I'm trying to figure out if anyone in Florida is ever charged with a crime.

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I'm trying to figure out if anyone in Florida is ever charged with a crime. Geesh! This woman ran over a (nearly) two year old in a parking lot! Isn't that at the very least wreckless driving or manslaughter?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136555/Mother-watches-good-friend-police-chiefs-wife-runs-22-month-old-toddler.html

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Jason ON said…
I've seen people get wreckless driving tickets from crossing the yellow line for a few seconds and swerving back into their lane or going 10mph over the limit on a road with no other traffic and yet this woman gets nothing. Nothing!
April 29, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Jonathon Barton said…
Many billions of wreckless miles are driven each day in the United States.
I think you might be looking for reckless?

On the flip side, why is the mother not being charged with some form of neglect or negligence?
How exactly was a toddler able to wander out into the parking lot, with nobody paying attention, an into a position where he could be flattened by an SUV?
April 29, 2012 at 8:09 PM
Jonathon Barton said…
Well, apparently the cops think that it's a tragic accident, and that charges shouldn't be filed
I'm inclined to agree.

And if charges are going to be laid in, I would be inclined to lay them in against the mother, not the driver.
April 29, 2012 at 8:51 PM
Brandi Bennett said…
THey got the football player, Donte Stallworth.
April 29, 2012 at 8:52 PM
Jason ON said…
Jonathon Barton , from what I understand from other articles, the mother left her son with a friend to head into the field while she grabbed chairs and whotnot from the car. The kid escaped the friend and ran back to mommy.

It is a tragic accident, but it's never the pedestrian who's at fault in a vehicular encounter. Pedestrians have the right-of-way.

That being said, if this killer hadn't been the wife of the police chief would it still be an accident?
April 29, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Jonathon Barton said…
Pedestrians are not usually 14" tall, either.
April 29, 2012 at 9:11 PM
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