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Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town (reason.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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"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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[–] Zombiepirate 25 points 2 weeks ago

"You're not watching your kid enough, so we're putting you in jail away from the kids you're supposed to be watching."

Why are cops such fucking idiots? Even if I agreed with their judgement (which I definitely do not) it would be the wrong solution.