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Dr. Randy Alexander

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Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

It doesn't sound developmentally possible.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

If you recall that a two-year-old, when they are trying to get a baby, first of all, they don't throw them.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

That takes arm muscle strength they don't have.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

So typically what they do is if they hold onto a baby, they're doing like this.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

They're grabbing them against their body, and they're in no position to hold them at arm's length and throw them.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

So right there, I'd have a problem with that.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

You're asking people to have a development that's not appropriate for that age.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

So now if they said somehow they tipped the baby out of the bassinet, that'd be fine.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

But then would that be enough to cause a fracture?

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

And you'd have to know some more details about that.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

Every once in a while, a shortfall will cause a broken bone.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

Usually not, though.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

And so you'd have to probably give a scene investigation and see more what that looks like.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

Well, that particular chat and everything else, my impression is that, first of all, I know most of those people that they had.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

What they were talking a lot about was process, the way that it was shaped.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

They were talking about the process and saying, you know, you really have to think about what you're doing here and, you know, what's going on and all that stuff.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

And that's true.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

You absolutely do.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

You don't want to jump to a conclusion.

Nobody Should Believe Me
What “The Preventionist” Left Out with Dr. Randy Alexander

You want to think it all the way through.