I’d tell you to go fuck yourself, but I wouldn’t want you to have a good time. 

I’m sure a better question should've been, "are you okay?" considering that they were on a wellness check. 

Why did they even need to know these things, they should have been able to see that walking on the sidewalk was dangerous, and either left him alone or given him a lift.

I’ve said this before but it is worth repeating: No good officer looks for an arrest unless a crime has been committed. For 17 years, I made arrest when I had to (warrant or OFA), the person was a danger to the community, or a crime was committed.  Why?  Because an arrest takes time.  You can blow half your shift…

“There’s a lot of information that we know about this case that we didn’t know at the time. Those officers didn’t know his age. They didn’t know he was 18. They didn’t know he worked at Walmart. They didn’t know where he lived.”

Drain denies that race played a role in the arrest, but added “I can’t get inside people’s hearts, I can’t get inside people’s heads.”

Those officers didn’t know his age. They didn’t know he was 18. They didn’t know he worked at Walmart. They didn’t know where he lived.

Why did they even need to know these things, they should have been able to see that walking on the sidewalk was dangerous, and either left him alone or given him a lift.

Feel like we should bring back the stocks for cases like this where the public can throw rotten fruit and publicly humiliate idiots like this.

One of the primary characteristics of a third world nation is that there are only the rich and the poor. Nothing in between. Thats what America is rapidly sliding into. The middle class is dead. 

America has always criminalize the poor.

You ever read about the billions of dollars banks receive annually in overdraft fees? As someone put it, the banks made all this money from people that literally can't afford it. 

My sister at 9 was definitely left watching me at 3. This was '80, '81, and she did it for years. Some kids grow up faster than others because they have to. They shouldn't be underestimated.

I think I was 6 or 7 when my parents started leaving me home alone. Hungry? Whip-up a box of Mac ‘n Cheese or make a sandwich. Bored? Watch TV or go ride your bike. Surviving as a kid isn’t exactly rocket-science. Here in NC, having your 9-year-old taking care of their younger siblings is the norm.

I’m Gen-X and was left alone by myself or with another kid my age often so that my mom could work. I was also around 8. 

By my math, this young woman had two children before she was even a legal adult

The fact is that America has criminalized being poor. And with America having a for-profit justice/prison system and the fact that the country is steadily sliding into being a 3rd world county, this is obviously a bad thing. Welcome to American Late Stage Capitalism.

By my math, this young woman had two children before she was even a legal adult—it’s staggering to think of how profoundly our society failed her and her children, that she had to leave her children alone in a motel to go work a job. It is shameful that this kind of shit is so common.

I think my oldest brother was 8 years old the first time my parents left us home alone. But then I’m a Boomer, and running around unsupervised was pretty much the norm.

Just watch ‘Lassie’ sometime. You’ll see.

The Root, still stanning for that rapist.

“If I ever lack I’m goin’ out with my choppa, it be another Kobe.”