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January 23rd, 2012
05:50 PM ET
Father binds, cages, threatens to electrocute daughter, defends it as a 'joke'
According to police, a man in Ohio bound his young daughter with duct-tape, forced her into a dog cage, and threatened to electrocute her. Her brother captured photos of the incident, which he uploaded to Facebook. Now the father is claiming that the whole thing was done as a joke. CNN's Brooke Baldwin has the story.
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Some people should not reproduce.
A joke? The guy must be a barrel of laughes at the office Christmas party!
I can't imagine he'd find it funny if I, or anyone else, did it to him. It's a lame excuse for outrageous behavior.
I feel badly for the kids.
i can only say one thing about this.......let's do this same "joke" to him see if he finds it funny then.