The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

Not for the weak hearted. This a Netflix special look at how American justice failed a 7yr boy on many levels, no not back in the 70s or 80s but just a few years ago in the teenies.

Its properly **** up actually how badly this boy is abused at home and by the safety system thats meant to protect the vulnerable, every time you watch an episode and say to yourself how could it get any worse it does.

I enjoy real life stuff and this was well done, even though id never heard of the poor lite mite before i will probably never forget him.

As soon as I hit play I was crying and didn't stop until the end... I hadn't heard of Gabriel before this documentary... Now I don't think I will ever forget him.. It's a hard watch

Pay attention people, think about how abuse has affected us all in one way or another, big or small. This is yet another account of the consequences of abuse left unchecked in people. This is what happens when pain is left untreated and unacknowledged in society, this is how it manifests - through death of the innocent. I recommend everyone watch this to get an understanding of the magnitude of this problem. What happened to this boy is what happens to so many children and people in general on a daily basis in our society, we have to start thinking in terms of the collective, not just for ourselves. We are all responsible for each other and we can prevent things like this from happening.

I cannot even fathom how those 2 monsters could do what they did to an innocent sweet loving boy. i never cry while watching documentaries like this but i've cried so much while watching this. what hurts the most was that the boy still loved his mom.

Sad, heartbreaking, gut wrenching, angry, mad....

All these words are emotions you will feel watching this.

But please keep in mind, if you are just a relative, by law you cannot just take the child without the mother's permission, it is called kidnapping.

That being said, there were numerous points of failures by many individuals that could have prevented this tragedy.