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Monument@piefed.world 5 days ago
A few winters ago, my wife and I took edibles and then like a half hour noticed some weird movement on our porch.
It was a 13 year old who had run away from home and snuck onto our porch. She was attempting to stay warm by huddling under the dog blankets we keep out there.
After a short delay (figuring out what the hell was going on), we called the police. They arrived as the edibles were hitting and we had to keep our shit together while trying to talk to the cops about this kid that randomly appeared.
BlonksClown@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Redfox8@mander.xyz 5 days ago
For trying to find a runaway girl a safe place to sleep & not get sucked in to homelessness or worse? The police may not be the best option, depending on who comes out & where they live, but arguably better than nothing. You can’t second guess why they ran away, but shitting on someone for trying to help with a single word response…good job keyboard warrior.
Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Would the better option not be to directly help the child?
The police are just likely to force her back to a physically abusive household as they are to hurt her in the back of their car.
Redfox8@mander.xyz 4 days ago
We just don’t know the reason so can never be sure what’s actually better. So maybe not. Maybe something bad happened as a one off, maybe it was school bullying & nothing to do with the parents.
As I suggested, some police depts. will handle it better than others, so there’s a risk that it’s not the best option. But that doesn’t mean it’ll always be the worse one.
So would it be better to just leave them alone to become permanently homeless? Depending on the country, even the state or charity orphanage may not be better than going home. There’s a tiine of variables we don’t know.
How to you propose someone ‘directly’ helps btw? Adopt them on the spot?! Ask them what they want? (This won’t necessarily be the best thing for them). Also bear in mind that the op had said they’d just taken mushrooms… A scared homeless kid having two drugged up strangers talking to them, that’s not going to be bad at all is it?!
Anyhow, it’s all wild speculation. All anyone can do is make as best a decision for the moment.
BlonksClown@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Cringe
tyranny@crazypeople.online 4 days ago
i don’t know what your comment was, but from context, i surmise that i agree
toynbee@piefed.social 5 days ago
At least here, there’s what I think are called “good Samaritan” laws that state no one may be charged if one is in an altered state of mind while calling about an overdose. Every example I’ve ever encountered has been specifically about an overdose, but I would think doing a good deed despite the risk would grant some leeway, from the court if not the cop.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Unless you’re in like Utah, where the church still has a fairly firm grasp on the local government, most cops really don’t give a fuck about pot any more unless you’re driving.
chocrates@piefed.world 5 days ago
Some of them apply to rendering aid too, so if you try to save someone’s life and fail you won’t be charged with anything.