Stupid decision.
This story is so tragic, yet I understand his thinking.
Weird story i bet theres alot more to this than meets the eye I will stay tuned thanks
A very sad story. The responsibility for the little girls death must be shared by every child molestor that ever lived.
About a year and a half ago, I was involved in an incident like this. Driving through a residential neighborhood early in the morning, I came across a small boy about 5-6 years old, obviously lost and confused. I pulled over and asked him where he lived so that I could take him home. Then I realized that if I put him into my car, I would probably have a lot of explaining to do. Fortunately I had a cellphone so I called 911. A police car showed up and I explained what had happened. The police officer looked at me very suspiciously and asked me a lot of questions before he finally let me go. I have no idea how the child got home but I'm thinking I made a wise choice not to get more actively involved in the situation.
That is a cop out.
In France, he would have been arrested. In France, there is a legal duty to aid others, and it is a crime not to.
Not so in Anglo-Saxia.
Stop child, call police, end of story
Had he helped the child and one person screamed J'accuse! he'd be on Greta Van Susteren or Nancy Grace's show faster than you can say satellite uplink.
How sad that we have come to this.
Why not hold the girl in broad daylight and ask somebody passing by to call the police? I would have stopped if I saw a two year old running around unsupervised.
That's so sad.
I can somewhat understand his position. The local neighbor girls who must be under 10 or so run a lemonade stand and hang out outside my drive since my road is dead end. Once a year, I stop by and buy it, but I find myself reluctant to do more because I don't want anyone to suggest I've taken interest in the children. I'd protect them to the death from perverts but if something were ever to happen, I'll be damned if someone suggests "well that guy seems to be around them all the time". Sad state of affairs.
I do look out for them. If I ever saw something odd, I'd intervene or call the cops, but I pretty much won't interact with them except very rarely.
The best approach is to begin to help and bring in other adults as they become available.
People are crazy and times are strange I’m locked in tight, I’m outta range I used to care, but things have changed.
(Bob Dylan Things Have Changed)
The mother acted kind of like I was crazy. That was before cell phones and reporting everything to child protective services.
I used to get away from my mother a lot when I was little (hyperactive), and kind strangers always "rescued" me. Once they stood me on a display table in a department store where there were a lot of people milling around. Finally my mother spotted me among the fuss. Even at that young age, I was embarassed.
It is horrible that it has come to this. A little girl fell through the bleachers at a race (I saw that happen once myself at a stock car race) and was bleeding badly. My son grabbed her and ran with her to an ambulance he had seen near the entrance of the track. I suppose that is different, but I think the father (who was kind of stunned) didn't know what to do and appreciated the help.
He knows how careful he has to be because I drummed it into his head when he was still at home. With women it isn't quite as bad, but it is still a problem.
There seems to be a lot focus here on the passer-by and not the staff.
Today I stopped myself from looking for more than a second at a couple of cute five-seven year old kids, probably brother and sister, for exactly that reason. Didn't want their Mom to think I was some kind of pervert. Satisfying my mild curiosity about the kids was not worth the potential downside.
I would love to know what percentage of the population really are child molesters.
Sad but understandable.
Cell phone? Everyone's got one these days - what's to keep him from stopping the girl, putting a shirt on her, and calling the police?