Alfreda Giedrojc, a 61-year-old suburban Chicago woman, murdered her 6-month-old granddaughter Sunday, October 6.
"Her father and grandfather had stepped out of the grandparents' house for a short time when this horrific event took place," Oak Lawn police said.
Giedrojc
reportedly laid the child on the floor, pulled a sledgehammer from the closet
and hit the baby on both her head and body several times. She then picked up
the baby and slit her throat with a carving knife.
This is the same sort of horrific image with which a pro-life group sensationalized abortion on campus earlier this week.
The group, which was trying to spread information about its beliefs, ended up scaring students away with its grisly pro-life posters .
The whole display was an effective reminder of subtlety's power over sensationalism. It reminded us of something The Daily Show's Jon Stewart said about provocation — "If we amplify everything, we hear nothing."
The anti-abortion group's signs were loud, and students seemed to be covering their ears. Why would a group so strongly against violence employ such an overwhelming barrage of violent imagery? Is news media to blame as an influence? Surely there was a less startling, effective way to convey the message.
This is the same sort of horrific image with which a pro-life group sensationalized abortion on campus earlier this week.
The group, which was trying to spread information about its beliefs, ended up scaring students away with its grisly pro-life posters . The whole display was an effective reminder of subtlety's power over sensationalism. It reminded us of something The Daily Show's Jon Stewart said about provocation — "If we amplify everything, we hear nothing."
The anti-abortion group's signs were loud, and students seemed to be covering their ears. Why would a group so strongly against violence employ such an overwhelming barrage of violent imagery? Is news media to blame as an influence? Surely there was a less startling, effective way to convey the message.
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