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Comrade Grumpy

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23. That is just callous, brain-dead policing. No arrest was necessary.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 03:27 PM

Jul 2015

Hell, Officer Friendly would have bought the kids an ice cream cone.

Whatever happened to Officer Friendly?

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Single mom arrested for ‘abandoning’ her kids at food court while interviewing for job 30 feet away [View all] RandySF Jul 2015 OP

In these times, she's lucky the kids aren't orphans. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #1

I've been through this. RandySF Jul 2015 #5

I wouldn't doubt they are working on that. lpbk2713 Jul 2015 #7

Baloney ! virgogal Jul 2015 #16

Quite true... cops are outt of control, they get green light from DoJ, everyone is afraid of cops whereisjustice Jul 2015 #29

No problem Turbineguy Jul 2015 #2

30 feet within line of sight is not a problem even for a 6 and 2 year old. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #3

"Crying." Igel Jul 2015 #19

That is an important detail. It helps explain why a citizen might call the police. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #21

Some, too many, cops are just aholes who once they decide to arrest you . . . brush Jul 2015 #46

This, too. Igel Jul 2015 #62

How do we know they were crying.... msrizzo Jul 2015 #27

I could tell when my kids were crying just because they didn't get something they wanted, or didn't Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #36

That justifies the call to police, but not the arrest. Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #47

I once watched my sister in law stay on the phone mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #56

I'm sorry, but it's not. She was right there. Those children were not abandoned. kcr Jul 2015 #66

Six-year-old and two-year-old LittleBlue Jul 2015 #4

They HAD adult supervision. Mom was there and able to watch them the whole time! nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #17

Why are you saying they didn't have adult supervision when she was 30 feet away? n/t gollygee Jul 2015 #49

how much attention could she pay to them and to her interview simultaneously? onenote Jul 2015 #72

This is so fucking stupid I want to cry Warpy Jul 2015 #6

I agree. delta17 Jul 2015 #52

I bet Depaysement Jul 2015 #8

Again it is a bystander who called the police yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #9

Really? WinkyDink Jul 2015 #10

CPS was there. No way the police are going to let this go yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #12

I disagree LordGlenconner Jul 2015 #18

An arrest probably was out of order, but I disagree about the "meddling busy body." A Simple Game Jul 2015 #20

Right on all counts. If their intellectually curiousity and detective skills are so numb that they GoneFishin Jul 2015 #35

what police are hired to do... icarusxat Jul 2015 #32

They can ASK QUESTIONS Warpy Jul 2015 #34

OTOH, why could she not have taken the children inside wherever she was interviewed? WinkyDink Jul 2015 #11

They were inside BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #13

THIS. That's correct. No childcare lostnfound Jul 2015 #40

They absolutely do BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #44

if she had a job she could have paid for childcare 6chars Jul 2015 #81

I know what a mall food court is! Aside from the larger social issue, 30' ain't 5'. J/S. WinkyDink Jul 2015 #67

Then you should know they were inside n/t kcr Jul 2015 #70

Fear of being rejected for the job? Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #14

It takes VERY little to get rejected in this job market. RandySF Jul 2015 #15

That's not possible. I had employers threaten to fire me because my kids passed through the office Hekate Jul 2015 #33

Because,really, her life doesn't appear to be tough enough. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #22

That is just callous, brain-dead policing. No arrest was necessary. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #23

What happened was he never existed. cstanleytech Jul 2015 #25

My mother would have been arrested multiple times. stage left Jul 2015 #24

If she was in the area close by and could see them, i dont see a problem. Warren DeMontague Jul 2015 #26

What would have been a story packman Jul 2015 #28

"A nation of snitches." How many of these unfortunate police incidents begin with a snitch NBachers Jul 2015 #30

Getting somebody involved when a two year old is alone is not snitching Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #37

In most states it is the law Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #38

The mom was 30 feet away within sight gollygee Jul 2015 #50

Did the kids know where she was Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #54

30 feet isn't that far gollygee Jul 2015 #55

Was the kid wearing a sign saying "My mom is 30 feet away"? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #61

Did the cops have to arrest her when they realized the mom was 30 feet away? kcr Jul 2015 #69

The cops were idiots. That has nothing to do with my comment. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #71

Who's shitting on the bystander? The problem is she was arrested. n/t kcr Jul 2015 #73

Have you even bothered to read this subthread? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #74

Yes, I did kcr Jul 2015 #75

So you completely ignored that this subthread.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #77

No, I didn't ignore how the subthread was started, but why does it matter? kcr Jul 2015 #78

You asked "Who's shitting on the bystander?" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #79

Yes, because no one was shitting on the bystander n/t kcr Jul 2015 #80

Yeah, you're right ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #82

Nonsense Lulu Belle Jul 2015 #42

She's lucky she didn't get beaten and shot litlbilly Jul 2015 #31

Single moms have nowhere to turn for help, and a single dad would have been applauded lostnfound Jul 2015 #39

This is not just about cops, it is about CPS funding mntleo2 Jul 2015 #41

CPS False Allegations, Altered Files Confirmed - OIG, News32 Investigations P1-3 2006-07 me b zola Jul 2015 #48

It is also a "solution" to families in poverty mntleo2 Jul 2015 #63

Oh and PeeEss: mntleo2 Jul 2015 #64

This has been a problem in Kentucky too. KentuckyWoman Jul 2015 #68

I just left my 5-yr old child out of eyesight twice today alone NickB79 Jul 2015 #43

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess she's not a white woman NickB79 Jul 2015 #45

Yeah that pretty well went without saying gollygee Jul 2015 #51

Uh oh, you used the p-word. U4ikLefty Jul 2015 #59

Thanks. But I think your headline should say "Black mom" instead of "single mom" because pnwmom Jul 2015 #53

sad Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #57

It is hard to be poor in this country nt artislife Jul 2015 #58

In addition to steroids romanic Jul 2015 #60

And the cops didn't shoot her? Emelina Jul 2015 #65

Surprise, surprise! KamaAina Jul 2015 #76