Waddle Dee
Member
Reminds me of that movie "The Hunt". I'd be extremely cautious about helping a child who is alone. It's especially sad that a lot of fathers can't even walk out in public with their children without being accused.
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Good samaritan helping lost toddler gets punched by father, labeled predator online
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You know if his kid ended up like that story of the girl and the trucker he'd be blamin the trucker for not stopping and helping his kid.
I had something similar happen to me. I was in Barned and Noble on my lunch break, and was reading a magazine, when i saw a little girl walking around crying. I watched her for a few minutes. After seeing no parents were coming, i asked her if she knew where her parents were. Of course she didnt know so i took her to customer service desk and asked them to page the parents. Right as the clerk was about to get on the PA, hysterical mother comes up swinging at me that i was trying to kidnap her child. She called the police and everything. Was handcuffed and questioned. The employees knew me and tried telling her and the police i wouldnt do a thing. Eventually they pulled footage and confirmed i took her straight to the customer service desk.
Didnt even get an apology from either of them.
Sorry it may be cold, but fuck that. You cant keep an eye on your kids, i stuck my neck out for the last time.
Didnt even get an apology from either of them.
Sorry it may be cold, but fuck that. You cant keep an eye on your kids, i stuck my neck out for the last time.
eyeball_kid
Member
I think in general, there's a lot of people on this planet who just need to chill the fuck out.
TetraGenesis
Member
Oh, Jesus. Of course. Why am I not surprised?
I think I need to see this movie, or read this book now. Hell, I'll settle for a pop song on the top 40.
Bloodporne
Member
This is an absurd overreaction even for GAF standards. This was in response to other posters saying it is, or may be, mainly an American thing.
Not surprising after reading the comments the friends and family of the neglectful father, they all seemed like bottom of the bucket types.
Yeah I remember some "candid camera" type show doing a thing with a little girl dressed up like a vagrant on the street. Men would very awkwardly look around like Chris Hansen was waiting to pounce on them, and most men wouldn't even stop to try to help. Women obviously tried to help her almost every time.
Sad, but that seems to be a social stigma that just can't be stomped out.
Sad, but that seems to be a social stigma that just can't be stomped out.
Miles Quaritch
Member
There are 'family friends' in the comments right now saying that there's more to the story and how all the facts haven't come out yet
Sigh.
It's such an incredible culture of fear. It starts when you're pregnant, for women. You're criticized for any and everything you do and any minimal risk you take for your child. I mean, you'll get criticized for eating a sandwich, while pregnant, because of the 0.0001% chance of listeria. So, it's little wonder people are so frightened, as the child gets older.
Our culture needs to chill out first. We're creating this environment.
Bloodporne
Member
Smart. The only time I buy lemonade without the girlfriend with me is at yard sales where the parents are close at hand.
It sucks but you have to protect yourself.
OrlanisWorks
Banned
I don't think I'd be able to walk away from that like the good guy. I'd wanna fuck that father's life up as much as I legally could.
This whole event is overall pretty depressing.
This whole event is overall pretty depressing.
It's sad, but true.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
and while we are at it we have new revelations about Obama's supposed "Birth Certificate".
This is abhorrent. As a parent, I'd be thanking a person who tried to help my lost child.
Also [puts on judgy hat], how you gonna call the police when it was your ass who lost the kid in the first place?
It's a big issue with society today in that it's very hard for people to admit they were wrong, or apologize. Especially man to man.
Sounds like the case here. The father would rather keep on thinking the absolute worst of a guy who was trying to help his daughter than to admit he made a mistake. If he continues to truly believe he saved his daughter from a kidnap, he won't ever feel bad for beating the guy up or losing track of his daughter. So now he's doubling down on this narrative he's woven in his brain that the man is a child predator, reinforcing this anti-reality bubble to protect himself from guilt and shame.
Sounds like the case here. The father would rather keep on thinking the absolute worst of a guy who was trying to help his daughter than to admit he made a mistake. If he continues to truly believe he saved his daughter from a kidnap, he won't ever feel bad for beating the guy up or losing track of his daughter. So now he's doubling down on this narrative he's woven in his brain that the man is a child predator, reinforcing this anti-reality bubble to protect himself from guilt and shame.
I wonder what the overlap is between these folks and those who vote for the party of 'personal responsibility'...
To admit the truth is to admit he lost his own kid and a brown skinned stranger was the most responsible adult in the situation.
I wonder if he voted for Trump.
Just like Trump supporters.
What a sick society we have become. 
New rules for good Samaritans: (1) do not attempt to talk to or even approach a lost child, call authorities immediately instead. (2) Do not attempt to even follow child -- you will be taken for a stalker and predator. (3) Recruit any and all bystanders to lost child and, if you dare, approach child as a group, film the encounter, making sure to clearly state on camera that you have called authorities. (4) Assume parents will vilify and blame you, expect no thanks or praise.
A sick society, indeed.
New rules for good Samaritans: (1) do not attempt to talk to or even approach a lost child, call authorities immediately instead. (2) Do not attempt to even follow child -- you will be taken for a stalker and predator. (3) Recruit any and all bystanders to lost child and, if you dare, approach child as a group, film the encounter, making sure to clearly state on camera that you have called authorities. (4) Assume parents will vilify and blame you, expect no thanks or praise.
A sick society, indeed.
I'm gonna go out on a rather flimsy limb and guess maybe the good samaritan is Hindu and his hoping karma will run its course.
Basing this on:
-Dude's last name is Patel, so most likely from India
-About 75% of Indians practice some form of Hinduism
-Fact that he did not fight back or press charges
The uniforms for the baseball team the father plays on are festooned with guns and bullets. This shouldn't even be a question, of course he voted for Trump.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Facebook comments are always a cesspit of stupid cuntery, but this one is just maddening to read...at least some people are trying to defend the guy.
Oh, this one from a 'family friend'.
I just don't know what to say. This isn't alternate facts, this is straight up delusion that makes me worry about their mental health and the safety of the daughter.
Poot Poot Splash
Member
Amen to that but I also hate kids.
Rumblebones
Banned
The father is a right fucking dickhead and I hope he gets charged.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
It's pretty adorable how emotional you're getting over someone correcting straight up lies. :lol :lol Talk about fragile identities
AtomskEater
Member
Really? This woman thought you were about to kidnap her child but stopped off at customer service to get the location of the nearest white van rental service or something?
I feel so sad reading a lot of these stories in here. These parents usually aren't paying attention to their kids, kid wanders or doesn't follow when they're supposed to, they look up and notice they're gone but instead assume that someone snatched the kid instead of the situation being due to their own inattentiveness.
The Illiterati
Member
Years ago I was arriving home and there was a toddler (2 years old) in the very middle of the suburban road in front of my house. I knew the child lived a few houses down because she was Asian and they were the only Asian family in the near vicinity. I parked my car and talked the girl into walking back in the other direction, and as I walked up her driveway, the father came running out and grabbed the daughter. I told him she was wandering in the street and he just gave me a look and backed away.
If I wasn't nervous about approaching kids(and I was) that only made it worse. I felt good about helping her over all though.
If I wasn't nervous about approaching kids(and I was) that only made it worse. I felt good about helping her over all though.
Walking around with the child was a bad idea. Just stand still out in the open and call the cops on your cellphone so people won't think you are kidnapping the child.
Edit. And DON'T pick up the child. I have 3 kids and when I take them to the playground I don't touch other people's kids, not even to give them a boost to get on the swings.
Frozenprince
Banned
Sigh. Of course it was.
Im sure that little girl will hear the story of how the big bad brown man almost kidnapped her for the rest of her life and form wonderful opinions od people of color as a result
Fuck these parents man.
MsKrisp
Member
So fucking terrible, and is anyone fucking with the father for letting his kid get away from him in the first place? He won't even believe the police and is still talking shit. This kind of sexist bullshit is going to leave kids vulnerable, because a man isn't going to want to ruin his life for some kid he doesn't know.
Edit: and the victim is brown too? Oh fuck...
Edit: and the victim is brown too? Oh fuck...
LOL! Stranger danger in action. That's what you get from 24/7 News and echo chambers on the Internet
.Poor guy though. Almost sounds Southpark like. I mean when they let the father talk, I couldn't help but hear one of the Southpark voice actors in my head
.You dont understand. The man was a terrorist. He was brown... and just believe me. He wanted to brainwash that kid. Believe me.
Obvious /s
Fuck the father, fuck his friends and fuck his family. They should all be sued, father in jail and child services called.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
I guess he's doing a better job of following his religion than the father is doing his.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
The old lost baby trick? Not today.
What show is this from exactly?
MsKrisp
Member
Blackish
theres a huge difference between assuming the worse in the moment and then cooling off after the police get there and actually determine the guy meant no harm.
This guy reminds of someone who is wrong, is mad at them-self because they're wrong and taking it out on someone else. Instead of just admitting they made a mistake by A letting their kid get out of sight and lost and B doubling down by accusing the guy of being a child predator.