One is easier than the other and counts toward arrest / enforcement quotas.

This is kind of funny. At what age does that stop being a possibility? At least in my country kids are kids until 18... so it would just as illegal let a 17-year old walk alone? He _could_ be kidnapped. Nobody can say it's impossible, however improbable!

You can also be kidnapped as an adult.

As the mother of this child found out.

I think the correct word for adults would be abducted.

https://blog.ipleaders.in/difference-between-abduction-and-k...

Huh TIL.

The same concern can be voiced for 16 or 20 year old women and men. All of them can be abducted with ease by 2+ trained people. Should they also be accompanied by their moms at all times?

The cop just demosntrated himself that he isnt doing his job and that there is something deeply wrong with society if a child cant even walk half a mile at 8 years old.

Recursive problem if that parents are young: a 2 year old in public with its 20 year old father could be required to have a 50 year old present at all times.

50 year olds are getting on the old side. Could easily be taken down by an in-shape mid-20s person. Best solution is for everyone to just travel with their own pack of trained wolves.

An unsupervised pack of wolves could always be attacked by a bear or hunted down by mistake, a clear case of animal negligence. Wolves should be accompanied at all times by armed midgets.

See, with rugged individualism the consumer needs to be on the watch for the brands that might kill them and just vote with their wallet. Why would we regulate something when the free market will do the regulating?

This parent was not exercising their responsibility as an individual to watch out for anything and everything that might hurt their child, in the US that is illegal because the free market ideology rules all.

What on earth are you going on about?

Please elaborate.

It's commentary about attacking symptoms rather than the root cause of the problem based around the flawed "choice of the individual" and "rugged American individualism" ideologies present in the US.

Cops think the neighborhood is dangerous for kids because of sex trafficking? Arrest parents for allowing kids outside instead of stopping the sex trafficking.

Consumers get harmed and workers get taken advantage of by corporations? Vote with your wallet instead of actually regulating companies.

See also the cases where children are arrested and jailed for 'child pornography' for sending nude photos of themselves to others.

With a permanent record, can't apply for many jobs, can never live near a school or daycare center, etc etc. Maybe can't even vote.

> not to take care of the kidnapping or sex trafficking

Because there was no kidnapping or sex trafficking going on, they were just making shit up.