The mother of the fourteen year old boy who was killed in the Florida bootcamp beating is now claiming she believes the coroners cause of death is a government coverup for the truth. It has been found that the boy did not die from the beating, but from a rare sickel cell disease no one was aware he had. However the boys mother refuses to accept the truth. While I do not agree with the extensive beating that forced upon the boy, and I understand his mother's pain, it is ridiculous to believe that it is some kind of government cover-up. Next, she will be claiming the beating was an act of racism rather than discipline. I am not sterotyping her as an angry black woman, but that is all she has proved to be in the media coverage. She is exactly the tpe of person to start screaming RACISM. No, I am not racist myself; I am half black.Trust me, I am not singling her out or attempting to degrade African Americans. But, the fact of the matter is the government has no reason to cover up the cause of the boy's death. The incidence alone is causing law makers to second guess boot camps across Florida and as a result boot camps in Florida may be closed. Plus, if the government truly wanted to cover up the enitre situation, it could ahve distroyed the video tapes! It is one thing to grieve and it is natural to blame others in times of pain, and if she feels the need to prosecute the guards and the camp, more power to her. But in her grief she also needs to recognize the truth because if she does not now, then she never will.
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Mother of dead boot camp boy believes cause of death is a governement cover-up
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