Teenage Occupier Kills Parents After They Object To Time He Was Spending At Occupy Oakland Camp
Remember all the 15-year-old Tea Party kids killing their parents? Yeah, me neither.
(Daily Telegraph) — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his adoptive parents after reportedly arguing with them over how much time he was spending at an Occupy protest camp.
Robert Kamin, 55, and Susan Poff, 50, were found strangled under blankets in a car outside their home in Oakland, California.
Police believe someone then tried to set fire to the car which was charred.
Friends and relations said the couple had worked tirelessly for the poor, and adopted because they wanted to help a disadvantaged child. Their adopted son was a black belt in karate and played violent video games.
Mr Kamin, a graduate of Stanford University, was a clinical psychologist working with prison inmates in San Francisco jails.
Ms Poff, a Berkeley graduate, was a doctor’s assistant who worked with the homeless.
Colleagues told the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper that the couple had been having difficulties with their son and some of that was to do with him spending too much time at the Occupy Oakland encampment.
Oakland has been a flashpoint in the nationwide series of Occupy protests. At the weekend, almost 400 people were arrested during a series protests.