Dastardly Dads: Dad charged with assaulting 3-month-old son (Buffalo, New York)

Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

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7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Dad charged with assaulting 3-month-old son (Buffalo, New York)

Dad is identified as ALEX MERCADO.

http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/Buffalo-Father-Charged-with-Shaking-Baby-236289661.html

Buffalo Father Charged with Shaking Baby

By John Borsa
December 17, 2013
Updated Dec 17, 2013 at 6:25 PM EST

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - A 21-year-old father is behind bars, his infant son hospitalized after police said the baby was shaken by the man.

Alex Mercado is facing charges of reckless assault and second-degree assault.

The boy's mother reported the alleged incident to law enforcement. It is not clear if she was home at the time.

Police responded to 293 Amherst St. in Buffalo on Monday night just after 8 p.m.

The boy, who is three-months-old, is suffering blindness, bleeding on the brain and bruised ribs.

Mercado pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Tuesday. He is scheduled to be back in Buffalo City Court on Thursday morning for a felony hearing.

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Dad charged with assaulting 3-month-old son (Buffalo, New York)