Friday, October 25, 2024

Let Kids Walk Home

John Stossel reports:
Why Letting Your Kid Walk Home Alone Could Land You in Jail

A mother was ARRESTED for letting her 8-year-old son walk half a mile home. Prosecutors said she put her kid “in imminent danger of death.” Really?

Not just arrested, but charged with a felony and coerced into a plea bargain.

A comment:

The true villain here is the busy body who called police. This country is infested with hags.
When I was 8 years old, I walked farther than that from school to home every day.

Yes, the busybody is evil, but the police and prosecutors and judges are the ones in authority, and they should know better.

Here is a worse story:

A Prunedale [California] father has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the negligent death of his autistic daughter.

Jermain Gonzalez, 43, agreed to plead no contest after being charged in the death of his daughter, who was killed when she was hit by a car while trying to cross Highway 101 in 2023.

Gonzalez was charged by the Monterey County district attorney's office with second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and three counts of felony child abuse.

10 years in prison? That should be for real criminal. The story says authorities knew about a history of negligence, but if so, why aren't those authorities going to prison for 10 years? They could have acted if it were so serious. And if not so serious, why is he getting 10 years? I do not agree with criminalizing parenting mistakes.

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