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Toddler's Aunt Already Faces Life Sentence
Townhall.com ^ | August 28, 2014 | Debra J. Saunders

Posted on 08/28/2014 9:40:36 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 08/28/2014 9:40:36 AM PDT by Kaslin
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“Gage crossed against the light, talking on the phone, holding the little girl’s hand. When she realized her nephew was on the sidewalk, Gage, still talking on the phone, turned around to get him and left the little girl alone in the crosswalk.”

M O R O N

Most people would take better care of a puppy!


2 posted on 08/28/2014 9:42:56 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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You said it


3 posted on 08/28/2014 9:44:04 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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” Jail’s not a place for her. Jail is a place for dangerous people “

hmmmm. Seems she is a danger to toddlers ...


4 posted on 08/28/2014 9:47:28 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: SMARTY

Gage’s sister was the culprit for allowing her flesh and blood to be cared for by a teenager. She took the easy path and paid for it.


5 posted on 08/28/2014 9:48:41 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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Gage was watching the kids while the mother worked. Why wasn’t the father watching the kids?


6 posted on 08/28/2014 9:48:52 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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My sister had twins and when they were two they had a 5 year old brother. I used to watch them. I don't think it was odd that she took them to a late movie. 2 year olds don't have to get up at any certain time. My sisters' twins were night owls.

Anyone familiar with two year old twins knows that no matter how closely you watch them they are bound to go in different directions. She probably should not have been talking on the phone, but I know from experience, two year olds are quick.

Why was the driver of the car not paying attention?

How tragic, this woman will never forget this accident.

7 posted on 08/28/2014 9:51:29 AM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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Very stupid and foolish woman, however, was this a crime?

I don’t like the idea that every stupid mistake we make is a criminal act, even if something really bad happens as a result.


8 posted on 08/28/2014 9:52:55 AM PDT by jocon307
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I find the prosecution disturbing. The sister made a bad decision to cross against the light and not hold the toddler’s hand, but that should not result in her having a felony record or doing jail time. She did not intend for this to happen. She was not drunk. She made the same very stupid mistake other of 20-somethings make, with tragic results. Our society prosecutes EVERYTHING anymore. And people more and more want to criminalize bad decisions.


9 posted on 08/28/2014 9:57:27 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: SMARTY

In my county we had a similar situation where an infant in a stroller was killed a few years ago.

A too young mother with too many kids (5) she wasn’t mature enough to deal with. She was on her phone crossing the street at dusk with a 5 year old pushing the stroller. The light changed, the cars sitting at the corner remained stopped but the car approaching in the left turn lane didn’t. The kid pushed the stroller right into the path of the oncoming car.


10 posted on 08/28/2014 9:57:31 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: cloudmountain

Right.

I don’t understand why young women even WANT children if they are not prepared to care for them.

If they are forever looking for short cuts to child care or looking for sitters on the cheap... well, the child suffers.

If the child doesn’t suffer immediately (as in this case) then down the road when a mother finds that the various and irresponsible idiots you entrusted your child to, have forever contaminated and corrupted his/her little brain. You now have an 11 year old (or older) who is a perfect monster and you CANNOT reverse the damage!!!


11 posted on 08/28/2014 9:57:32 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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OUTLAW cell phones while crossing the street just as they are outlawed while driving in many states.


12 posted on 08/28/2014 10:02:27 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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Father? What father?


13 posted on 08/28/2014 10:05:33 AM PDT by wastedyears (Aldnoah.Zero - Best new anime of 2014.)
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They’ll open their legs to make the guy happy.


14 posted on 08/28/2014 10:06:58 AM PDT by wastedyears (Aldnoah.Zero - Best new anime of 2014.)
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A 2-year-old boy has lost his sister, a mother her child, a father his daughter and an aunt her niece.

The author seems to think there is a concerned father...but then again, we all know how honest journalists are.

15 posted on 08/28/2014 10:13:18 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: SMARTY

Hey, she was on the phone. It was an important call.


16 posted on 08/28/2014 10:15:13 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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“Loyresha”? “Mi’yana”?

Are those Biblical names?


17 posted on 08/28/2014 10:37:47 AM PDT by walford (https://www.facebook.com/wralford (feel free to friend me))
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Gage’s sister was the culprit for allowing her flesh and blood to be cared for by a teenager.

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Are we now calling a 25-year-old a “teenager”?


18 posted on 08/28/2014 10:41:40 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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And she makes this statement, but she does not explain it:

Would I look at this differently if a two-parent family left a kid in the crosswalk after taking their twins to the “Nutcracker” ballet on a Friday night? I probably would.


19 posted on 08/28/2014 10:44:40 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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Right. I don’t understand why young women even WANT children if they are not prepared to care for them.
If they are forever looking for short cuts to child care or looking for sitters on the cheap... well, the child suffers.
If the child doesn’t suffer immediately (as in this case) then down the road when a mother finds that the various and irresponsible idiots you entrusted your child to, have forever contaminated and corrupted his/her little brain. You now have an 11 year old (or older) who is a perfect monster and you CANNOT reverse the damage!!!

The answer is simple: these young women are
-- inexperienced, but THINK they know everything,
-- arrogant, because men have drooled over them for eons, parents and friends have REPEATEDLY told them how LUCKY they were to be so attractive
-- brought up to believe that children are EXPECTED of them as part of their female identity
-- generally, through no fault of their own, lacking in the knowledge of WHAT they want, that is, little guidance.

They DO grow up, some sooner than later, and turn into normal, emotionally balanced, contributing women, wives, mothers, aunties and grandmas.

The mixed messages were too confusing at first and most had parents who cleared up confusion.

20 posted on 08/28/2014 10:50:46 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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