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[–]HeyImSancho[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I'm sure it occurred to the dad, but I wonder if as the son was dying, then the thought of 'is this really tough love' becoming one of his final thoughts!

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well no one can claim it was entirely unjustified

On Saturday, Sherman Palmer had broken his phone, so his father drove him to a store to have the device repaired. On the way home, the son began kicking the back of the front passenger seat that was occupied at the time by his father's girlfriend, according to a police interview with the dad.