Tuesday, March 29, 2011

news log #21


"Honors student allegedly pistol-whips mom to get sports car" 

Summary: In Fort Myers, Florida, a 17-year-old honors student Rachel Hachero was accused of using a stolen gun to pistol-whip and then threaten her mother to get a signature for a sports car. On March 24th, Rachel called her mom from a car dealership and requested that her mother co-sign a loan for a car. When her mom refused to do so, Rachel threatened to kill her. Around 7, Rachel arrived at her home and confronted her mother-- not just with words, but with a 9 mm. She hit her mother on the head with the gun, and then pointed it at her mom's head. Rachel told her mother they were going to go to the dealership and she was going to co-sign for the car. Her mother did just that, and isn't even going to prosecute her daughter because she's an honors student and was accepted into several Ivy League colleges. 

Response: The fact that this teenager is getting away with almost murdering her own mother in order to get a car is disgusting. She used a stolen gun (from early July 2010) and used it to get her mother to help her get a car. And the fact that the mother isn't prosecuting Rachel is kind of ridiculous. I understand that Rachel is her daughter, but Rachel threatened to kill her, all for a car. I think that today kids are becoming more and more spoiled and expect to get what they want. Rachel should've just accepted the fact that asking for a car and expecting to get it is unrealistic and rude, especially because a car is extremely expensive. And maybe the mother shouldn't spoil her daughter so badly. The both of them should get a reality check, you can't always give or get what you want. 

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