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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21954268

Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town

“I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident,” says Brittany Patterson.

    • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      162·
      9 days ago

      The sheriff disagreed.

      “She kept mentioning how he could have been run over, or kidnapped or ‘anything’ could have happened,” recalls Patterson.

      • GladiusB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        8 days ago

        She needs a fucking hobby besides acting like some pedo. 100 percent if this was a man watching a kid it would be taken much differently.