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Dad Makes His Son Walk Home, Ends Up in Jail With Child Endangerment Charge

posted by on Friday April 21 2017, @07:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the thanks-nosy-neighbor dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

[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."

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  • (Score: 1) by ncc74656 on Friday April 21 2017, @11:34PM

    by ncc74656 (4917) on Friday April 21 2017, @11:34PM (#497659) Homepage

    On the one hand, the cops are probably correct that anyone alone after dark in most of the LA area is in danger.

    It's at least the better part of an hour between Corona and LA; it's not exactly a suburb. I've been to both and would expect that Corona's not nearly as dangerous as some parts of LA. That said, it's all still in the People's Republic of Califormia, so it's not too surprising that some busybody snitch would engage the nanny state.