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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Mother arrested because 10 year old son walked alone to store
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:42:41 -0000 (UTC)
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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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