Generations of people who are taught that they bear little, if any, personal responsibility for themselves will devolve. In the 70s my family, though poor, was proud enough to go to the government only as a last resort. When I think of my proud Black family, who were shamed to collect welfare benefits and worked two or three jobs to make ends meet, to people like Nickella “Nikki” Reid and Joseph Miller I am thankful that I grew up in a time and in a place where pride and decency were the norm:

DETROIT — A couple was arraigned on charges in the death of a 2-year-old boy Deante after his charred remains were found hidden in the basement ceiling.

Police said the parents burned the child’s dead body on the home barbecue grill to cover up his death.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Joseph Miller III, 28, and Nickello L. Reid, 23, both of Detroit.

During a child abuse investigation into the couple’s 1-year-old, police were called to a relatives home located in the 15000 block of Lapin in Detroit, on Nov. 22, where they discovered the burned remains of their 2-year-old in a plastic bag hidden in the basement ceiling.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner said the investigation into the cause of death was inconclusive. However, the child suffered from malnutrition, numerous broken bones, disease and abuse.

“It is very difficult to think of an innocent child suffering so profoundly during his two years on earth,” said Worthy.

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Reid was charged with another count of welfare fraud over $500 and two counts of failure to inform, each of which carries a maximum penalty of up to four years in prison.

Worthy said Reid failed to inform authorities her child had died but continued to collect assistance money from the state of Michigan.

Reid’s mother, Doretha Lippett, 51, of Detroit, was expected to turn herself in to the police after she was charged with two counts of welfare fraud for her role in helping her daughter.

Generation after generation festering in taxpayer subsidized perdition where the innocent suffer endless torment at the hands of the shiftless and the depraved.

They abused the boy, murdered him, cooked him and then put the remains in another family members house. Behold the glory of the welfare state that uplifts the human spirit!

Dreamin’ Demon goes into some detail, and illustrates the barbarism of this modern Beane family who, for love of the meager benefits the state provides, denied this poor child a proper burial.

h/t News of Doom