I assure you the percentage incidents of this type of thing are the same every year. I am in my forties and can remember this sort of thing happening when I was a child.
The difference is that back then we had NO 24/7 news outlets, smart phones, twitter and social media whose entire purpose is to run everyone blood pressure up all the time with the look at me, or look how stupid, evil that one is.
People make mistakes. If an investigation shows that the incident was an accident, what purpose would be served if we incarcerate the person. They are already suffering incredibly.
“I assure you the percentage incidents of this type of thing are the same every year. I am in my forties and can remember this sort of thing happening when I was a child.”
I am not convinced it has been a constant rate of such incidents.
Can you show that it is.