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[Kickz]

This is a joke, but in this situation I would've probably just yelled at him enough to scare him and then reported him to the school, also taken pics of my bloodied kid to help my case.

 

[Blackace]

It's pretty shitty that a kid can bully and beat up on someone and then get their dad locked up when he tries to stop them.

I wonder what kind of case it would be if the dad hopped out the car and clotheslined the kid?

 

[killer rin]

I wonder what kind of case it would be if the dad hopped out the car and clotheslined the kid?

Child Endangerment? Its basically a case of Screwed if you do, Screwed if you don't. The only winning move is to not to play.

 

[Zizbuka]

I'm just trying to think of an alternative the parent might have done.

his finger at the bullies? "You little rascals better stop!" and leave it at that?

Son, today we discuss alternate uses for baseball bats

 

[yogloo]

Is the father Liam Neeson?

 

[OJdaKiller]

The law is so fucked up in cases like this. If what we read is true, he was simply protecting his kid...An 8 yr old kid who was being beaten and bloodied.

If they want to charge him with "kidnapping", as if that's what actually happened, then why not charge the bullies with attempted murder??? Who's to say when they would have stopped as it was 3 on 1 and the kid was bloodied up?

If the law allows itself to be so easily misinterpretted, then equally spread the distortion.

 

[Byakuya769]

What kind of punk ass DA takes this case?

 

[Lumination]

Fuck that kid. Teachers side with the parent enough to file letters? Fuck that kid.

 

[Criminal Upper]

More evidence that children are not the future. We have to make a stand.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

There were rules back then boss

I'd like to idealize that people back then put them in context instead of blindly following a checklist.

But I doubt it.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Fine the dad, put kids in juvi.

 

[samus i am]

Why doesn't he sue them back for assaulting his kid?

 

[IHaveCandy]

Is that picture supposed to swing our view one way or the other?

 

[Alebrije]

Is that picture supposed to swing our view one way or the other?

Yea, why do we need an image in order to make a opinion

 

[Infinite]

Is that picture supposed to swing our view one way or the other?

if it hasnt you passed the test

 

[dark10x]

Makes me glad I'm leaving the country soon. I'm sickened by this kind of shit.

 

[zephervack]

Makes me glad I'm leaving the country soon. I'm sickened by this kind of shit.

You coming to Canada ?

 

[adamsappel]

My favorite part is how they say he locked him in the car. That makes it seem like he handcuffed him and left him in there, when most likely at most he locked the car door when enroute to the school.

My doors automatically lock when the car goes faster than 9 mph.

Kidnapping charges should be dropped.

 

[ymoc]

No he didn't, people are crazy for feeling this way. Sure, there are people that don't have children best interest in mind, but that is a small minority.

Unsupervised children are the responsibility of the entire community. When you see a child in danger, or generally misbehaving, you are justified in interfering. Usually this can be handled with words.
However, when you find a wounded child it is the right thing to do to put the child in your car and bring him to a doctor (when an ambulance isn't the best alternative). When you see a child that's lost, it's the right thing to do to put the child in your car and take him home. When you see a child seriously misbehaving - violence or vandalism - then during school hours it is the right thing to do to take that child back to school so that they can handle it. Alternatives are putting that child into your car and driving them home, or putting them in your car and driving them to the police station. Or perhaps call the cops and prevent the child from leaving.

Thank you for that.

In a normal, reasonable and emotionally intelligent world, there would be NOTHING wrong with what this father did. It is every person's responsibility to try their best in keeping a community functioning and preventing deviant activity. I want a world where good deeds are respected and encouraged. On the other hand bad deeds must be discouraged to the fullest extent.
There was NO KIDNAPPING here. A parent prevented bullies from injuring his kid and then did the most responsible thing he could by taking one of them back to school, where, in a normal word, he would be met by a school psychologist who would have a talk with the child and inform his parents to come and pick him up. But do things like that happen in the real world? Nope. You get charged with kidnapping, imprisonment... it makes me feel disgusted to see how the society has regressed. If my kid was ever involved in bullying other kid, I'd want that he was treated exactly like this father had - be brought back to school where the matter would be resolved. I cannot fathom how a honorable parent could have such a disgustingly low moral standard to have the audacity to go and press such unbelievable charges against someone.

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[rbanke]

Stupid on his part, in what world does an adult think its ok to put someone else's child in their car.

Different world today. I'm in between yesterday and tomorrow when it comes to how things like this work. Being a 35 year old with a 2 year old.

When I was 9 or 10 it was summer and a friend and I rode our bikes up to our school where they had been doing construction. We started messing around with the stuff we found, playing, minor mischief, etc. There was a guy who worked there as the grounds keeper or something found us, screamed & ran at us grabbing us both and putting us in his truck. Our parents were mad at us for doing stuff we shouldn't, not the guy for 'kidnapping' us.

So this is one of those situations where when I was a kid, there probably wouldn't be any fuss over it, but if this situation happened to my kid when he's 8, it'll be a huge, blown up problem.

In the end, the only reason I think it might be 'stupid on his part' is because of today's society, not because of what he actually did. If this guy put my kid in his car and brought him back to the school, I'd be dealing with my kid being the bully, not bringing the guy up on charges.

 

[saltinekracka]

I don't know what else I would've done in that situation. Dude should not be in trouble for this.