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[Michael] Tang, a chemist who was feeling frustrated with his 8-year-old son for cheating on homework, decided to teach him an important life lesson – that money is hard to earn and slacking off at school could mean not having a home someday. Tang dropped Isaac off in a parking lot one mile from home and told him to walk the rest of the way. It was 7:45 p.m. in Corona, a city near Los Angeles, and the sun had barely set. Isaac knew the route home and was familiar with using pedestrian crossings.
When Tang sent his father to get Isaac after 15 minutes, the child already been picked up by police, alerted by someone who thought he was in danger because he was alone. Tang was arrested and spent the night in jail; but the punishment did not end there. Reason reports:
"A jury later convicted him of child endangerment, and the judge sentenced him to parenting classes and a 56-day work release program picking up trash and doing other menial work."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by lgsoynews on Friday April 21 2017, @08:11PM (5 children)
I haven't been able to find a court source, but it seems there are some existing documents. There is a picture of a warrant (or the like) but it's so badly written over that it's unreadable.
The following page details the case with many quotes and looks pretty convincing if you ask me:
http://www.freerangekids.com/dad-gets-56-days-hard-labor-for-making-son-8-walk-home-at-night/ [freerangekids.com]
That "freerange" debate garbage kills me. I mean the fact that there is even a word for what is -was- one of the most basic right for children and parents has made me jump to my ceiling many times in the past. As well as the fact that some freaking meddlers who have to call the police because there is a child outside, it so WEIRD. This is mental illness at this point, nothing less. Let the freaking kids freely roam around, FFS.
But that case is really incredible. When you read the reasoning of the judge of police, man, in what world do these people live in? And more important, in what world do they want to force US to live?! Are we to remain in our homes, like prisoners?
Read that, it boggles the mind!:
WHAAAAT? Being walking outside at 8pm is dangerous, and LATE? Even for an ADULT? WTF? What is wrong with those people?? I regularly go back home very late (midnight to 2AM), so I guess I'll have to surrender myself to the police...
And reading about the case, it seems that the dad is also quite an arrogant asshole, which probably did not help in front of the court & jury. But it does NOT excuse their behaviour!
(Score: 2) by lgsoynews on Friday April 21 2017, @08:14PM
I forgot to mention.
Incredibly, quite a few people in the forums agree with the decision of the court! They really believe that the child was in danger...
I'm speechless.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Friday April 21 2017, @08:20PM
In certain neighborhoods, adults will get the cops called on them for walking around. Salty AC above was right about that.
Take photographs of a building out in public (1st Amendment audit) and you will have the cops called on you. Busiebodies are everywhere.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Friday April 21 2017, @09:33PM (1 child)
Yep, the ongoing pussification of America.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 5, Funny) by NewNic on Friday April 21 2017, @10:23PM
And then Donald Trump comes along and grabs it ....
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Saturday April 22 2017, @03:23AM
I hate to link to "that other site," but I don't feel like copying and remaking all the links, etc. to a long post [slashdot.org] I wrote a while back on how crazy this is getting in the US. TFA is indicative of things that happen very frequently. Parents arrested when an 11-year-old is seen playing outside alone IN HIS OWN YARD. That sort of thing (see my link). The U.S. has lost its mind about child safety, especially when stats show that rates of stranger abductions (which were never common) have been going down for decades, long before the Amber Alert paranoia even started.