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March 12, 2008
Absurd case: mom faces trial for leaving child in car to make a donation
"Treffly Coyne was out of her car for just minutes and no more than 10 yards away. But that was long and far enough to land her in court after a police officer spotted her sleeping 2-year-old daughter alone in the vehicle; Coyne had taken her two older daughters to pour $8.29 in coins into a Salvation Army kettle..." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_re_us/mom_on_trial
If this is not a case of one clueless peace officer overstepping his boundaries than I don't know what is. You have got to be one dimwit idiot not to realize how much of a non issue this incident is. Honestly, what alternatives did the mom with a van full of kids have? She has a pack of kids driving to a Salvation Army post to donate their coins and an infant sleeping in the baby seat, all strapped in securely etc. It would really be a stretch to argue here that taking the infant out and attempting to cross a parking lot with the stroller and 3 or 4 kids in tow would be safer than just leaving the infant in place for a mere few minutes, just enough to be able to scoot over to the donation pot, deposit the change and head right back.
The local police department should really be embarrassed for the startling lack of professionalism among their ranks. Dragging this poor mom into court is just absurd. Don't courts have more urgent items to deal with??!?
The officer must clearly be a dimwit idiot and a jerk at that not to realize
Posted by vladb at March 12, 2008 12:35 PM
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