How it that cop's behavior not reckless conduit?
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2025
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The mistake is that the kid forgot to open carry his gun. Remember this is Murica.
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Of course in the US
When I was a kid in the 60s, during the school year, I walked a mile to and from school, starting at age 5.
On weekends or summers, I would eat breakfast, jump on my bike, and not be back until dinner at 5 (The Rule). I had no ID, no money, no phone, no watch, no water, no food, nothing. And my mom had no idea where I was, either.
If I got thirsty, I'd knock on a door, and ask for a glass of water, and always got one. If I needed to know what time it was, I'd ask someone. I got pretty good at judging the time of day by the setting sun, and could always get home before 5. I never felt unsafe, as long as I could avoid the Robolotto brothers.
My mother sent me to the corner store for milk when I was 6. Should I call the cops now and stool her out?
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"Ohh hell no, how dare the mother not with her child always? As a good citizen i will now make sure the child will be separated from her mother." - Karen McDoofus
Things have gone too far. Fuck Cops and fuck Karen too.
I never thought rural Georgia would be so car-brained about it but I guess I'm not surprised
Was it a dangerous walk? This, too, was subjective. The prosecutor, Emma Harper, certainly thought so. Later, in a phone call to Patterson’s attorney, David DeLugas, which DeLugas legally recorded and shared with CNN, the prosecutor called it “a busy highway with no sidewalk” and said, “It’s not walkable. It’s not safe … That’s not a thing that you do here. Because you’re gonna get hit by a car.”
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Fuck everything about this. My kid has been roaming the neighborhood since he was like 7.
O' the land of the free
Cannot even smoke weed
In the year 2002 at age 10, I rode my bike 2 miles to school every day and 3 miles to hang out with friends in town.
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Ridiculous. I used to ride 5 miles each way to school for years on some really busy roads. I can’t say that I’d be happy to do that again with all the cellphone distractions drivers engage in these days, but a kid walking less than a mile to a store shouldn’t be a problem unless they’re walking on a freeway or something.