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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @06:44AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @06:44AM (#497827)

    with what was done here, this was intentional punishment for not doing well enough at school, not walking both ways uphill to school, this was an act of violence and intentional endangerment, I mean maybe you can make an argument that the 8 year old child should learn to deal with the mean streets of LA as soon as possible but that argument would make you an asshole

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @06:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @06:41PM (#498017)

    no we're not, you are. while i don't agree in the punishment, your speculation about the amount of (government caused) crime is irrelevant. making your kids walk home shouldn't be allowed to be called a crime. It doesn't matter if it was punishment or if that is something you think is wise. other people's kids are not your business. "society"(boot licking whores and slaves) has no rights to interfere.

  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday April 23 2017, @04:59PM

    by sjames (2882) on Sunday April 23 2017, @04:59PM (#498392) Journal

    Corona (where this happened) isn't even in the same county as LA. There was no danger, there was no violence on the part of the father. No idea how forcefully the cops told the kid to get in the back, there might have been some mild violence there.