Free Range Kids | This one upset me

[@BirdDogey1]

Former Army officer, retired Los Angeles area cop here (88-07). Part of the problem was the female deputy. Karen caller and Karen deputy equals lunacy. Fun story. On graves, I saw three boys roughly the same age as the boy in this situation. They were walking down the road at about 2 am. I rolled up on them and asked what they were doing. The boys had a sleep over, snuck out and were walking to Del Taco. Told them to hop in and I took them to the Del Taco drive thru, sprung for their food and took them back to the house with a safety warning. Never spoke to the parents. For the record, I became a cop in the late 80s and agree with Mike Glover 110%! While I'm on a rant, my grandfather grew up in the depression. Yet, we were very similar culturally. I find myself culturally very different from the cops working today. Nothing scarier than a small town bored cop working for an agency that pays fast food wages.

[@goingdark5992]

Even outlaws appreciate good cops!!

[@BirdDogey1]

@@goingdark5992 Had about 4 hookers defend me in a "citizen" complaint situation. One of my colleagues who became Deputy Chief, had a career criminal ask him to come to his parole hearing and be willing to supervise him. I and at least one other officer had a homeless person list us as next of kin because we were the closest thing they had to family.

[@stevenrobbins1122]

Good for you and for the community that you served. You sound like my long time friends. Great soldiers, then became good police officers, now retired. I'm not a cop, but I'm a good friend. I contracted and worked for an agency during wartime. My buddies to this day know, that if they needed serious backup, as old as we've become, I'm still their 1st string go to guy. Anyways, just know there's some stand up fellas still around and willing to give a hand when needed. God bless ya!

[@hawkheck8870]

100%

[@kurtries8255]

I retired from the Michigan State Police, after 31 years. This is a lack of discretion on the deputies part. A lot of theses young cops don’t think critically anymore.

[@savageinstitute9569]

I had a rifle in my room, was responsible and rode my bike miles to school at age 11. I'm with Britney. 🇺🇸

[@mrmcbeth]

I used to walk for miles when I was his age.

[@feedthegorillal.6697]

I used to do that 35 years ago but it's more dangerous for kids now and days.

[@-Alien_Residents-]

@@mrmcbeth Yep. They made it more dangerous. Designed collapse. My uncle use to drop my brother off 10 miles from home while he was training for wrestling, HS. His kid didn't believe him I guess. I can see why now, under this woke generation. Kids won't be the same under these influences. It's going to get worse. There was no idea of easy when we were growing up. "Health and safety...for our protection", it's garbage. The parents decision, the parents problem and burden. I died a little with that squirrel. 🐿️. Get some peanut!!!!!! 🥜 Just saying.

[@mdog6726]

@@feedthegorillal.6697is it?

[@Valco458]

In just the last 4 years it’s a totally different World now. We didn’t have Aspiring Rap Artists , gang bangers or cartel members to worry about when I was a kid in the 60’s. I’m going to get torched 🔥over this one. I side with law enforcement on this one. Unfortunately they didn’t communicate very well in the process..

[@thomaswilliamson625]

@@feedthegorillal.6697, that’s not true…. Literally the opposite. Did you have a cellphone back then?

[@spacepimp]

I’m with you on this one.. it’s about wanting to control people.

[@sneakymoon556]

Yes. They are people who were probably bullied as kids and never felt a sense of power

[@Nonconformist-l3b]

Good grief! I’m 73 and I know it’s another day in time, but when I was 8 I literally walked a mile to school, walked back home for lunch…I didn’t like eating in the lunch room…back to school and then back home after school. Our town had about 5k population…a small oilfield town. In the summer I’d get up in the morning and ride all over. Mom would say check in and let me know what you’re doing. I don’t think I was endangered and I don’t think anyone else would’ve thought I was endangered. That was normal in the ‘50s & ‘60s. I don’t recall any kids ever going missing or being hurt. It’s sad what our society has become!

[@Lulee1277]

25 years ago my son broke his leg. I took him to the hospital after he had his cast put on because he was in so much pain. This, for some reason, triggered a CPS/police call. The hospital put armed officers outside my son room before they ever talked to me or my husband. When the case worker did finally interview me she said "I know you did this and I will prove it". She did by lying in her report to the court. Thank God that the assigned Physician and child abuse expert saw these egregious lies and intervened directly with the courts. 30 days later my child was returned to my custody, but the CPS worker still felt the need to call me and tell me she would be "watching me ". This woman was uneducated, had holes in her shoes and was clearly abusing her power. You don't get over something like that.

[@Nonconformist-l3b]

Our son was always accident prone. One time he had injured his head…again…he had stitches several times before he was 5 years old. While we were in the ER the nurse said have you been beating this kid again? And she laughed. She knew us and our families. An Okla Highway Patrol officer was walking by the ER door when she said that. He immediately did an about face and came back to our room. The nurse told him everything was fine & she was just joking. It got real intense, real quick.

[@MichaelColeman-w5q]

yeah...good thing that wasnt me.

[@tonycraven8142]

That should have been a major lawsuit. The case worker should have lost her job. Where do they get off removing the child without due process? They do more mental damage removing the child then had they left it alone. Wtf is wrong with this entire country. Dhr is a democratic run agency and we can already see the problem from that alone..

[@avitenenbaum6676]

PREACH brother! Your voice is needed.

[@rubinthomas8586]

"We get to coparent together " What a fantastic way to describe this behavior and mindset. Gradual seizer of control.

[@Mossycreeksurvival]

The government - we lost track of 300,000 children who came across three video illegally. Also the government - you're going to jail for knowing your child is a mile down the road.

[@davidrossi2293]

It's IN the MILLIONS OF MISSING CHILDREN!!! MILLIONS

[@wendyc1902]

​@@davidrossi2293 Exactly 300k that they know of

[@forgingluck]

I'm so tired of karens and govt overreach.

[@barbdwyer22]

The police are run by local governments, and taxpayer money is used by those living in those areas. Utah has been Republican since Richard Nixon, so I mean, this is a progressive stance about Law Enforcement and the issues we see in the Judicial system.

[@TheBuilderdad]

Jesus, I was raised in N Texas. By 10 we were running around with a 410 shotgun, sleeping out by the red river doing chores around the ranch, living life and free. Had rules and consequences and went to Church. I’m ashamed of what our government has become and embarrassed for those employed there in.

[@EN2HAMMSTER]

So we have a young man walk 15 min to a local store to buy something in the middle of the day, No fighting or stealing or robbing driving with out a license and no drugs and cops have to get involved ? We have to much government.

[@kaceywells]

Agreed!

[@fritzd2116]

FAR too much government.

[@paullaroche3117]

Absolutely! Too many 3 letter agencies and costs, we need Trump to get in and reorganize.

[@PowderMill]

The big problem? He forgot his prescriptions at home. The pharmacy required them to provide him with puberty blocking whore-moans. Fortunately, the government was able to continue to supply the youngster with these “life saving” medications. The parents should NEVER be told of these critical, life affirming treatments…. For the good of the SMALL HAT Pharmaceutical companies.

[@Trissb1988--]

If you want to argue why bother stopping a guy from walking If he is not a person that Might appear to be somebody with warrants, etc. Fine but for Mike to Say the officer is making a say you cannot be arrested well he refused to ID himself when legally required to do so. And outright say the man was arrested for walking home, downright untruthful.

[@thomasjolley2835]

Thanks for making this video Mike a lot of America feels the same way

[@SnakeBitBob1982]

Im old now, but I was much younger than 10 when I would hike miles through the woods in rural MS and nothing bad ever happened. I never got lost in the woods until I was 44 yrs old. Took me a good 1/2 hour to re-orient and be on my way. Let the kids do their thing.

[@CorbinMusso88]

Jesus christ. The infantilizing of America makes me sick. The mom and the kid did nothing wrong.

[@halledwardb]

Makes me sick. Today my kids replaced the evap coil defrost heater in mom's fridge. By themselves. Their peers contemplate what sex they are, have no skills, and are eating their crayons. While my 13, 16yr girls are winning PRS matches, kids their age can't wipe their own butts. A Karen tried to do this to my family. My kids shut the door in the sherrifs face and said "I don't talk to the cops".

[@TingTingalingy]

My mom*. "Mom" implies we have the same mother ​@@halledwardb

[@halledwardb]

@TingTingalingy thank you for the narcissistic deep dive into English.

[@TingTingalingy]

@@halledwardb the narcissism lies within you.

[@halledwardb]

@TingTingalingy Get behind thee Satan.

[@DDGVET4]

My God. We walked or rode bicycles multiple miles to school and back each day in the 60's and early 70's.

[@MarilynKaplan-c1c]

I had to walk a mile to town for the school bus! But that was in 69 and my freshman year of high school. before that we walked a half mile to the grade school unless it was bad weather.

[@M240D]

I did the same in the 90s. My parents never knew exactly where I was during the day. Things have changed very quickly

[@roninbudo]

LOL A 11 YEAR OLD CAN DECIDE THAT THEY CAN PERMANENTLY CHANGE THERE SEX BUT CAN'T WALK DOWN THE STREET LOL

[@SpartanFitnessMma1]

Make this comment viral

[@bluzzjazz]

That's exactly why this is such garbage and the police are stooges.

[@JJ.LovesAnimals]

Pathetic... Law enforcement is way out of bounds... Cops support criminals in my neighborhood.. harassing me .. robberies and killing my pets.... Law enforcement lied to me... They're a gangsters with gang ideology...Thinking..

[@Josh_D03]

Insane right

[@Sassy7763]

Facts

[@ericg3002]

In the 90s my friends and I had to ride our bikes or walk over a mile to elementary school. It was still dark in winter. No one cared, parents or kids.

[@irritatingtruth9121]

Not only that. I grew up in the 90s. We would walk down the Zeno River park MILES. Fish, jump in when too hot, bring lunch. Walking to the corner store was the one where we would be back in 30 min. Not gone all day. And this was before cell phones.

[@lizard928]

I'm so glad I was raised by a hard ass boomer. Born raised Gen-X, we were raised to be tough at all times and did everything outside, and we had built-in safety instincts. Lost generation and boomers dealt with post-war and other fear mongering and raised kids to be tough, be safe, and be aware of everything around you. This is piss poor law abuse and abusive use of authority. This poor mom is fighting it and has a good lawyer.

[@DimebagWuest]

Fellow Gen-X here! Walked over a mile to and from school each day. Skateboarding to friends houses and sports activities after midnight at 10 as well. There is a huge difference in generations of Americans, this is a bad sign for the future.

[@KR-mt2zx]

@lizard928 Gen X as well and same here. My parents were older and not boomers, but the same concept. I have an older sibling who's a boomer, though. I'm not sure what happened with that one. Those words unfortunately don't go in the same sentence with that one. Aware and tough especially.

[@lizard928]

@KR-mt2zx LOL!🤣 I had older sibling, too. Don't know what happened there either must have been the end of the boomer age. I was fighting their fights 🤣Raised by single parent mom who was tough. I was more afraid of her than the police!🤣

[@KR-mt2zx]

@lizard928 Lol. I hear that!

[@pwayne3580]

GenX, we were raised on hose water and neglect. Grateful and wouldn’t change a thing!

[@dial0562]

Deputy here, This would have been a simple phone call to the mother and let her know why we were called. Ask the mother if she would like us to give him a ride home as a courtesy. If she didn't want me to, a simple info report on my call and done. Also, the deputies that did what they did, that is liberal policing.

[@beauxgaloo9621]

Police are now the enemy

[@barbdwyer22]

How? What actual "liberal" parent wants the police to arrest them? Your average day-to-day parent, progressive or not, would disagree with this situation. Don't let social media extremists make you think this is normal. Also, these are Republican-run states, counties, and cities. So, what's going on here?

[@johnpauljones1499]

This video is extremely important. The government attacks people that have a high sense of freedom and liberty, maybe hoping they will resist so they can make an example of them. Stay strong, dear Patriots hope is on the way!!

[@clippy-v4q]

remember when you were just kicked out the house and told to go play, rode your bike until you were too tired to go any further and turned around , played baseball until it got too dark to see, went into the woods and just went exploring or fit all of that into the one day and somehow made it home for food and just went out again after to hang out?

[@garyworley5806]

My neck vein is popping out too Mike. It chaps my ass how EVERYBODY wants to get all up in your business now days. When I was eleven I was everywhere. Exploring in the woods, fishing, hunting. It wasn't just me. It was most kids my age. Now children are so "protected" by everyone but their parents, the kids are either not allowed, or worse yet, too scared to do anything alone.

[@harveygalloway3965]

There is a state trooper who lives down the road from me. His wife drives like a maniac. She drives 70+ in a 55, passes on double yellow lines, does this during the school rush hour and on a highway prone to Amish horse and buggies. She drives like that because her husband and his buddies will say nothing to her, but let someone around here hit 62 or 63, they get the blue lights.......

[@OrionPreparedness]

She should hire an attorney and have those Deputies arrested for “false imprisonment”. That’s the charge against law enforcement in Georgia!

[@kaceywells]

Sadly, that charge wouldn't fly. Even thought they were wrong by arresting this woman, they did so with "good intent". They didn't make up a charge that doesn't exist just to put her in jail. Or falsify evidence or a crime. They thought what they were doing was right. She should file a lawsuit though. Not sure if that would even fly though. Terrible officer performance.

[@jeffersondaviszombie2734]

​​@@kaceywells but they did falsify evidence of a crime because nothing really happened. There was no evidence of any crime. They used that charge for nothing, in an abusive manner.

[@blameyourmamma]

​@@kaceywellsbootlicker

[@williamtoney2599]

The deputies should be charged with felony stupid….

[@wendyc1902]

​​@@kaceywells "Child endangerment" is such a blanket term similar to "officer safety" Imagine the guilt that little boy felt seeing his mama go to jail. 😞

[@6jefes948]

Absurd!!!! I am a retired cop of 25 years. We occasionally got these types of calls from Karens reporting unsupervised kids either in public or even at home. Our state does not have a statute that gives a specific age that a kid can or cannot be left unsupervised. When we'd respond on these calls, I would make a quick assessment as to whether the kid was reasonably responsible for his/her age. I believe every single time they were. They knew mom's phone number, they knew how to call 911, they knew what an emergency was, they knew what stranger danger was. I'd then say carry on. No crime here. This is outrageous. Makes my blood boil. Our idiot society will let a 10 year old decided their gender but they cannot go get a soda. Thanks for talking about it Mike. I hope she sues.

[@njrtech]

Spot on 👍

[@melinda5777]

DITTO!!!❤❤

[@michaelbarton4705]

Amen brother

[@AMERICANDOF]

That's why im no longer a deputy sheriff. They are to fast to over reach and violate peoples constitutional rights. They need to start holding LE accountable and train them more in constitutional law. Both deputies need to be fired immediately. The sheriff needs to be recalled for lack of trust.

[@Just_chill_fool]

@@AMERICANDOF you could do more if you remained a deputy. Fix it from the inside rather than criticize from the outside. You had that opportunity but, according to you, you chose to walk away.

[@jamesfrancisaloysiuspercev925]

Wish you could’ve stayed in & made the difference, but I completely agree & understand.

[@rico989]

@@Just_chill_fool most of the time you either get with the program or they'll make your work life hell till you either quit or find something that they can fire you for.

[@Just_chill_fool]

@@rico989 most of the time? What is your experience that qualifies you to make that claim?

[@FloatingGoat1]

The government will violate all of your rights just to protect you. These heroes deserve an applause.

[@solaban8222]

54 years ago, when I was 5 I was out wandering Laguna Hills California catching rattle snakes, shooting rabbits, and shaking down the local Cafe for mint candies. .. Did I mention I lived in motherfing Laguna Hills?

[@thehedgeknightnc3681]

Mike, what I have seen in the past ten years is the type of individual applying for LEO positions have no business being a Police Officer. The Departments are bleeding good personnel due to retirements, burn outs, DFTP and injuries/Death. As a response the Departments are lowering standards, eliminating Phycological testing, and hiring individuals with the attitude " we have to have SOMEBODY to answer the calls". Now the saying is if you have a problem and you call the police, you now have two problems. I'm retired now. When I started (1983) I had an old Trooper FSgt give me a piece of advice. "Treat everyone, I mean everyone with dignity and respect like you treat your mom. If not, that person good or bad will show up at your house with ten men in the middle of the night and burn it to the ground. Whether you're in it or not. I made it 33 years without getting hurt and without getting the Mark of Cain. I don't know what the answer is but "We are truly living in interesting times".

[@rico989]

Fully because these are the people that they want. Passing the pseudoscience polygraphs. And "extensive" background checks.

[@bobbie4862]

CPS has way to much power and they rarely go after who they should. I have seen crack moms constantly get second chances, but the home school mom gets the book thrown at them. Its insane.

[@williamlockard8191]

At twelve I was Deer Hunting in central Wyoming alone, hunting Saga Hens, fishing, and any manner of outdoors adventures. I want a government that hasn't the time or the resources to interject themselves into the raising of my kids. This is the same type of mentality that causes people to lose their pet squirrel and have it killed. Government is entirely too big.

[@OrionPreparedness]

Mike. I’m a former Georgia cop. I’d love to talk to you about the state of law enforcement in Georgia. It’s incredible!

[@dansmith3507]

Incredibly bad as we see in this case and many others. Some good but many many bad tyrants

[@CharlotteMcGaha-c2s]

It’s obviously NOT incredible 😡

[@chago4949]

When I was between the ages of 8 and 12, I used to walk the streets of Brooklyn to go to different stores. Yes, sometimes my parents knew where I was and what I was doing. There's nothing wrong with that. After all, I was never in any danger walking by myself to the store, or sometimes with my cousins or siblings. And guess what? Look how I turned out! I retired from the military with over twenty years of active duty service, and I also retired from the school district as an SRO. I now have twenty-eight grandchildren, and fourteen of them are great-grandchildren, and they are doing well-not all of them! They go around and do things on their own. Sure, sometimes they let us know, but then there are times that they just decide to walk on their own, which is fine since the stores are not far away. There's nothing wrong with them walking to the store. They have been taught to be hypervigilant of their surroundings. If I see a child just walking in the middle of the streets, that's something different because they look like they are lost and / or confused. You can also approach the child that you feel is in danger. But nine out of ten times, they're usually under five years old. My grandchildren and children were aware of what's going on in the neighborhood that we lived in. I always made sure that they lived in a safe. Environment I tried my best. I'm an American of Puerto Rican descent and a Combat veteran of 24yrs of Service and I took an Oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and for the Bill of Rights and that Oath has never expired 🇺🇸 🇵🇷🇺🇸🎗🙏✝️❤

[@chago4949]

When I was between the ages of 8 and 12, I used to walk the streets of Brooklyn to go to different stores. Yes, sometimes my parents knew where I was and what I was doing. There's nothing wrong with that. After all, I was never in any danger walking by myself to the store, or sometimes with my cousins or siblings. And guess what? Look how I turned out! I retired from the military with over twenty years of active duty service, and I also retired from the school district as an SRO. I now have twenty-eight grandchildren, and fourteen of them are great-grandchildren, and they are doing well-not all of them! They go around and do things on their own. Sure, sometimes they let us know, but then there are times that they just decide to walk on their own, which is fine since the stores are not far away. There's nothing wrong with them walking to the store. They have been taught to be hypervigilant of their surroundings. If I see a child just walking in the middle of the streets, that's something different because they look like they are lost and / or confused. You can also approach the child that you feel is in danger. But nine out of ten times, they're usually under five years old. My grandchildren and children were aware of what's going on in the neighborhood that we lived in. I always made sure that they lived in a safe. Environment I tried my best. I'm an American of Puerto Rican descent and a Combat veteran of 24yrs of Service and I took an Oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and for the Bill of Rights and that Oath has never expired 🇺🇸 🇵🇷🇺🇸🎗🙏✝️

[@jacemiddleton3053]

@@CharlotteMcGaha-c2sincredible can be used as a positive or a negative though. Incredible is just a word that describes that it’s extreme. Could be saying it’s incredibly bad or incredibly out of hand. Incredibly corrupt. Just how I read it, food for thought!

[@gerardomolina941]

I live in Ga. I used to be a huge supporter of LEO. After several emergency incidents with my family I have since changed my mind. I personally don’t have any use for police. They are just trying to make the city more money. I was almost arrested for rushing my pregnant wife to the hospital at 12am. Waited 20 mins for an ambulance that never showed up and then Almost arrested yet again for rushing my 3 month old who was purple at this point to the hospital. Decided to call and wait for police when someone broke into our home, they showed up almost an hour later after the guy left our home, they never filed the report I gave them. Mike says it best, You are your own first responder.

[@sinepari9160]

The fact that LEO can use 'you've been drinking' to pin literally anything on you or even detain you if you're on foot is ludicrous. The entire 'drunk in public' law is stupid. Like Ron White once said, I wasn't drunk in PUBLIC. I was drunk in the bar. They THREW me out into public 🤣

[@joshfranklin1894]

I grew up in rural Arkansas and I did the exact same things back in the early 90's when I was that age, heck I used to go into the woods all day and sometimes be multiple miles away from home

[@RichardsWorld]

My mom was a single mother after my parents divorced. This was in the 70's though. I walked all over, went to stores to mostly buy candy, and walk to other places when I was 7-9 years old. Later I lived with my father in a different city and did the same. In my adult years I easily handle various situations that an average young adult couldn't do. It greatly prepared me to take care of myself.

[@davidwebb9752]

The Karen was concerned about the child, but not enough to stop and talk to the child 🙄.

[@billhamilton5949]

She was not concerned about the child as much as she was concerned about thinklng ,she's about "something".

[@LRRPFco52]

If she had been busy baking cookies and minding her own business, it would have been fine.

[@HaloDude557]

Nobody wants to get involved but everybody wants to feel important

[@tonycraven8142]

That Karen should have been arrested.

[@AL_theDrifter]

From 7 years old on a Honda 70 fourwheeler my folks had no idea where i was when not at home. 80's and 90's were awesome.

[@tokyosan7906]

This happened to me when I was a kid. I was about 10 and went, with two buddies, to a church camp about 3 miles from my house. So at this camp during lunch they also had recess, like at school, go outside and play around. Immediately this group of older boys starts bullying us and throwing acorns and eventually rocks at us. I got smacked in the face by a rock. The church camp people didn't do anything to help and blamed us for starting a fight when we were the ones being bullied. So I said F it, and left, my buddies too. We started walking home. About 15 minutes down the road a sheriff pulls up, said someone called about boys walking by the road, and gave us a lift home. He spoke to my mom for a minute. Then he left. I guess times have changed.

[@searchingforaway8494]

You have to be able to ARTICULATE HOW that child was "in danger"...... There is NO CHANCE IN HELL that that charge is going to stand in court as long as she fights it and it even has the potential to turn in to a landmark case! That is ABSOLUTELY in NO WAY a child endangerment charge!

[@lathammarek927]

Ponder this... that cop risked not going home to his kids just to roll up a jay walker. Im sure his wife would be proud!

[@dannystewart2588]

I know its crazy. I wonder if they are aafraid of actual criminals?

[@lathammarek927]

@dannystewart2588 most are. Some arent

[@paule4696]

I had a paper route when I was 11. I was out at 5:30 am every Saturday and Sunday morning. Had to travel more than a mile to the paper station to get my papers and then deliver them. Never had an issue. Our society is doomed by this nanny state. We really screwed up by giving these Karens authority. They've ruined schools and virtually every other institution in the western world. That Sheriff deputy probably didn't have her first job until she became a cop.

[@ifronnin]

I used to run around my family’s 200 acre farm with a shotgun, sometimes walking down the county highway to go hunting.

[@jamesskippergolf]

I’m from south GA and when we were kids around that age, and we would ride our bikes to the to the river/lake all the time (more than a mile away). There were times that the cops would pass us on the way and just tell us to get off the road if we saw cars. This is just wild to me.

[@blackvivi2488]

Damn Mike this is the most fired up I have ever seen you.

[@allencollins6031]

I think the period between 1950 and 2001 was an anomaly. Glad I enjoyed some of it. Its gone.

[@sawtooth4615]

My wife and I live in southwest Idaho just 30 miles from the Oregon border. We often travel to eastern Oregon towns to play golf. One town in particular town is Union. About 600 or 700 people. They have a gold course that we like to play. They also have a historic hotel that has been modernized that we stay. It's on the main street of the town. The thing we noticed when we stay there is the amount of young kids out and about riding their bikes in town. After eating dinner one evening we encountered a couple of kids on the sidewalk. My wife asked one how they were doing. She asked him what an object on his bike meant. He said it was a gang sign. She asked him how long he was in the gang. He said one day............lol I know there are places that kids would not be safe, but it's nice to see there are still places where they are...

[@boonedog1457]

Mike, Your story infurates me also. Law Enforcement have much more to do than harass that woman with her young boy. I grew up in Los Angeles, California and I was one of those kids. We were street smart and knew how to avoid, escape and evade danger. I had a newspaper route on my bicycle at age 7. I started a law mowing route at age 10. At age 12 I worked a 50 hour week summer job at a marina. At age 17 I operated a restaurant as the manager, reporting to an owner. It infurates me to think any law would prohibit a 10 year old boy from walking to the store a mile away. Ar age 5, I walked to school by myself. It was between four to five blocks away. People like this Karen are a huge part of the problem, as is that female Karen cop. She should be ashamed of herself. They need to go arrest those Venezuela gangs!

[@ashleehouse5204]

Nope. That's why kids are still kids at 30 years old. The kids in my neighborhood are out playing all over town til dark.

[@irishlovely8867]

💯agree! In Newport Beach , CA kids from elementary to high school ride their e-bikes to school, the parks, stores without parents anywhere. Perfectly normal.

[@user-vm6mw6du8m]

I guess it depends on where they’re at? Don’t try that in downtown Los Angeles or any major city where there are lots of homeless or mentally unstable wandering around…. Different times now. As an adult I wouldn’t walk around some areas alone and unarmed…

[@alanafromoc]

I literally had tears rolling down my face as I watched that disabled man being harassed by that cop. There's something very wrong with our society when people like that are being targeted, yet there's serial killers and drug dealers roaming our streets. I remember being 6 and 7 riding my bike with friends, being free without my mother knowing where I was. How many children are living in filthy conditions with drug addicted, abusive parents, and no one does anything. I feel like so many government institutions have gotten too big and are broken. Police, child protective services, the medical industry, and the department of education need serious overhaul. I am really sorry that happened to you and your family, Mike. Your little boy must be so traumatized. Praying for your family and praying that the new administration can change these broken industries

[@Jediglock99]

No one was hurt. No one was in danger, but they’re trying to make her sign a waiver. I’m wiping my ass with that shit 😂😂😂

[@Georgiaonmymind862]

My daughter had two sons. One was large at 10 years old and the other was quite small at 10. She was very careful with the smaller one because he wasn’t as likely to fight off a kidnapper as the other son. It’s a real danger nowadays!

[@MybackHurtz1]

I was a single parent father with custody of my 8 year old son. I would leave for work @ 6am and leave him alone @ home where he would wake to his alarm @ 8am and walk himself to school by 9am (school was right across the street). I didn't even have a cellphone back then. A police officer was called to my home one night by my ex wife and I asked the officer what the law says about how old is old enough for a child to be left alone @ home? The officer, a female, said there is NO certain age. She said that is dependent upon my own judgement as all children are different as is every situation. My son always made it to school on time and was well dressed and kept. He's 30 years old now and takes care of himself, supports himself and has his own residence. I wouldn't change a thing but a cellphone would have been nice to have.

[@skennyp1434]

When I was 10 we rode our bikes to the other side of town

[@lwhowell4387]

At the age of 10 i would walk over a mile to the orchard where i picked cherries and apricots to earn my own money for school clothes.

[@snazyuploads21]

It's not important until it becomes personal.

[@mini14king76]

I’m truly praying for you and your family Mike. ❤️🇺🇸🙏

[@madammim694]

the most ridiculous situation, i was shocked when I head it too.

[@BDavid760]

Thank you! I know times have changed but when I was in elementary school (starting in the 3rd grade) I lived closer than 2 miles to the school. We had to walk because the bus wouldn't pick you up if you didn't have a disability. This started when I was 8 years old and basically...

[@tripleceas]

Exactly MYOFB! Or just check on the child if you are so concerned

[@williamwalker1277]

Mike, the problem is, there's so many bad people in this country now. They could grab a kid in less than a minute and no one would know what happened to them. There are so many children being killed or sold. I live out in the country about 10 miles from town And I'm raising my grandson who is 11 years old. I had him when he was a baby. He realized that so many kids get stolen. But he does run the woods around our farm. And he stays inside the fence on the farm. He also has a radio with him and other things to protect him,he knows a lot about survival. Teach your children well why they are young so they can survive the hard times that's coming...

[@MissingLinkMTB]

This was like all of GenX.... if we were outside, we could be in the backyard, we could be 10 towns over. As long as we were home by the time the street lights came on. I mean the news used to have to remind our parents every night to make sure they knew where we were "It's 10pm, do you know where your children are". All of a sudden we're surrounded by Karen's....

[@brokenwrench404]

Exactly! Is Gen x’rs are the original free range kids with our house key around our necks

[@johngargano6417]

Back in the 1970s-1980s kids went out in the morning, played every sport there is before noontime, then rode their bicycles or went swimming..then played hide & seek until the street lights came on. We also walked to school. In many places today, kids are expected to walk to school or a bus stop if they live within X miles of the school or a bus stop. They can't afford to have the school busses go to every home or street corner...especially true in many rural areas.

[@stevenm7232]

I walked a mile to school when I was 7 daily when the weather was nice.

[@stevegee7623]

When I was younger than this kid as long as my chores were done, I was out on my bike all over the place with no problem, just had to be home in time for dinner, or by dark. My parents would send me on my bicycle to the "Corner store" about 1 mile away to get groceries when I was 8.

[@Rickman-utz]

At the VERY least, police unions need to foot the bill for lawsuits. Major psych evaluations periodically and a national database for unfit law enforcement offenders.

[@Just_chill_fool]

@@Rickman-utz psych evals are in place. A National registry for officers is part of reforms being slowly implemented.

[@J-Bones87]

in the 1980s and 1990s, it was very common for a 10-year-old child to walk to a nearby store without adult supervision and when i lived in Pocatello Idaho as a kid i walked to the store at 10 years old alone

[@MM12684]

I’d be like “if he’s not stealing from the store why are you calling me?” This wouldn’t be a news story if it weren’t clearly shocking and wrong.

[@paulbingaman5481]

From 7years old till I was 11 years old I was home alone till my mom got home from work. I would ride my bike around 3/4 of a mile for my house. We moved back to Georgia when I was 11 ,and still would ride bikes 1/2- 1 mile from our house all the time. My Junior and Senior High School was a 1/2 mile from my house and would walk to and from school. I lived 5 miles as the crow flies from the Atlanta airport then.

[@cobrakai2304]

well said SGT,Major... truth Brother...

[@EASyourpain]

Cops/ officials shouldn't be allowed to use extortion to get conviction. That should be criminal

[@jamesschmidlin789]

*IT'S ALL A LOAD OF SHIT AND THEY NEED TO IMMEDIATELY DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST BRITTANY. HALLOWEEN WAS THAT SAME WEEK WHERE KIDS WILL BE OUT WALKING BY THEMSELVES. FANNIN COUNTY SHERIFF DROP ALL CHARGES IMMEDIATELY*

[@jerrywilbur7020]

I used to have to work with families and DCS when I was in the mental health field. He is absolutely correct. The system is so faulty. I saw a woman doing everything right and more to do what they were asking her to do regarding her daughter. The daughters school had an incident and sent all kids home early, no notice at all. The mother couldn't make it across town as fast as the school wanted so they called DCS. That triggered a new case against the woman and destroyed all her good work. The case worker and I spoke and she knew the situation was not the woman's fault but she just went with the paperwork. It's crazy and the system has been created in a such a way that it makes it impossible to overcome and get out of. Once you're in the system, you're screwed.

[@NCmtnMan89]

This is what tyranny looks like

[@sourkrause9354]

When I was 7, thats when I started walking to school, friends, and everywhere alone, in a pretty populacce town. By the time I was 10, I was walking 4-5 miles a day between walking to school, going to sports, and friends.

[@ashley-wildsoulroots6387]

This type of thing happened to me. Never been in legal trouble in my life. Went to pick up my 4 and 6 year old boys from daycare and school and they weren’t there. The hired hooker turned girlfriend to my ex went and got my kids when their dad was out of state when he and I had an agreement that they would be with me. I went and got my kids from their dads house of which I had a key to. I later got arrested in front of my kids while putting them to bed, booked and spent the night in jail. Had to fight to keep my security clearance as an faa air traffic controller and fight a legal custody battle proving I was a fit mother for over a year and $50k later. This woman has and is sexually grooming my boys, the school has filed ocs reports on her, we’ve filed police report and still no investigation has been done. Ocs refuses to give me copies of those reports. All systems need to crumble. It’s a disaster.

[@sergiodiaz2725]

When was 12 my buddies and I would go to the other side of the city and spend the entire day outside. We’re babying kids so much it’s no wonder they have mental breakdown after a day of work.

[@rscbmr1023]

The real criminals "slip through the tracks" because they don't have any $$$$$ . If you have a few bucks in your wallet they will try to take as much as they can.

[@BornAgainHard1775]

I’m a retired Vegas cop and this is absolutely ridiculous!! Lol Wow Georgia!! Guess there’s nothing else to do in these country towns! This is what gives Police a bad name!!

[@rhondamiller5166]

Well part of the problem is that they call college students kids now. They are kids until they’re 26 years old! It’s ridiculous!!!

[@JenkinsStevenD]

The guy walking home.....imagine being the police officer whose life choices lead them to the point where they are pursuing people late at night for JAYWALKING. The shrimp-dickery authoritarianism is astounding.

[@Joemammatype3]

The problems not only with the Karen’s, it’s the cops as well who should straighten out the Karen’s not the parents of a kid who was doing nothing wrong.

[@Just_chill_fool]

@@Joemammatype3 telling Karens no occurs often, you just don’t read about it

[@spacepimp]

Thanks for doing what you do!

[@daves3016]

Soft target police, i see it all the time. Where is the statute that says 10 yo cant walk to the store or ride a bike there.

[@helenkessler6012]

In most states it's 12 y of age before they can be left without a sitter.

[@free_range_jeeper9899]

Why do you make this statement when you are absolutely incorrect?. MOST have NO specific age, and the few that do is generally around 9-10.

[@rsurdyk]

Where i grew up in lk. Stevens Washington we walked everywhere. To the store , the lake to swim. Ect. Some were a couple miles away. Wow..

[@roflchopter11]

ACAB includes busy-body Karens and CPS.

[@briancrn113]

Amen. The Afghanistan withdrawal wrecks my heart every time I think about it.

[@michaelbarton4705]

As a former Deputy Sheriff, the Deputy really fucked that one up. Use your damn judgement man obviously the kid knew where to go and how to get home (because he’s likely done it before) and assuming he was not under distress or an emergency situation. The kid was probably walking and minding his own damn business… too bad Karen couldn’t do the same.

[@charliepiland3285]

@23:45 mark, actually the Utah statute allows for provision of a valid ID or name, DOB, & address. That violent tyrant NEVER asked the disabled Special Olympics hero for his name. He repeated the demand to “see ID” and then brutalized a disabled man for sport.

[@chiplilly7896]

Gen Xer here, you know my take on this. Punishment was being exiled indoors.

[@suziex4190]

I am so sad and outraged this happened to Mike's family. Thank you for highlighting the INSANE arrest of the mother whose son walked to the store. OMG.

[@halledwardb]

Get a good lawyer. Have the city buy you a house.

[@SheepDogNumber6]

Good lawyer once told me DONT SIGN ANYTHING unless I tell you we need to.

[@deadmangarcia]

The restraint you used in dealing with this tyranny is commendable sir.

[@stevespilker7640]

Spot on Mike. America is in decay. America is woke and that is a shame. We have to take our country back ASAFP.

[@jantzensteves]

Yes sir. Thank you for bringing these cases to a wider audience.

[@Me4peace]

I'm a GenX-er. We walked to school, all over town, to our friends houses...no cell phones or GPS! That's when children learned how to be responsible people. This situation is so damaging to society.

[@savageinstitute9569]

Mineral Bluff, population a little over 3,000. Very low crime rate, over 70% republican and has around 1 fatal traffic accident every decade.