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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by dariusj18 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:53PM (#33627412)
No one wants to be the weak link that gets their name blasted in newspapers when a kid gets harmed. Not that it would really be their fault, but the incentives are obvious to "play it safe".
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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by nickthegreek on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:04PM (#33627636)
I feel like "playing it safe" could have been accomplished with the officers just dropping the kid back off back home. I don't see why it would escalate to pressing charges.
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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by dariusj18 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:23PM (#33629989)
2 months later when something happens to the kid this entire thing will get replayed in the media and everyone that didn't do anything will be made out to be a villain.
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