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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 (14 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 (13 children)

The sheriff disagreed.

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

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 11 points 5 days ago (3 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.

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