A photo of two toddlers whose hands and mouths were duct-taped, and captioned as "for sale," sparked outrage on social media. The cousin of the woman who posted the picture, believed to be the mother of one of the toddlers "for sale," said it was just a joke that "people just went overboard about."
Jaton Justsilly Jaibabi, the woman who posted the disturbing image on Friday, captioned it with, "Kids for sale, 45 percent because they bad." The toddlers were at the back of an unidentified car, with one toddler already having tears in his eyes.
According to the cousin of Jaibabi, Derion King, it was just intended as a joke. He justified his cousin's act saying, "Our family and friends know the love we have for all the kids in our family. It's just crazy that out of a whole lifetime they judge a person off of this one event." He added that it was one of those mistakes that people make, and the lesson from the whole incident has been learned.
Although King said that the children are safe and unharmed, there was no stopping the uproar that the horrible photo caused among online users. Metro reports that one user said, "I could not breathe. It took my breath away, caused extreme emotional distress. These are children. These are human beings."
The disturbing photo was brought to the attention of Memphis Police Department in Tennessee, which immediately investigated the image, Mirror notes. A high school student, who resides in the same area where Jaibabi is, said that the photo offended her.
After the shocking photo of the toddlers with duct-taped mouth and hands circulated on social media, Jaibabi has deleted her account. Who wouldn't? Most of the posts that followed were mostly in the negative. How about you? What can you say about a mom who duct-tapes her toddler's mouth and hands?
