Pasadena police probe possible boot camp abuses

[harvey007]

Source: Boston Globe

PASADENA, Calif.—Police will investigate whether a crime occurred at a youth boot camp after videos surfaced showing instructors shouting at a boy wearing a tire around his neck and children being told to drink water until some vomited.

Investigators will question boot camp operator Kelvin "Sgt. Mac" McFarland, police Cmdr. Darryl Qualls told the Pasadena Star-News ( http://bit.ly/vtQb7Q) on Thursday.

McFarland runs Family First Growth Camp in Pasadena, which like other boot camps uses military-style discipline and exercises with a goal of instilling character and keeping at-risk youngsters away from drugs, alcohol and crime.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/10/28/pasadena_police_probe_possible_boot_camp_abuses/

[ellisonz]

1. "In the other video, McFarland encourages children to drink water to the point of vomiting."

This former resident of Pasadena is disgusted by this cruelty.

[shraby]

2. What kind of parents would send their children to a camp

like that? Like Carlin says, they like the kid as a fetus, but after being born, not so much...sounds like he's really really right.