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Mom leaves kid in car, gets arrested.
Topic Started: Jan 1 2015, 09:13 AM (86 Views)
George K
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http://www.wfsb.com/story/25982048/bristol-mother-charged-with-leaving-child-unattended-in-car
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A Bristol mother was charged with leaving her 11-year-old child alone in a vehicle that was not running, and had the windows up, police said.

Officers were sent to 60 Middle Street on Tuesday where they said Christina Williams, 30, allegedly left her 11-year-old child inside a vehicle.

Police said the interior temperature of the car was about 85 degrees at the time they got to the scene.

When officers opened the car doors, they said the child was responsive and not in distress, and that the car was not "excessively hot."

Police said the child requested to stay inside of the car while her mother went inside a store, and Williams was located in the store and said the same thing.

Williams was charged with leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle and is scheduled to appear in court on July 21.

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A mother in Bristol, Connecticut, was charged with leaving a child unsupervised in a car Wednesday. How old was the helpless tyke?

Eleven.

Why was she in the car? She asked her mom if she could stay there.

Was she in danger of boiling to death? According to WFSB:
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When officers opened the car doors, they said the child was responsive and not in distress, and that the car was not "excessively hot."
In other words, the 11-year-old girl was indisputably fine. Not overheated, not abandoned, not upset—nothing.

So don't just ask why the mom was charged with a crime, ask why is this a crime? Why does the law get to decide how a mom should raise her kids? Why does the law treat a self-sufficient 11 year old as a helpless forsaken baby? Why does the law allow cops to harass tweens and moms just going about their day?

The answer: Our laws leap to the very worst case scenario first—a child could die!—and refuse to make any distinction between an infinitesimal risk and a huge one. Everything is dangerous when it comes to kids. Even a normal wait in a car.

The mom is scheduled to appear in court on July 21.

Meanwhile, another mom was just charged with a similar crime. Read about it here. Among the interesting details in this case: The mother had her sister-in-law watching the car and the kids the entire (short!) time she ran the errand, and now she's terrified the state will take her children away.
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Stupidity.
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Didn't we have a thread on this when it happened?
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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