Kid left in minivan

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http://wcco.com/local/local_story_207183155.html

I think there should be a law against this sort of thing here in Minnesota.

I remember when I was younger my mother would leave me and my siblings and her nieces (all of which at least 2 years younger than I was) in the van while she ran into Walmart, no matter what time of year. Vehicle would always be off, windows always rolled up, and the keys on the front seat. But the doors would be unlocked because when we locked them the alarm would go off cause there were still people inside.

See? Even the vehicle knew better.

[Goufunaki]

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That's just flat out dumb for people to do.

[Alex]

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There are laws against that. It's called child abuse and neglect. Maybe Minnesota doesn't care about child abuse and neglect, but there are tons of parents around here that get busted for leaving their children to boil in their cars.

[Kirin]

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I went to high school & college with with a girl who was recently charged with doing something like this (this is from my hometown's newspaper). She always was sort of a ditz. Poor kid.

[Chad]

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There are laws against that. It's called child abuse and neglect. Maybe Minnesota doesn't care about child abuse and neglect, but there are tons of parents around here that get busted for leaving their children to boil in their cars.

In Minnesota, there are no state laws about kids left unattended in cars. They are decided on a case by case basis. The mother in the Andover case was arrested for child endangerment.

[Bon]

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There are laws against that. It's called child abuse and neglect. Maybe Minnesota doesn't care about child abuse and neglect, but there are tons of parents around here that get busted for leaving their children to boil in their cars.

I recall an incident earlier this year where a 39-year-old mom left her two-year old son in the car...so she could take her dog shopping. Hell, she even told an officer she was leaving her baby in the car, and said "not to tell anyone."

Tsk tsk. This is shameful.

[Jamos]

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I think they should punish her by sending her to Texas and force her to stay in the car like that for about three hours. You shouldn't leave a baby alone in a car for 5 minutes, much less 30! WTF is wrong with this woman?!

[Bon]

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I think they should punish her by sending her to Texas and force her to stay in the car like that for about three hours. You shouldn't leave a baby alone in a car for 5 minutes, much less 30! WTF is wrong with this woman?!

Her problem is that, according to her intellect, she thinks an infant won't be affected greatly from being left alone in a vehicle with low insulation and highly probable chances of escalating temperatures.

Her problem is that she was too much of a putz to bring her baby with her into a store, a Target store, where there are several strollers available for use.

Her problem is that her incompetence and oblivious nature at the sin she's committed probably won't deter her from doing the same thing again because the state she lives in, no offense to residents here, are a bunch of idiots for not enforcing the imperative laws for this offense.

To be blunt, she shouldn't be a mother. Period.

[Ryner]

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A new low for humanity.

[Dusk Raven]

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Reminds me of that CSI case.

[Fushigi na Renamon]

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Ugh, I hate how despite the fact that this happens far too often, people continue to do stupid stuff like this.

This is your CHILD, lady. It takes one minute to take him/her out of the carseat and take your child into the store with you. It is a living thing, not an inconvenience you can just leave in the freaking car. Babies are not flame retardant, hello!

[Nixon]

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People are careless idiots.

Welcome to this world of fools.

[Jamos]

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Babies are not flame retardant, hello!

Best line of the year!

[The Toecutter]

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Babies are not flame retardant, hello!

Perhaps that issue could be ameliorated through the use of genetic engineering.





Ok, bad joke...

[Funk]

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Nah, we need all of the genetic engineering jokes that we can get.