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.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    21 days ago

    Seems less to do with cars and more to do with citizen/government stupidity:

    “It’s not quite a mile from his house.”

    Looks like Georgia DOES have a “Reasonable Childhood Independence” law…

    https://letgrow.org/states/

    • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      162·
      21 days ago

      The sheriff disagreed.

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

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        21 days ago

        ‘anything’ could have happened if he’d stayed home too. ‘Anything’ is a low bar. ;)

      • GladiusB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        21 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.

  • akilou@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    23·
    21 days ago

    not quite a mile from his house

    It wasn’t even far. They live on 16 acres, he could be just as far into the woods and still be on their property.

  • NicolaHaskell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    414·
    20 days ago

    “terminal car-brain” 😂 you guys’ll pathologize anything

    Dear Santa, for Christmas this year I want a deck of Internet meme psychology tarot cards. The Narcissist. The Gas Lighter. The Driver. I have not been a good boy, thank you for understanding.