<p>From the LA Times opinion piece written by Dolan:</p>
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<p>The family actually was disappearing from the mainstream news spotlight although still the subject of much discussion in the blogsphere. They seem to have reined in the extended family’s comments about Jahi on FB, twitter, gofundme etc. The uncle’s NFL photo was probably ill-considered, but really, I think the family has a right to some normalcy. Who among us would be prepared for an onslaught of judgement during such an emotional time? The lawyer should have expected this given his experience with high-profile cases, but not the family. </p>
<p>This article brings everyone back into the public spotlight.</p>
<p>Okay, I completely disagree. They all know what they are doing and to think otherwise is really giving them no credit for basic common sense. It’s actually insulting. The family is the only reason the family was ever in the mainstream news spotlight in the first place. They were literally on nearly 100 talk shoes and news programs slandering a hospital and telling one side of a story that has two sides. Maybe more. Normalcy? Nothing about this entire ordeal has anything to do with normalcy. That’s the problem.</p>
<p>They can’t just disappear until they are ready to start filing lawsuits since what’s happening now will likely be part of those actions. Rant over.</p>
<p>Dolan should have predicted the public outcry and prepared the family better for this. Perhaps he’s the one who has told them to cool it with the FB/twitter/Instagram posts these past couple of weeks.</p>
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<p>How do we know that they all know? Either they’re “fools” or they know exactly what they’re doing - can we have it both ways? </p>
<p>I tend to err on the side of compassion.</p>
<p>Since there is no news to report, the LA Times is left with commenting on the op-ed comments.</p>
<p>They still say she’s improving. Do they believe it is another question. And, really, it’s not possible to believe they all believe it. Some, at various points indicated they knew it was untrue. But, that’s the story and they’re sticking to it. We’ll see what happens.</p>
<p>The family hasn’t said anything for over a week, the last tweet being from the uncle. The lawyer said she was getting a feeding tube on 1/6, but no details since then.</p>
<p>Uhm, the family is all over the internet under various aliases and the family is a little confusing since there are a lot of them and they all have different last names. I think the uncle officially said something after the ballgame pics. It could have been yesterday but it was just the basic request for privacy, she’s getting better stuff.</p>
<p>They know people are losing patience with them and sympathy is fading fast. Geez, read the comments below any recent article. It’s not pretty.</p>
<p>Honestly, I have nothing but compassion for Jahi’s mom and those that really loved her and may believe that a miracle is going to happen. I disagree that compassion caused this debacle. I think that a feeble judge caused it by buckling under pressure. It is not compassionate to allow people to live in a state of denial to the point that a situation defies the law and a judge makes a ruling to enable that with complete disregard for the precedent that he is setting.</p>
<p>I fault the lawyer and the hangers-on that hope to benefit by the situation and provide nothing but unhealthy reassurance and encouragement to Jahi’s mother.</p>
<p>See, I don’t believe they believe that at all. </p>
<p>I mean, if you want to give the benefit of the doubt to her mom fine, but that does not explain anyone else. And, if the mom is truly crazy with grief then the others should be helping her come to terms with reality not enabling. And threatening. And maligning. And accusing. And insisting that a dead girl is improving. She has also said a few things that raise questions but we can overlook that, for now. The dads have never said a word publicly. The uncle got the lawyer involved and is puling his strings imho. I don’t blame him at all. He’s a sleaze. Nothing more.</p>
<p>these people are acting like the family of a person who’s been rightly convicted of a capital crime. Everyone around them knows their relative is definitely guilty, but they’re all singing, the “he is innocent” chorus. </p>
<p>They say that she’s “improving”? If so, then I wonder if the gameplan is to say, “she was improving for several weeks, but then a sudden downturn caused her death.” </p>
<p>Some mental institution needs to be lining up some beds for a long-stay with these folks.</p>
<p>I agree the judge shouldn’t have allowed this to get to this point. But, it wouldn’t change all that much. They would be still be suing the hospital for violating their civil rights among other things and accusing them of killing their child. The only thing that would change is the current sideshow and the numbers if they are planning to sue for the ongoing costs of her medical care. Of course, they will have to prove that so it could be interesting.</p>
<p>BB - I saw that news this afternoon and jumped for joy. Sevmom - am hoping that, this being late Friday afternoon/evening, that an appeal is less likely to happen before the 5PM deadline Monday.</p>
<p>Yesterday I saw a blurb on the news in Dallas about this case. One of the legislators who drafted this law used in the Texas case said they had never envisioned it being applied in this fashion and that he firmly supported the husband’s position.</p>
<p>I didn’t see the actual news story, but thought I’d put that out there.</p>
<p>How else would it have been applied? I don’t think the hospital acted this way out of a moral position but out of fear of the law. The only other situation I could imagine it being used in would be preventing a pregnant woman in Texas from going on hospice or choosing to be a DNR.</p>