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http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-escapes-charges-son-hot-car/Officer Mark Fanfarillo left his 4 ½-month-old baby, Michael, in his car during the summer for nearly nine hours but Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara refused to press charges....
While the death of Michael at the hands of his feckless father does, indeed, appear to be a tragic and highly avoidable accident, decisions not to press charges against parents for leaving children to perish in sweltering vehicles disproportionately favor those in law enforcement and other occupations of State authority....
So, while McNamara might have explained New Yorks conditions for such arrests, the fact is, authorities will find a way to prosecute parents for neglectfully leaving their kids in hot cars unless they have such connections, in which case they will find a way not to.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)exboyfil
(17,862 posts)Joshua Blunt, an African American man, was charged with 2nd degree murder for forgetting about his child
Amy Bryant, a white woman, was not charged and her name was kept out of the papers for forgetting about her child. Her name came out later and is still not widely publicized.
Same state within three weeks of one another. Linked is a pastor commenting on the discrepancy.
Just because Blunt's charges were later reduced to manslaughter (which is closer to what it should be), it does not change the fact that he was charged with murder off the bat and the woman was not.
http://www.pastordeanstewart.com/2016/05/
catbyte
(34,326 posts)My dad was a cop for 30 years, and he hated the inbred relationships between the law enforcement community. He said that the "blue wall" was dangerous and rife with abuse. This is also why he was never promoted in 30 years of service. They don't seem to make them like my dad anymore. Well, actually, n o t many back then either.
jpak
(41,756 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Most people that live in the real world know this by now.