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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.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 56 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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/

[–] grue@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The sheriff disagreed.

"She kept mentioning how he could have been run over, or kidnapped or 'anything' could have happened," recalls Patterson.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 10 points 5 days 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@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 19 points 5 days ago

Probably around 370 in total, but at any given moment, 3.

[–] Subdivide6857@midwest.social 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

Maybe they just want to objectify you for a bit, if you're in Spandex?

I assume that's the case when I cycle in rural areas in Spandex.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 4 days 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@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days 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 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

It helps prevent cops from having you sectioned for laughs.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 8 points 5 days ago

Supremely idiotic that that's the case, but it never hurts to be thorough, I guess.