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.

    • @grue@lemmy.worldOPM
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      368 months ago

      The sheriff disagreed.

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

        • sunzu2
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          138 months ago

          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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        318 months ago

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

        • @Subdivide6857@midwest.social
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          78 months 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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            28 months 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.

      • GladiusB
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        238 months 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.

      • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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        128 months 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?”