And who makes the determination on this mother’s fitness?? The woman Sheriff? What a classic over reach. The sheriff needs to be voted out. And this is from a red civil liberties state of georgia. Good god have they lost their minds
But the current administration was totally fine with unaccompanied minors crossing the border with human trafficking and narcotic criminals. Depravity or insanity, no other options
I looked it up and some states do have laws on the books as to minimum age to leave a kid on their own or let them go off on their own. But Georgia just has a “guideline,” and it’s 9. I hope she Karens the fuck out of those cops and gets some shit changed for this. Sounds like we now have Gen Z cops fighting to make sure the next generation is as coddled and useless as they (generally) are.
A parent can get arrested and charged for "crime" of her 10-year-old going for a walk in a small town. Meanwhile, children can be shown pornographic books in school and encouraged to participate in genital mutilation by a non-parental adult with impunity. How does one square that circle?
Something is very wrong here. Why all this fear? When I was a child, in 2nd & 3rd grades, I occasionally walked to school and regularly walked home. That trek from Charlotte's Midwood Elementary to 2826 Belvedere Ave just over a mile. No one thought that unusual and certainly not hazardous. What has changed since 1954?
In my opinion, I will offer you two specific things pertinent to this that have changed:
1) True Crime is an incredibly prolific genre of media. It is wildly popular among women. This breeds an obsession with danger and a culture of 'safetyism.'
2) We do not have communities anywhere in America that resemble 1954. On average, towns were far smaller and people regularly interacted with one another (instead of using the internet or watching TV alone at home like today), and even in large cities people largely lived among their ethnic communities on streets where you know many of the inhabitants. The fact is, people do not want to get to know their neighbors. And the problem only got worse after covid. I hate it.
I wonder if the police would go to a black womans home and arrest her if her 10 year old child walked over to a friends house a half mile away? Bet at most, they would just have a chat with her.
Does anyone really think that it was "Biden’s recent decision to lift restrictions on firing long-range missiles into Russian territory." By what indication can anyone conclude that Biden made that decision, or was even aware that this decision was being made?
Instinctively, I support the police and would like to see a hard line taken on crime. I don't support the "defund" movement even a tiny bit. I respect and honor those who put themselves in harm's way.
And yet I look at this video and read this story and realize that the police do not always serve and protect. I've never been arrested or close to arrest, and yet many times when I've seen the police in person, they haven't behaved well. Too many enjoy intimidating those who have too much to lose by objecting.
And I see that smug cop, out of shape, ridiculous cartoons tattooed on his or her arms, arresting a mom for doing absolutely nothing. Handcuffing and humiliating someone who poses no threat whatsoever. Taking her away from her children. When I grew up, kids wandered around neighborhoods without supervision. I walked a mile, often alone, to school every day from kindergarten on. Her only alleged crime is not being willing to install an app on a phone that would serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever if her child was actually in danger (kidnappers are not always idiots).
It makes me dislike and distrust the police. That shouldn't be the case.
My thoughts exactly when I read this....truly your BIAS is out there for all to see....if you are going to be a good journalist keep your personal hatred toward the right out of your writing....getting so sick of this BIAS here
Can someone explain to me why an illegal alien found guilty of murder is going spend life in our prison on our dime rather than being deported? Is it to ensure justice is served and so he doesn’t reoffend?
At age 8 in the 1950s, I walked to a bus stop and took a public bus to school. It wasn't that far and the bus fare was a dime, so I walked home without using the bus. This was on the westside of Manhattan. I was not the only kid doing it; others from my school - the then-newly built PS 75 - did the same.
Go to the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco and you'll see kids walking all over the place by themselves - to/from school, Salesians after school club, DiMaggio playground, home, friends' houses etc. just as it's always been. Hopefully someone who is local to the story will read it and be inspired to change the law there so kids in that area will be as free as they are here in SF.
When I was five, I walked almost that far to school without a parent. I was fine. When I was six, I went home to an empty house and locked the door until Mom got home an hour later. I was fine. When I was 10, I rode my horse alone through open country for miles. I was fine. Kids aren't stupid or incapable; they're just short. This is bullshit.
And who makes the determination on this mother’s fitness?? The woman Sheriff? What a classic over reach. The sheriff needs to be voted out. And this is from a red civil liberties state of georgia. Good god have they lost their minds
But the current administration was totally fine with unaccompanied minors crossing the border with human trafficking and narcotic criminals. Depravity or insanity, no other options
So the woman left her kid home with his grandfather, and *she's* the one who was arrested? Misogyny much?
LEOs wonder why they are disliked.
I looked it up and some states do have laws on the books as to minimum age to leave a kid on their own or let them go off on their own. But Georgia just has a “guideline,” and it’s 9. I hope she Karens the fuck out of those cops and gets some shit changed for this. Sounds like we now have Gen Z cops fighting to make sure the next generation is as coddled and useless as they (generally) are.
A parent can get arrested and charged for "crime" of her 10-year-old going for a walk in a small town. Meanwhile, children can be shown pornographic books in school and encouraged to participate in genital mutilation by a non-parental adult with impunity. How does one square that circle?
Something is very wrong here. Why all this fear? When I was a child, in 2nd & 3rd grades, I occasionally walked to school and regularly walked home. That trek from Charlotte's Midwood Elementary to 2826 Belvedere Ave just over a mile. No one thought that unusual and certainly not hazardous. What has changed since 1954?
> What has changed since 1954?
In my opinion, I will offer you two specific things pertinent to this that have changed:
1) True Crime is an incredibly prolific genre of media. It is wildly popular among women. This breeds an obsession with danger and a culture of 'safetyism.'
2) We do not have communities anywhere in America that resemble 1954. On average, towns were far smaller and people regularly interacted with one another (instead of using the internet or watching TV alone at home like today), and even in large cities people largely lived among their ethnic communities on streets where you know many of the inhabitants. The fact is, people do not want to get to know their neighbors. And the problem only got worse after covid. I hate it.
I wonder if the police would go to a black womans home and arrest her if her 10 year old child walked over to a friends house a half mile away? Bet at most, they would just have a chat with her.
Does anyone really think that it was "Biden’s recent decision to lift restrictions on firing long-range missiles into Russian territory." By what indication can anyone conclude that Biden made that decision, or was even aware that this decision was being made?
MSNBC is part of Spinco. We've long known they were offering spin, not news.
Instinctively, I support the police and would like to see a hard line taken on crime. I don't support the "defund" movement even a tiny bit. I respect and honor those who put themselves in harm's way.
And yet I look at this video and read this story and realize that the police do not always serve and protect. I've never been arrested or close to arrest, and yet many times when I've seen the police in person, they haven't behaved well. Too many enjoy intimidating those who have too much to lose by objecting.
And I see that smug cop, out of shape, ridiculous cartoons tattooed on his or her arms, arresting a mom for doing absolutely nothing. Handcuffing and humiliating someone who poses no threat whatsoever. Taking her away from her children. When I grew up, kids wandered around neighborhoods without supervision. I walked a mile, often alone, to school every day from kindergarten on. Her only alleged crime is not being willing to install an app on a phone that would serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever if her child was actually in danger (kidnappers are not always idiots).
It makes me dislike and distrust the police. That shouldn't be the case.
Wouldn't a situation like this call for at most a warning? What about emotional trauma to the child from having his mother arrested ?
"Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television star"
Isn't he also a doctor-specifically a cardiologist? Hence, the "Dr" in front of his name. C'mon FP. Do better.
My thoughts exactly when I read this....truly your BIAS is out there for all to see....if you are going to be a good journalist keep your personal hatred toward the right out of your writing....getting so sick of this BIAS here
Can someone explain to me why an illegal alien found guilty of murder is going spend life in our prison on our dime rather than being deported? Is it to ensure justice is served and so he doesn’t reoffend?
Hang the bugger and save the fare
Better he is in prison here than returned home only to pay a smuggler to come back.
At age 8 in the 1950s, I walked to a bus stop and took a public bus to school. It wasn't that far and the bus fare was a dime, so I walked home without using the bus. This was on the westside of Manhattan. I was not the only kid doing it; others from my school - the then-newly built PS 75 - did the same.
Go to the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco and you'll see kids walking all over the place by themselves - to/from school, Salesians after school club, DiMaggio playground, home, friends' houses etc. just as it's always been. Hopefully someone who is local to the story will read it and be inspired to change the law there so kids in that area will be as free as they are here in SF.
Same.
When I was five, I walked almost that far to school without a parent. I was fine. When I was six, I went home to an empty house and locked the door until Mom got home an hour later. I was fine. When I was 10, I rode my horse alone through open country for miles. I was fine. Kids aren't stupid or incapable; they're just short. This is bullshit.