3mo ago

Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

reason.com Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

It was dinnertime on October 30, 2024, when police handcuffed Brittany Patterson in front of three of her four children and drove her to the station in

THE POLICE PROBLEM @lemmy.world

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3mo ago

Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

reason.com /2024/11/11/mom-jailed-for-letting-10-year-old-walk-alone-to-town/

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3mo ago

What terminal car-brain does to a society

reason.com /2024/11/11/mom-jailed-for-letting-10-year-old-walk-alone-to-town/

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"You're guilty of leaving your child alone, therefore we're taking you away from your child."
- Thats like the bank charging a fee for insufficent funds.
  
  Or schools expeling you for truancy...
  
  It's like raiaaain,
  on your wedding day
  
  So ironic
- “Your kid could have been traumatized walking home alone, now get the fuck on the ground while we arrest you in front of them and haul you off to prison while they’re left at home”