cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21954268

Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town

“I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident,” says Brittany Patterson.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 day ago

    MoViNg tO tHe sUbUrB/cOuNtRySiDe fOr tHe kIdS

    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.

    Traitor.

    The plan (from child protective services) would also require Patterson to download an app onto her son’s phone allowing for his location to be monitored.

    If I were the child, I’d forget my phone at home very often. A town like that probably has a no-phone school anyways.


    People don’t care about children apparently. Spatial appropriation is an important aspect of childrens’ development. Children cannot lobby for themselves in the same way most adult social groups can do.

  • @[email protected]
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    391 day ago

    not quite a mile from his house

    It wasn’t even far. They live on 16 acres, he could be just as far into the woods and still be on their property.

  • @jordanlund
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    511 day ago

    Seems less to do with cars and more to do with citizen/government stupidity:

    “It’s not quite a mile from his house.”

    Looks like Georgia DOES have a “Reasonable Childhood Independence” law…

    https://letgrow.org/states/

    • @grueOP
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      271 day ago

      The sheriff disagreed.

      She kept mentioning how he could have been run over, or kidnapped or ‘anything’ could have happened,” recalls Patterson.

      • GladiusB
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        1624 hours ago

        She needs a fucking hobby besides acting like some pedo. 100 percent if this was a man watching a kid it would be taken much differently.

      • @jordanlund
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        351 day ago

        ‘anything’ could have happened if he’d stayed home too. ‘Anything’ is a low bar. ;)

        • sunzu2
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          Anything can happen at the church at a higher ate than on the road lol

          but this clowns never worry about that one…

      • IndiBrony
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        271 day ago

        In a town of 370 people? How many cars were on the road? 3?

        • @[email protected]
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          417 hours ago

          I live in a rural community. What scares me the most is the dumbass hicks flying around in their giant vehicles, both old and young. They’re always driving like their houses are on fire.

          • Liz
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            17 hours ago

            Here’s where the problem is. The sheriff is viewing the potential for the kid to get hit by a person driving a car as the kid’s fault, when of course the fault should lie completely with her person operating heavy machinery.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 hours ago

            When I go running on country roads in spandex and sandals, the hicks in the trucks go by real friggin’ slowly. Like, aggressively slowly.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 day ago

        Obligatory reminder: you have the right to silence in the US. Under no circumstances do you have to say anything to them, except for specific things like, “I want a lawyer,” and, “Am I under arrest?”

        • Jake Farm
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          111 day ago

          You also have to say you are involving the 5th amendment if you are going to remain silent. There are cases where the supreme court ruled that the 5th amendment only applies if you verbally invoke it by name.

  • @NicolaHaskell
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    -1211 hours ago

    “terminal car-brain” 😂 you guys’ll pathologize anything

    Dear Santa, for Christmas this year I want a deck of Internet meme psychology tarot cards. The Narcissist. The Gas Lighter. The Driver. I have not been a good boy, thank you for understanding.

    • @NicolaHaskell
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      011 hours ago

      Angry, vindictive Internet dwellers love to identify with the left while arguing on behalf of libertarians. So long as Somebody On The Other Side is getting punished the specifics of self responsibility and internal consistency don’t matter too much.

  • shoulderoforion
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    1. The State requires Adults to be responsible for Children until they are at the end of the age of Legal custody, these ages vary, but it’s usually 18 years old

    2. It it very difficult for The State to determine which activities done without Adult supervision are safe for children, I mean, just look at the Catholic Church

    3. The State is a hammer, everything it sees is a nail