Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town
Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town
It was dinnertime on October 30, 2024, when police handcuffed Brittany Patterson in front of three of her four children and drove her to the station in
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A woman who saw him walking alongside the road—speed limit: 25 in some places, 35 in others—asked him if he was OK. He said yes.
Nevertheless, she called the police.
So it was all that Karen's fault...
A family friend got a police visit because she lets her kids ride their bikes out of view of home. Like they go a couple streets over and ride around but apparently that's neglect now
I grew up on the southeast side of Portland. When I was 10, I rode my bike to Multnomah Falls and across the river into Washington State. I moved away just before my 11th birthday so I'm very confident about my age. I also rode all around Portland. Into downtown, down to Lake Oswego, over to my aunt's in Gresham...
The worst thing that ever happened was an older kid on a bike came up next to me and tried to push me off of my bike, but it didn't work and I took off and he was chasing me. I wove thru traffic and parked cars at a shopping center and he ended up slamming into a parked car at full speed. :)
Fair, but the parent still neglected the child.
That's not what neglect is
Sure.
It’s not
In what way?
Help me understand what your definition of neglect is.
Abandonment is neglect.
"neglected"
No. It was liberal busybodies who enabled this sort of thing to happen in the first place.
And if that statement pisses anyone off, ask yourself this: Do you think this sort of thing was championed by conservative people?
I'm liberal as hell in most opinions, but this is exactly the sort of government overreach conservatives despise.
Nah, this isn't a political thing, it's an asshole thing
Yes I do think it was championed by conservative people. And if that statement pisses anyone off, my evidence is that Fannin County GA, where this took place, voted 82% for Trump.
The government stopping doctors from practicing medicine is overreach every “conservative” votes for. Stopping a person from growing a plant and then consuming it is government overreach that every “conservative” votes for. Unconstitutional seizure of money without a fair trial is government overreach that every “conservative” votes for. Forcing
shariachristian indoctrination into school curriculums is government overreach that every “conservative” votes for.I'd imagine that the odds of that person being conservative in a town of 300 people are like 99%.
This sort of nanny state neighbor hood busy body bullshit is constantly perpetuated by elderly conservatives with too much time on their hands.
Liberals arent the fucking snowflakes conservatives claim they are, but conservatives sure act like one.
Conservatives hate government overreach
Unless someone is gay
Then the government should reach all around to prevent them participating in public life.
These days "conservatives" despise anything that has a hint of government smell on it. Not because of anything meaningful or anything, of course, just that "government bad".
Do they? Cuz I just read an article about Donald Trump starting a whole new government agency.
Yeah, but to them he's the "anti-government".
It flies in the face of rationality, of course, but so does most conservative ideology.
I still see children walking alone where I live, but I'll admit that I can't compare it to when I was young because I don't pass by elementary schools before/after school to be able to see them.
I could definitely see it championed by some conservative people. Both ends of the political spectrum can have tendencies towards government control, depending on the topic.
Conservatism is often built upon fear. Also consider all of the studies linking right-wing political views to physiological differences like bigger amygdalas (which play a role in fear).
Some people will be fearful that children need to be protected at all costs, so they'll do things like this.
Just remember which side is doing things "for the children" as a scapegoat...hide the gays for the children, no drag story time to protect the children, no sex education (even books) to keep the children innocent. No walking alone outside to protect the children.
I'm not saying this particular Karen was Conservative, but I'm saying that she could be. I'm not sure why you're blaming Liberal people, but I'm sure you have explanations like I do (and I'd be curious to hear them), but I'd wager that the problem is not exclusively tied to either side of the political spectrum.