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riderinthestorm

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39. Yup, those parents who forget their children for hours til they're discovered dead in the car?

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 04:09 PM

Apr 2014

They NEVER get charged.

This woman?

Busted.

Could the cops have shown ANY mercy here? Like they do with those parents who kill their own kids by FORGETTING them??!!

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Father Leaves Baby Locked in Car for 8 Hours (No Arrest) [View all] MrScorpio Apr 2014 OP

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #1

+1000 NOLALady Apr 2014 #3

Parenting Poorly While White. Heidi Apr 2014 #11

Our justice system is more color-blind Baitball Blogger Apr 2014 #2

That's crazy LittleBlue Apr 2014 #4

So one case should justify the other? Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #5

I think you're missing TBF Apr 2014 #6

Post removed Post removed Apr 2014 #10

Pointing out disparities in White/Black treatment under the law ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #13

Is that what happened with these two cases Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #16

you like that term "race card" CreekDog Apr 2014 #66

simple fact the woman left her kids in the only home they had azurnoir Apr 2014 #14

All seriousness aside Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #21

she didn't make a mistake stg81 Apr 2014 #28

If I offered you $30,000 (entry level salary) to bake your kids at 100+ degrees for an hour or so... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #22

apparently your not getting it they were living in the car the kids would have been there azurnoir Apr 2014 #24

I get it exactly... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #27

so it's 100 degrees in Washington state in March?????!!!!! stg81 Apr 2014 #29

I was referring to the woman in Scottsdale... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #46

it seems you have more problem with the woman interviewing for a job than that they lived in the car azurnoir Apr 2014 #51

My problem is that she... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #56

so if she had been in the car with them it would have been okay azurnoir Apr 2014 #58

I never thought this was a place... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #59

wow again just wow in reality it seems you're condemning this woman for being homeless azurnoir Apr 2014 #63

This happened in Scottsdale Az on 3/20/14 the high tempature that day was 83° azurnoir Apr 2014 #52

Per the police report tammywammy Apr 2014 #53

Thanks... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #55

so you too have less problem with the fact the car was this families only home azurnoir Apr 2014 #57

I like that you assume things I've never said. tammywammy Apr 2014 #60

Then exactly what was your point? azurnoir Apr 2014 #62

jury results CreekDog Apr 2014 #65

Oh I see - she's in a different TBF Apr 2014 #17

Being from Florida Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #20

In Texas too - TBF Apr 2014 #44

They're both terrible... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #7

True ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #15

Thankfully, all of the children are OK. Arkansas Granny Apr 2014 #8

Well, this mom was arrested and jailed for doing that. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #9

So ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #18

It's completely parallel! gollygee Apr 2014 #23

Yes, it is. LisaL Apr 2014 #68

Yeah, Okay. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #70

Let's try an actual comparison - TBF Apr 2014 #19

It does happen. Here you go: Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #26

And even w/this guy - TBF Apr 2014 #42

These parents lack emotion Politicalboi Apr 2014 #12

I've always said there are certain people who should choose not to be parents davidpdx Apr 2014 #31

I think I would have been a good parent Politicalboi Apr 2014 #37

I feel the same way davidpdx Apr 2014 #69

Yup, those parents who forget their children for hours til they're discovered dead in the car? riderinthestorm Apr 2014 #39

Parents do get charged though. tammywammy Apr 2014 #41

Thanks for the link. Just scanning that page only 2 sets of those parents were charged riderinthestorm Apr 2014 #43

Honestly, I think it's because one was in Washington and the other Arizona tammywammy Apr 2014 #47

That poor baby didn't even have on any socks--and just a hoodie. mnhtnbb Apr 2014 #25

More food for thought here: The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #30

Thank you for posting this article. hedgehog Apr 2014 #32

Best piece I have ever read on this issue. This is what LuckyLib Apr 2014 #45

Low expectations. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #33

Why do we want to make everything a crime, anyway? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #34

Man arrested for leaving two boys, 2 and 4, alone in hot car Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #35

I need to stop reading this stuff or I need to go to law school. oldandhappy Apr 2014 #36

As the father of a 20 month old who often is silent back there. Indydem Apr 2014 #38

If he'd parked 900 miles off the coast of Mexico, they'd have sent a Destroyer to the rescue. Orrex Apr 2014 #40

And praised him for being so adventurous and living life REP Apr 2014 #64

A man in Indiana left his daughter exboyfil Apr 2014 #48

Here is another one in Indiana exboyfil Apr 2014 #49

2001 case in Iowa exboyfil Apr 2014 #50

Police: Hot day, kids left in car; Derry woman charged Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #54

I'm just glad I don't have kids. I constantly leave shit behind. (nt) Inkfreak Apr 2014 #61

She knew she was leaving kids in the car. LisaL Apr 2014 #67