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Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town (reason.com)

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

"I will not sign," she says.

Very good idea. I wouldn't sign anything.

Btw, what did they even charge her with? I mean, don't you have to commit some crime in order to be detained?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago

The ADA hasn't decided how hard to push it yet, but she was arrested for reckless conduct:

A person who causes bodily harm to or endangers the bodily safety of another person by consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that his or her act or omission will cause harm or endanger the safety of the other person and the disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation is guilty of a misdemeanor.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

Yeah, if CPS isn't involved then this is almost surely a lawsuit.