point during the argument. That's where Mr. Parker allegedly stabbed him in the abdomen with the 8-inch-blade of a kitchen knife. Really? All because he was arguing with your daughter, you had to stab the guy? I could see if there was domestic violence involved, but it was an argument. People have arguments all the time. It should never have come to stabbing someone. 

According to the police, Parker and his wife were said to be there for the holidays, but in the thick of things, they were really there to help their daughter move out after she and Raftrey supposedly broke up. Mr. Parker and Raftrey, who had been drinking all night, allegedly ended up fighting over money. Again, a little extreme, but I guess alcohol plays a serious factor too. The couple had a child together, and one neighbor said, "He was a good guy. I heard them fighting once, but everyone fights." Like I said earlier, if Raftrey was beating Parker, its one thing, but yelling at or fighting is something else. Either way, I still don't think stabbing was the way to go. Plus, at 59-years-old, do you really want to be sitting in the slammer for the rest of your life now for murder over an argument? Once again, stupidity in America!