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In reply to the discussion: 5 year old boy struck and killed after forced out of car on busy highway for being 'unruly'. [View all]BGBD
(3,282 posts)if you think that him tossing the boy into traffic is going to make me want him shot less. You're argument was the his charges would be reduced, but now your saying we shouldn't rule out them being upgraded?
Still, none of the things that you mentioned like taking a phone call or getting back into the car for some reason are examples of non-negligent actions. Negligence happens when you take your eyes off the kid in a situation that a rational person would consider dangerous. I do happen to know how close the parking lot is to the road, just over 100 feet down a hill with no barriers between the parking lot and the highway.
I don't want to execute his because it was raining. I want to execute him because his negligence lead directly to a 5 year old boy dying on a dark highway.
Again, look at it from a reasonable person. They would understand that there was a potential for danger and take steps to make sure that they didn't "lose sight" of the child.