Homeless woman on job interview arrested for leaving kids in car (state, support)
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I lived out in the southwest. Kids dying while being left out in the car was an almost daily occurrence because of the heat. Granted, it's not the summer yet, but most cops in that area come down hard on that behavior. After all, how many dead babies do you need to see before you have zero tolerance for that kind of action? 45 minutes is a long time.
So since every year too many babies die in hot cars, should there now be two standards, one for poor kids snd another for middle class and rich kids? It should be against the law to lock up more fortunate kids in a car and risk their lives, but poor kids don't matter?
That's fine but it doesn't make sense to jail anyone in this situation, rich or poor.
I lived out in the southwest. Kids dying while being left out in the car was an almost daily occurrence because of the heat. Granted, it's not the summer yet, but most cops in that area come down hard on that behavior. After all, how many dead babies do you need to see before you have zero tolerance for that kind of action? 45 minutes is a long time.
Unbelievable. Did she have some kind of prior history? A warning would've been a better way to go, although even with the sun out in the winter, a car could heat up to an uncomfortable temperature. Why couldn't she drop the kids off at a park for a little while or tell them to get out of the car from time to time?
Don't you think she would have done something differently if she had a choice?
Or do you assume she's just dumb?
Do you NOT assume people who leave infants in a car for nearly an hour are dumb? How many kids dying from exposure, being kidnapped, taking the car out of gear and having it roll away are Ok with you? Would you hire someone who left their infant kids in the car?
I am amazed at the number of people whom have no issues with leaving 2 babies in a locked car unattended.
More amazing are the excuses condoning this type of behavior.
It's not that people don't have issues with the kids being left in the car, it's that they have compassion for a mother who was doing the best she could and it wasn't working. This is woman who needs help, not a jail sentence.
The "mother" leaves a 2 year old and a 6 month old alone in a car, in Arizona...and idiots make excuses for her? Funny how many will attack someone that leaves a DOG alone in a car for a few minutes, but see nothing wrong with leaving babies alone in one when it's inconvenient to provide proper care for them.
Hopefully the authorities can find a responsible, caring home for the babies.
With all the money and resources spend on shelters, halfway houses, day care and other resources for single mothers I don't buy that she had no alternatives. In a city of several million, she didn't know a single person that would watch her babies for a couple hours??? Really?
Last edited by Toyman at Jewel Lake; 03-28-2014 at 07:37 PM..
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