[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

If we don't know then we can't use it as an argument for or against so discussing possibilities is useless for both sides.

The article doesn't mention if the family got the police involved, from the sounds of things the mother acknowledged the abuse and then ignored it and the police intervention came from the attention it received.

The mother has the right idea about meeting with the Twitter execs, you can't expect the police to get involved in every online dispute. Twitter must police itself.

I don't think anyone on this thread has advocated for the police getting involved in EVERY Twitter dispute, but there are some which the moderators are not equipped to deal with and shouldn't be expected to either.