The grieving parents of a 7-year-old child who died hours after being hit by a car were charged with involuntary manslaughter after allowing him and his brother, 10, to walk home unaccompanied by an adult from a nearby grocery store.
The grieving parents of a 7-year-old child who died hours after being hit by a car were charged with involuntary manslaughter after allowing him and his brother, 10, to walk home unaccompanied by an adult from a nearby grocery store.
Justice??? For what? There was no criminal act. Your kid unexpectly jumped into the road into oncoming traffic. The article says the driver did nothing wrong. I don’t agree with the parents being charged for involuntary manslaughter, but you can’t attempt to seek justice when there was nothing done wrong.
I agree that the parents should have been with the boys, but holding them to involuntary manslaughter charges is a bit much.
I think the best thing now is for everyone to grieve, and try to move on.
The driver is responsible for the damage their vehicle causes. It doesn’t matter if they did something illegal or not. If the article is accurate, nobody should be arrested. But the driver would be civilly liable for the death of the kid.
The kid jumped onto traffic in front of the car? No crosswalk, traffic light or anything. They were walking alone with the permission of their parents. The parents should be liable for the trauma caused to the driver.
The lack of a crosswalk is the municipality’s fault. Someone even posted a Google maps view of the area - it’s just completely lacking them.
The lack of attention to crossers is the driver’s fault. Any driving class tells you to be cautious around pedestrians, especially children. Even just braking in time might have changed this from death to mild injuries.
Nahh bro… We should just lock up the parents, that’s will make everything right.
Law and order 🤡
Hard to imagine this is not driven by a racists DA tbh
People really out here believing cops telling tales in local newspapers. wew.
🤡
The way the article describes it is that the kids were attempting to cross a 4 lane road, not at a crosswalk. And unexpectedly steps into oncoming traffic.
It doesn’t mention speed, but lets say the guy is driving at 30mph which is a standard speed in the US. Nothing dangerous there. And then a kid just jumps into the road unexpectedly, there may not even be time to react. I’ve seen it happen in the 90s, where this kid is just standing there, ran after a ball, and the car was right there. Kid went flying. At least 10 feet. He survived, but there’s only so much you can do when you’re given no reaction time.
Same reason you never try to go around gate crossings for railroad tracks. If a vehicle is moving, it needs time to stop. Especially trains. Depending on cargo and speed, they can take up to a full mile to stop. Cars can stop obviously faster, but not instant.
And the driver would be free to make that argument to defend themselves in the law suit.
No need for court when the cops and prosecutors have already made up that argument for him. \s
Gotta remember that the news is just a stenographer for a cops and the cops are constant liars.
Imagine bootlicking cops this hard. This kind of uncritical brainwashing is why we’re in this situation. Google “copaganda” ffs.
Did you miss the part where this old guy murdered a child?
“shit happens” isnt a thing anymore…
kid breaks his arm on the playground? sue the school.
kid breaks his arm riding bike in park? sue the park.
the united states is so incredibly litigious that everyone is suing everyone else because someone has to be responsible…
kid gets run over by old man? put the parents in jail.