“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!
You said it
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.
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.
Hey, she was on the phone. It was an important call.
Definitely negligence is a contributing factor, but the person who killed the child was the one who hit her. Actually I am shocked that this doesn’t happen a hundred times a day. I have NEVER seen black women holding their childrens’ hands. They stroll around with babies barely walking and tiny children trailing yards behind them. One will-sometimes- turn to scream at said child for going to slow, but the minute they can walk they are on their own. Mama/whoever is on the phone or otherwise occupied talking to a companion. It’s common, accepted, childcare to a vast majority of black women, in my observations-and I have black relatives-only one of whom I have ever seen hold her child’s hand when out.