Yesterday on the morning show I listen to they reported an incident that happened in Va Beach on Wednesday afternoon. A father was coming out of a store with his baby in the carrier, he set the baby on top of the car while he got the keys out, got in the car and started to drive away with the baby on top of the car still. Strangers started yelling for him to stop and when he finally realized what they were yelling about he stopped the car, causing the seat to roll down the hood and off the car. The baby was hurt, but not badly.
So, the DJ starts going off because the police weren't going to press charges against the father. She starts screaming neglect, child endangerment, etc, and then asks for people to call in with their opinions. People were calling for this man to be arrested and put in jail for an accident he'll have to live with for the rest of his natural life. NOTHING anyone does to him will ever make him feel worse than he already does. This was an accident, plain and simple. While I realize that forgetting your child on top of your car is worse than forgetting, say, your purse or your coffee, why is it that we have to throw this person in jail?
This world is full of far worse people who deserve to be in jail than this poor father who his to live with this mistake for the rest of his life. Child molesters are back out on the street claiming to be rehabilitated only to rape, kill and molest again. Murders are let off because of technicalities in court.
What the hell is wrong with society that we'll call for this man's head because of an accident?
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