'Why We Fight'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
A defense attorney could still have fun with the fact that Water Balloon Boy attacked her first (and, AFAWeK, without provocation). Consequences for escalation, yes. But consequences for Water Balloon Boy, too.
And felony convictions for neither. Nobody seems to have the equities here.
I don't click ita links that are at a website with the words "the" and "sneeze" in the url, and "Steve don't eat it."
In this case, was I wise?
Yeah, this story has other elements to it for sure. I mean, a felony? WTF?
Again, I don't think it's felonious, but it just wasn't right.
I agree. I think the police should've let the parents handle it, and only gotten involved if one set of parents balked.
The girl is 11, she was with her 6 yr old brother.
The felony charge is assualt with a deadly weapon.
According to this yahoo article they came to an agreement:
In the article it says the mayor and police chief agreed that it was an appropriate charge.
no, it means that the victim intitates the legal proceeding. there are certain cases when the victim does not have to.
Like which? Does it just mean, say, reporting a rape?
Dude, you so don't get to ask that question. You need to be answering it.
*shrug*
This is why I don't understand. I just don't know, given that the state prosecutes all crimes, where "pressing charges" comes in.
Even older kids can be shockingly short-sighted
Adults can be shockingly short-sighted too (cf Jackass, Fear Factor, life). But there are points at which you figure they've been presented with enough information and have the wiring that they could be expected to get 4 from 2+2.
According to another article I read (which I need to get a bugmenot login because it was already linked logged in when I read it), the girl speaks limited English, the police were speaking English, not Spanish and they Mirandized her in English, not Spanish.
Her mother, evidentally does not speak English and didn't know what was going on.
There is also this, from the article askye linked (which is the same as the Salon article):
While she ran to find Elijah's parents, a neighbor called 911.
Once she realized what she'd done, the girl went looking for the boy's parents. Unless she was planning to throw rocks at them, too.
And yet all the boys seemed genuinely shocked anyone got hurt from the rock dodging game I mentioned. I'd like to add that a mere three years after this rock-throwing incident, my brother was studying physics at Princeton. Make of that what you will.