Buck was beaten regularly and unmercifully as a boy, broken in ways no one would wish on any animal.

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Same week that this happened I got a call from another neighbor of mine in Bowling Green, a little boy had a broken foot and crutches.

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The boy suffered a broken right arm as he tried to protect his head and later needed surgery to insert a metal plate to repair the injury.

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The boy had a broken leg.

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Those clues include broken family bonds, being bullied as a boy, his being enamored of the culture of violence, particularly of movies.

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Prosecutor Christopher Donnellan has said the boy suffered "non-accidental" injuries including a broken leg in the year leading up to his death.

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The father of a boy slain in a mass school shooting in December has broken down in tears at a US Senate hearing on a proposed assault weapons ban.

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The boy, 14, was playing football on a Lincoln estate when his arm was broken by men "wanting revenge after another red-haired youth abused their sister".

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