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Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by dwaltrip »

5555624 wrote: post #123
a_victorp wrote: post #120

Does anybody else get a feeling that this is fake? Reason is the only source (other news outlets just link to this article), there is no comment from the DA or the sheriff nor any documents or mention of official documentation that could corroborate the story. And the GoFundMe has very little info

She shows up int the "Fannin County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report 10/28 – 11/3/2024," as Inmate 2512, charged with "Reckless Codnict," the charge in het article. ( https://fannin.fetchyournews.com/2024/11/05/fannin-county-sh... )

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Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by spwa4 »

andrewl wrote: post #112
__turbobrew__ wrote: post #31

I don’t know what is up with the USA and its obsession that kids cannot have autonomy. I think many of us grew up where our parents didn’t know our location at all times. My parents used to tell me to be home by a certain time, but I used to roam the neighborhood, go get candy at the gas station, explore the forest. Maybe it is a sign of the eroding social trust in the USA where people do not believe that others in t…

I don't know if you can can say the entire USA has an "obsession" with preventing children from being autonomous based on this one incident. That's too much of a generalization. There are obviously people who do think that way. But there are also a lot who do not, including the mother, who said "I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident." This situation is rid…

It's not based on this incident, it's based on this incident happening and on the fact that there are laws making this possible, plus zero checks on the people doing it. Nobody saying "this is insane, stop it". This was voted in, in theory, by the majority of the US population.

Oh, and of course that they're doing it. After all, they're not doing this of their own volition. They're paid by the government. In other words, by the majority of the US population.

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by DoodahMan »

__turbobrew__ wrote: post #31

I don’t know what is up with the USA and its obsession that kids cannot have autonomy. I think many of us grew up where our parents didn’t know our location at all times. My parents used to tell me to be home by a certain time, but I used to roam the neighborhood, go get candy at the gas station, explore the forest. Maybe it is a sign of the eroding social trust in the USA where people do not believe that others in t…

yep, we're old fogies now. at age 9 my best friend and i would ride our bikes about 5 miles to the beach. no cell phones. no arrests. no problems. we'd ride our gas-powered scooters to the gas station for slushies. we too played in the woods.

i don't understand what changed or why kids today can't do anything on their own. it does not seem good for their development, which in turn does not seem good for the future of our country.

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by quantified »

MostlyStable wrote: post #59
quantified wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no crime actually mentioned. What are the charges?

>If the state does prosecute, Patterson could face a reckless conduct charge, a $1,000 fine, and a year in jail. From the article, apparently it's "reckless conduct"

Thank you, I missed that. Man, it'd be interesting to see what a jury would say. What's your peer group doing?

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by knowitnone »

tristanb wrote: post #5

When I was 8? I think, I used to take a bus to go get a VHS tape from the local rental shop. It's important for kids to have autonomy. In Japan, its pretty common to send even younger kids out on errands.

Japan has a lot less crime than the US.

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by knowitnone »

SunlitCat wrote: post #24
zaptheimpaler wrote: post #16

There's something extremely sick about the modern attitudes to children in the US (and maybe elsewhere). These people are fucking crazy. They can't imagine a world where children actually exist out in the real world and live their life like every other country instead of only in supervised jail schools. Anything approaching affection or concern for other children is seen with suspicion as if its pedophilia. Everyone…

And (to complete that picture) as soon as they turn 18, they get the boot to the street to fend for themselves!

you might have gotten the boot at 18 but many get a job or go to college and still live at home. where are you getting your numbers from?

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by knowitnone »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #4
sgt wrote: post #2

Phoning the sheriff first before offering to give the kid a ride? What's wrong with people?

Neighbor jailed for offering to give child, "a ride."

Probably not a neighbor but reporter jailed for soliciting a minor

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by joecool1029 »

EasyMark wrote: post #140
WaxProlix wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is American policing, I've been pulled over or even detained for just walking several times. I think it's a combination of power tripping, nothing better to do with large police forces and many vehicles, and a fundamental distrust of any transport that isn't a car. And of course the legal and moral framework that allows for random abuses of rights and an overall acceptance of a papers-please force.

Hate to ask but are you a person of color? My brown friends have been pulled over and stopped while just walking around many more times than me (plain white dude). I have been pulled over one time in my life and never so much as had more more than a “hi how are you doing?”from a cop on the street.

FWIW I had my car get totaled while I was a freshman in college and walked to it the day after. Cops stopped me 3 times on approx a 6mi walk, wouldn't leave me the fuck alone until I pulled out ID. I'm white and this was in NJ, we are not a stop and identify state. Apparently teen walking down the road with a backpack in middle of day is suspicious.

This was around 17 years ago, cant imagine how ridiculous it is now.

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by dennis_jeeves2 »

INTPenis wrote: post #27

Good old USA of course. There was another body cam footage of an eldery woman who was arrested for merely walking along the road. I don't blame anyone in the story, this is yet another symptom of the US sprawl, car centric culture, and capitalism that leaves people desperate without any safety net. Take care of people's basic needs and you might see crime drop.

>Take care of people's basic needs and you might see crime drop.

I would replace needs with 'rights' (what ever that might mean)

Re: Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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Post by xattt »

__turbobrew__ wrote: post #31

I don’t know what is up with the USA and its obsession that kids cannot have autonomy. I think many of us grew up where our parents didn’t know our location at all times. My parents used to tell me to be home by a certain time, but I used to roam the neighborhood, go get candy at the gas station, explore the forest. Maybe it is a sign of the eroding social trust in the USA where people do not believe that others in t…

There’s elements at play where adults with childhood neglect and/or sexual trauma sublimate their understandably strong emotions into current safety initiatives for children.

People pile on with their ideas, like some sort of perverse “yes, and …” improv exercise. Nobody disagrees because “won’t somebody think of the children”.

Other folks in power blindly see it as their sole duty, without context, to implement and execute said initiatives which creates a positive feedback loop with no relief.

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