Posted on 10/15/2009 9:30:37 PM PDT by bogusname
Of course the child hit the car on purpose, what else would a two year old with a stick do with it except whack something? To charge vandalism is absolutely insane. Why didn’t cops laugh this guy out of the office and tell him to file a civil suit for damages to his car against the parents who should have been watching this little tyke.
Sinead O’Britney looks a bit hefty there.
The neighbors should give the girl a parade, like Libya did for the Lockerbie bomber.
Then they can get cited for having a parade without a permit.
I’m not sure i agree with many of the comments on this thread. The article states the neighbors have been feuding for a while, and it could well be that the parent of one family thought it might be funny (out of spite) to have his kid go over to the neighbor’s car and mark it up a bit. So what do you do if that happens to you? What do you do if a neighbor who doesn’t like you sends his kid over to mess up your vehicle?
To clarify, i’m not saying of course that the kid should be charged with anything. I don’t think that was the point. It was to hold the parents responsible for the actions of their child, which they very well may have encouraged. At the very least the parents should be made to pay for the damage done, i would think.
Like calex59 said in his/her post, you need to take the parents to court. I agree, it’s hard to tell just what was really going on there.
I believe that the complainant should be thrashed soundly with a bumbershoot.
I agree. And the case is made firmer with a police report in hand.
Whether or not the child’s parents encouraged it, it happened, and any damage must be repaired. Even between well-meaning friends, go over a couple hundred dollars - then try to collect. Imagine trying to obtain recompense from an enemy!
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