Title: Single Mother Arrested For ‘Abandoning’ Kids At Food Court, While Interviewing For Job 30 Feet Away Source:
Counter Current News/KHOU URL Source:http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/ ... other-arrested-for-abandoning/ Published:Jul 18, 2015 Author:Reagan Ali, Shante Wooten and M. David Post Date:2015-07-19 15:26:01 by Deckard Keywords:None Views:362 Comments:1
A Houston mother was just arrested for allegedly “abandoning” her children, even though they were never even out of her sight.
The single mother was arrested by Houston, Texas cops after she told her children to sit at a table in a mall food court while she interviewed for a job only 30 feet away.
Local KHOU reports that Laura Browder took her 6-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son to the mall for an abruptly-scheduled job interview, that she didn’t have time to find a babysitter for.
She was never “abandoning” her children, and they never left her sight. She bought them lunch at McDonald’s and sat them at a table, where she could see them during her interview.
But when Houston Police showed up, they accused Browder of “abandoning” her children. She was taken into custody only minutes after being given the job she applied for. Now, she is worried that the arrest will jeopardize that job, and cause her to lose it.
Now, Browder has appeared before a judge who saw no reason to hold her. The judge even gave her children back to her, but did not apologize for the insane police reaction. In fact, Child Protective Services says that they have “opened an investigation” into her.
Browder stated that “this was very unfortunate this happened. I had a interview with a very great company with lots of career growth. I am a college student and mother of two. I would never put my name, background or children in harms way intentionally. I have a promising future ahead of me regardless of what the media tries to portray me as.”
Local KHOU says that once news of this got around Houston, a slew of new job offers came in, supporting the single mother and her responsible care-taking of her children. The people of Houston are almost unanimously against the police on this one, but the Houston PD has doubled down on their totalitarian reaction to seeing children eating lunch 30 feet away from their mother.
Watch the local report from KHOU in the video below…
(Article by Reagan Ali; Shante Wooten and M. David; h/t to local KHOU and Raw Story)
