There is a Sonic next to the K-Mart; that's probably where the girl's father took her for dinner.
And what about the people who were arrested on their way out of the store after buying something? I think that may be the part that offends me the most.
"what about the people who were arrested on their way out of the store after buying something?"
precisely. exactly how could those pigs of policemen justify classifying departing customers as trespassers? if i hang around a place of business after having patronized it for a certain amount of time, does that make me a "trespasser?" if so, WHY? pf.
I can understand that (the people inside buying something and coming out and being arrested). I can understand that the police were out of order - but so where the kids who were congregating in the parking lot. HOW are the police to know that the kids didnt go inside from being in the crowd to get something only to come back out again.
I am sorry if I am sounding like a preacher against kids and for Kmart or the HPD (believe me - I DONT shop Kmart so they are NOT high on my priority list to defend). That certainly is not my intention. The kids should not have been there in the first place - that is my point. But they were and there was a history of neighborhood disturbance because of them being there. Someone finally got fed up. Most likely it was the store management.
Oh, and if a father takes his 10 year old child to a sonic at 1230 at night... how did he lose track of her? She gets out of the car to see some friends (ok, it can happen)... but why would he let her out of his sight for a moment? She's 10 years old... she's outside of the car for a few moments in a crowd - a crowd of kids that might just be bigger than she is - WHAM! She is swallowed by the crowd instantly. She is lucky she was not taken by some child rapist.
How do you know? I dont know... you dont know... all we have is the testimony of a 13 year old boy saying what he spoke with the little girl... with no testimony from the father or even what the police report said.
Anything could have happened. What I suggested, what you suggested. Who knows?
I misread some of the article. We dont have a testimony from a 13 year old...
On another topic entirely... I am having trouble with my PC too and some things are getting posted twice and too soon... and I try to delete the doubled entries but LJ is having issues.
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Date: 2002-08-26 04:57 pm (UTC)And what about the people who were arrested on their way out of the store after buying something? I think that may be the part that offends me the most.
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Date: 2002-08-26 05:23 pm (UTC)precisely. exactly how could those pigs of policemen justify classifying departing customers as trespassers? if i hang around a place of business after having patronized it for a certain amount of time, does that make me a "trespasser?" if so, WHY? pf.
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Date: 2002-08-26 06:40 pm (UTC)I am sorry if I am sounding like a preacher against kids and for Kmart or the HPD (believe me - I DONT shop Kmart so they are NOT high on my priority list to defend). That certainly is not my intention. The kids should not have been there in the first place - that is my point. But they were and there was a history of neighborhood disturbance because of them being there. Someone finally got fed up. Most likely it was the store management.
Oh, and if a father takes his 10 year old child to a sonic at 1230 at night... how did he lose track of her? She gets out of the car to see some friends (ok, it can happen)... but why would he let her out of his sight for a moment? She's 10 years old... she's outside of the car for a few moments in a crowd - a crowd of kids that might just be bigger than she is - WHAM! She is swallowed by the crowd instantly. She is lucky she was not taken by some child rapist.
It's just common sense.
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Date: 2002-08-26 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-08-26 07:14 pm (UTC)Anything could have happened. What I suggested, what you suggested. Who knows?
My mistake
Date: 2002-08-26 07:19 pm (UTC)On another topic entirely...
I am having trouble with my PC too and some things are getting posted twice and too soon... and I try to delete the doubled entries but LJ is having issues.
Sorry for all of that.