Topic : 03/16 Cheerleader Scandal

I agree with you so much.  You know what makes me mad is that they said the police were called but no reports were made because there was nothing they could do.  Maybe if they would have at least made one report or gave Daniel and the family some warning this may not have happened. Honestly Brandi must have cared for Daniel at some point or another and she truly did not want to or mean for this to happen. 

People who repeated kill on purpose don't get sentenced to the "rest of their life"...it doesn't seem fair, but Brandi's crime in comparison to child abusers, etc. is pale.   

You will never find peace within yourself if you dont have forgiveness.  What I dont understand is WHAT WAS DANIEL DOING IN FRONT OF HER CAR? If it was dark, he never should have been there.   I happen to believe her.  The fact that she put a tree thru her windshield more than likely came from fright and sheer terror.  I do not believe she intentionally tried to kill or even harm your son.  Accidents do happen unfortunately and if he ran in front of her car, that was unfortunate.  I can understand you miss your son and my heart bleeds for you, but being hateful will never bring him back.  Brandy will carry this scar for the rest of her life and that will never be easy when she has to explain it to an employer, a husband and her own child. 

Please, please, for the sake of all of you, forgive her. You are becoming sick, your daughter will be hate filled and it will scar her for the rest of her life.  I see the horrible bitterness you all bear and how many lives are being ruined.   Hatred will never ever bring your son back. Its all water under the bridge and I am sure Daniel is up in heaven asking you to forgive her and let this go. 

To the family who lost their son I give my deepest condolences.  To the family who have lost their daughter, though it may not be permanent, I offer my prayers.  Not only is their daughter serving a sentence but both families as well.  What I wish for both families is that they are not consumed with the past happenings that they forget that they are still alive and need to live rather than exist. 

To the family that lost their son, if the perpetrator was to die would that make your pain any less?  If your response is yes then you do not want justice, it is revenge that you seek and that can be consuming to an individual's mind, body and spirit.  Revenge is not a positive driving force.  The fact that some one is paying for the crime by having 12 years of their life taken from them is justice enough because no one except the two persons involved really know what took place that day.  A horrific accident is a good term to describe the event. Cant we take it as just that or shall we spend the rest of our lives focusing on what could have or should have happened.  Is that what your son would have wanted? 

Please find it in your heart to forgive her as she struggles to forgive herself.  Being mentally imprisoned is the worst punishment one can wish on another and she has been deemed both mentally and physically imprisoned.  Do something positive with your son's memory.  Pent up anger will only lead to degenerating physical illnesses.   

My prayers are with both families. 

I don't care if Daniel's mother was drunk everyday and beat her kids with belts, how dare u attack this woman.  She was not there that night and she wasn't driving the car.  She was extremely angry and extremely emotional on the show, yes, but don't call her feelings misguided.  Brandi was the cause of her son's death and Brandi has shown no remorse toward this woman.  I'd be filled with hatred too.  Character assisnation on her and her son are uncalled for.  U don't know for a fact that he ever talked of suicide or killing. 

For all u know Brandi emellished some or a lot of his treatment toward her to try to get out of this mess.  She's a teenager and she made a fatal error of judgement 

no person who is angry or upset should EVER get behind the wheel of a car. The young man had threatened to kill the girl, her brother and himself. Could it be that he jumped in front of the moving car, in a suicide attempt as he had threatened? What a sad and tragic story for all parties involved. 

We wonder how the son who is still alive is dealing with all of this, as it seems he is being overshadowed by the death of his brother. Forgiveness and peace to all. My heart aches for the mother who lost her son, but she needs to continue to be the best person she can be and set an example for her remaining children. Resentments and anger are self destuctive.