Just when you decide the death penalty should be abolished forever, a depraved monster like Ohio’s Quindell Sherman comes along with a crime so heinous, so wicked, that it leaves you breathless. And this real-life horror sequence immediately reminds you of the heart-ripping domestic violence scene in Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls.
Sherman is charged with murder after using all of his power to slam his infant son, Jayden, headfirst to the pavement, and then tossing him into the garbage bin in Columbus, Ohio.
The bloodletting began after a heated argument that Sherman and his girlfriend, Sonia Mitchell, had in their home. After Sherman punched Mitchell’s mother and great-grandmother, he picked up 3-month-old Jayden and — God have mercy on his soul — flung the baby some 25 feet down the street from the home’s landing. The deranged lunatic then grabbed the baby, held him high above his head, and with brute force slammed the baby into the ground again headfirst, according to the Columbus Police Department.
Aftewards, Sherman tried to run off with the terminally injured infant. Mitchell tried hiding the baby inside a trash bin about a block away from his home. Police arrived on scene and found Jayden standing on top of the baby inside the garbage bin. Incredibly, the baby was still alive at the time, but barely. But Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s trauma center was not able to save him.
Mitchell was arrested for the murder, charged, and arraigned in court on Thursday where bail was set at $2.5 million.
Much like in the pivotal scene of For Colored Girls that featured Kimberly Elise and Michael Ealy, Sherman and Mitchell had a history of domestic violence that Mitchell never resolved nor removed herself from. And it wound up having unspeakable consequences. In January, when Mitchell was pregnant with Jayden, she called police because Sherman allegedly pushed her down, struck her and even spit on her. No charges were filed in the case
Most African Americans vehemently oppose the death penalty because of the traditionally racist way in which it has been applied against us. But an incorrigible reprobate like Sherman makes you want to rethink your stance in some especially horrific cases. –terry shropshire
