2 teenage girls beat up mother at valleyfair.

[SCCO9803]

I second that conceal and carry comment!

[abens1078]

What about Good Samaritan laws that are put in place to protect people who assist others in need? Any legal minds out there that could advise how this would apply? I ask because I doubt kids are going to magicly improve and chances are more of us will run into this situation(2 in 1 thread)and we should be able to assist and defend without the fear of being sued for everything we own.

[psegriz]

Is it still legal to make citizens arrest? Never heard of one anymore except for my cousin, who owns a grocery store in GA. Does it to shoplifters quite often. Maybe in MN it's not legal? wouldn't surprise me.

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[The Grebe]

Good Samaritan Law? Citizens Arrest? If the two that did the deed were under 18, which they probably were, under our laws, they could have just about killed that woman and probably got away with it!

You on the other hand, as an adult, trying to intervene on behalf of the victim,
would have been raked over the coals and cooked in deep fat, for putting your hands on a minor!

Had you intervened, and yourself been attacked and in the process of defending yourself, had to bust a couple of heads, life would get real miserable for you! It is becomming a liability to do the right thing!

And, I might add it would be a jury of your peers, regular people, like those that stood and watched and did nothing, that would happily send you before the firing squad!

[Riverratpete]

I find it interesting that there was only a small amount of reporting done on this incident...I'm certain that it's happened before but I'm sure someones putting the clamp down on the story (bad press ya know). Took my family to Valleyfair last year for my daughters birthday with friends etc. the amount of kids that are let to run loose with no supervision in this place is stunning and this type of incident was just waiting to happen IMO. It will turn into the MOA before too long and then the little ****bags will just go somewhere else. Oh yeah, shame on the other "adults" that stood around with their fingers somewhere and did't help this poor women.

[Jaypo]

All we can do is worry about personal accountability. My kids have, do, and will know better than to act like these two girls. Additionally, as some of our peers in the parenting ranks suck at their job, my kids and their Karate lessons will hopefully account for others lack of tact.

The fact no one did anything [PoorWordUsage]es me off as we have zero sense of community in our society anymore. God bless environments like FM to help establish a sense of community.

As someone said, all it takes is someone bigger and tougher to come along to straighten someone out.... but where does that end?

These girls have a parent or guardian somewhere. I hope they feel like **** for their contribution to society!

Gonna go hug my kids now....