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Jilly_in_VA

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15. Oh please

Reply to ms liberty (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 09:02 AM

Jun 2025

Listen to the rest of us who grew up walking and biking everywhere in big cities, at even younger ages.We did just fine without the nanny state. And even so, the parents should not be charged.

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Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 OP

I don't agree with the charges. My son walked two blocks to and from elementary school by himself starting in 1976. sinkingfeeling Jun 2025 #1

We need a list of the law schools that graduated all these jerk DAs dickthegrouch Jun 2025 #2

Is this an example J-9 Jun 2025 #3

10-yr-old and a 7-yr-old walking home alone together; this was considered normal when I was growing up in the 1980's Justice Brandeis Jun 2025 #4

It was normal back in the 60's and 70's, too... slightlv Jun 2025 #14

Just looking for someone to blame The Madcap Jun 2025 #5

Seriously? I walked to kindergarten alone when I was 5. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #6

Bullshit. Basso8vb Jun 2025 #7

The criminals here... Mike Nelson Jun 2025 #8

Oh good grief! piddyprints Jun 2025 #9

If the kid had been killed by a loaded gun that was lying around the house..... 70sEraVet Jun 2025 #10

So the parents go to jail; what happens to the little boy who tried to save his brother? Ocelot II Jun 2025 #12

Biracial couple white mother black father kimbutgar Jun 2025 #11

Gastonia is not a small rural town. It is a city right outside Charlotte on Interstate 85 and state hwy 321 ms liberty Jun 2025 #13

Oh please Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 #15

Maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions before you post. And reading the whole post is always a good idea, too ms liberty Jun 2025 #16

I did read your whole post Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 #17

Why the fuck isn't the driver facing any charges? intheflow Jun 2025 #18

The kid is mixed race Jilly_in_VA Jun 2025 #19