Father faces charges for encouraging 4-year-old to shoot at police at a McDonald's

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/us/child-shoots-at-police-utah-mcdonalds/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0SgNDExDaKLePrUCVpoJBKYXMsMtno5vE5o5XSB2ANWTheRWyGK69uGGg

A 4-year-old child in Utah fired a weapon from the back seat of a car toward a police officer, after allegedly being instructed to do so by his father, authorities said. Police were initially called to a McDonald's in Midvale on Monday when restaurant workers reported a man "brandished" a gun at drive-thru employees after receiving the wrong order, according to a news release from the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake (UPD). Employees told police they asked the man to pull to the front of the restaurant and wait for the correct order, then called for police.

When officers arrived, they asked the man to get out of the vehicle several times, but he did not comply, the UPD release said. Officers pulled him out of the vehicle. While the man was being taken into custody, an officer turned around and saw a gun pointing out the back window, the release said. The officer told others there was a gun, and as he swiped the gun to the side a round was fired. The release said their investigation indicates the father of the child instructed the child to shoot at the officers. They gave no details about supporting evidence for that allegation.

The 4-year-old was in the back seat of the car with a 3-year-old sibling, according to UPD, and when the officer realized how young the person with the gun was, he yelled, "Kid."

The officer sustained a minor injury to his arm, but there were no additional injuries, according to the release. /snip

[niyad]

1. Has CPS been notified?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. I would certainly hope so.

[Turbineguy]

3. Would that be considered

"Free Speech"?

[Midnight Writer]

4. Free speech, 2nd Amendment rights, family values, and Stand Your Ground.

Conservatives should cheer this.