Re: Mother arrested because 10 year old son walked alone to store

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2025-02-22 11:44 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Three months ago, a mother took one child to the doctor. While at the
doctor, her 10 year old son, left home alone, walked a mile to the
store. Now, he didn't have her permission but it wasn't a big deal for
the mother as her son hadn't gone anywhere he wasn't familiar with.

The cop that showed up at the house arrested her for reckless
endangerment, stating that it was illegal (in Georgia) for a 10 year old
to walk alone.

Finally, prosecutors decide not to proceed but charges are dropped
WITHOUT prejudice, which allows them to be refiled again within two
years of the incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CKus1J1DU

I remember reading about a case where a woman was arrested because her
kids were playing in a park literally across her street while she was
doing household chores and watching them through the window. In another
case, the parents were arrested because their kids were playing in their
own back yard but unsupervised.

I had posted about a similar case. It was in a suburb of Chicago near me.
But the mother was defending herself against repeated, intrusive child
welfare investigations for over a year. She wasn't fighting criminal
charges.

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