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From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)!
Registered: Apr 2009

posted February 11, 2022 11:37 PM            

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It happened in May of 2020 when day cares were closed due to Covid lockdowns, and she had to go to work to put food on the table to feed her kids. So, she let her oldest daughter babysit the other four kids. While her 14-year-old daughter was doing school on Zoom, her 4-year-old son saw a friend outside and left the house. That friend’s mom called 911, and the mom was arrested two weeks later in front of her children. She was charged with criminal reckless conduct, and if convicted, she faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. They sent five police cars to her house. I just want to add that legally, this is total BS. In 1997, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that charging parents under the criminal reckless conduct statute is unconstitutional because this is typical of parenting. Whatever trauma faced by that 4-year-old paled by comparison to the trauma the kid faced watching him mom getting handcuffed. BTW, the Georgia Child Protective Services found no wrongdoing, and in Georgia, any child 13 and older can legally babysit siblings. No laws were broken, and no child protection policies were broken. To make matters worse, the arresting officers said the 14-year-old had “some measure of learning disability.” She has a GPA of 4.45, she was president of the 4H Club, broke school records in varsity track, completed the Red Cross Childcare Program, and is certified in CPR. Those cops should be fired!

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