Translation - "we fucked up, but can't admit it publicly"

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Or the violent kid's mom was successful in her campaign to get public opinion on her side by not giving the real facts. And the police/DA does not want any more bad attention.

This would have been more reasonable as Assault 3 and not a Felony, But I have seen kids get records for breaking a window. This seems a much worse thing to do hitting a kid so hard he had a concussion, black eye and bruised nose. There was no game going on and the previous game does not involve throwing at the face. This was an intentional act.

Mom wins, kid learns he can get away with bad behavior.

So they fucked up....

You think that because the prosecutor dropped the charges, the kid thinks he can get away with bad behavior? You seem to be under the impression that the primary caregiver in society is law enforcement, and parents don't have any role to play.

The 10 year old did something that thousands of other kids do all the time. Charges weren't warranted, so they got dropped. If charges were the right thing to do, then the DA could easily justify those charges, but they chose not to. There's a reason for that.

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“The mother of the alleged victim had every right to go to the authorities and the authorities had an obligation to investigate. When this case was reviewed by my office, no one paid attention to the race of either party. It is categorically wrong to suggest that this was charged based on race or geography,” she said.
Prosecutors said they hope the families can reach an agreement outside of court but have not ruled out revisiting the charges if such an agreement can't be made.


From https://www.foxnews.com/...r-dodgeball-incident

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Just Triing
Triathlete since 9:56:39 AM EST Aug 20, 2006.
Be kind English is my 2nd language. My primary language is Dave it's a unique evolution of English.

Why do the families have to reach an agreement at all? The kid threw a ball. A ball that is designed to be thrown at other people. It wasn't a rock. It wasn't a weapon. It was a ball.

ETA - The prosecutor's statement that "When this case was reviewed by my office, no one paid attention to the race of either party. It is categorically wrong to suggest that this was charged based on race or geography" is a non-statement. Do you actually think they would say if the charges were made based on race or geography? I don't know if they were or weren't biased by the race of the children involved, but this statement doesn't mean anything.

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Yup!

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