“I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident,” says Brittany Patterson.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    “You’re not watching your kid enough, so we’re putting you in jail away from the kids you’re supposed to be watching.”

    Why are cops such fucking idiots? Even if I agreed with their judgement (which I definitely do not) it would be the wrong solution.

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    It’s funny, the world is safer now then it was in the 70s when I was a kid. We used to go outside and play until the street lights went out. And the crime rate is actually lower now than it was back then.