🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting after a Virginia mother of FIVE has been CONVICTED of a crime, sentenced to 6 months in jail, and placed on the CHILD ABUSE REGISTRY for 7 years...
...because she let her 5-year-old son walk half a mile to the pond in their GATED community to collect goose feathers.
Yes, you read that right...
Her name is Karyann Parkinson and she is probably the furthest thing from an "unfit mother" you will ever meet.
She has a degree in family science. She was a family life educator. She spent three years as a live-in behavioral specialist caring for 35 troubled girls. Her husband is a family therapist.
They moved to Virginia so she could go to William & Mary LAW SCHOOL.
This past June, eight months pregnant and studying for the bar, she took her boy Sam on their usual bike ride to the pond.
When they got home, he asked to walk back for more feathers.
Just a half-mile walk home on a sidewalk with ten feet of grass between him and the road.
Two crosswalks he'd used hundreds of times, inside a gated neighborhood with 24-hour security and a 25 mph speed limit.
She said yes, and she made lunch.
A stranger saw a kid walking and called security.
The guard marched Sam home and told this 5-year-old that his mommy did something wrong
His mother says it "scared the crap out of him."
Then the guard called the cops. Then the cop called backup.
Within minutes: THREE police cars. Three officers. A security vehicle. Two CPS workers. All at one mother's front door.
For a kid walking home on a sidewalk
CPS told her husband, "a 5-year-old child can never be unsupervised."
Never. Not for one minute. Not in a gated community. Not on a sidewalk.
That is the government's position on YOUR children.
They put her on the child abuse and neglect registry.
Seven years.
They charged her with "contributing to the delinquency of a minor."
A charge meant for parents who let their kids do drugs and skip school.
Last week, a judge convicted her and she got six months in jail, suspended and a permanent criminal record.
She can likely never volunteer at her kids' school again.
She may never be allowed to practice law.
What are we doing here????
Kids used to walk to school ALL THE TIME.
I used to ride bikes with my friends until till the streetlights came on... no one ever knew where I was and it didn't matter because this WAS AMERICA.
Now a five-year-old can't walk to a pond without three squad cars and a criminal conviction for his mother???
We've criminalized childhood...
.@JayCollinsFL, acting on behalf of Byron Donalds, is now illegally suing to remove me from the ballot, just like Democrats tried to do to Trump in 2024.
His claim? That I, a fourth generation Floridian who has lived here my entire life, haven’t lived in Florida for the past 7 years.
Here’s my Florida driver’s license from 2016.
This baseless lawsuit is nothing more than a desperate and illegal attempt to stop our momentum because they know we’re going to win on August 18.
Is this not a violation of the Equal Protection Clause? If Palantir is going to dox and intimidate private citizens for their free speech, then we should scrutinize every action this company takes. Also, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit racial discrimination in federally funded programs. Isn’t Palantir a federally funded program?
I think there is a basis for a lawsuit here. We could even inquire about violations of the Fourth Amendment, given that Palantir essentially acts as a loophole to violate our inalienable rights. Remember, the government answers to us, not the other way around. We, the people, should not tolerate infringements upon our liberties, and it is the duty of a competent citizenry to protect those rights should the government overplay its hand.
BREAKING: WE THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA DEMAND A GOP PRIMARY DEBATE BE HELD FOR THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.
Debates among competing electoral candidates have become a campaign centerpiece in elections nationwide.
Many states have developed a debate tradition and usually civil society groups have been critical in making these happen.
Debates help voters make informed choices and encourage candidates to focus on policy issues, a conviction so widely held that these candidate showdowns have become mainstays of the electoral process in many places.
We, the legal and registered Voters of Florida, are calling for all the Florida GOP gubernatorial candidates to stand up and be held accountable to the Voters of Florida and debate (at least once, more if time permits)
Florida is too important of a state and our nation is at a historical turning point and we must make certain our choices for Governor of Florida are based on open and transparent election processes.
Therefore, We The People of Florida DEMAND a GOP gubernatorial DEBATE prior to the primary elections.
@ByronDonalds@JayCollinsFL@j_fishback@Paul_Renner@GovRonDeSantis
The left should do the same but will almost certainly not adhere to any fair process. But WTPOF challenge them as well.
The Florida GOP is now openly rigging the gubernatorial primary against James Fishback.
If the GOP is going to sabotage every America First candidate like Thomas Massie & now Fishback, then they deserve to be totally destroyed in 2026.
Party of traitors & controlled opposition.
My message to all third-world descent migrants in Great Britain & Europe.
You should start self-deporting. Organise your affairs & leave on your own accord.
Our tolerance has expired. You are no longer welcome.
It’s only a matter of time before you will be made to leave.
Verdict: guilty. Justice was done. The only shame is that his shitty parents can’t be jailed along with him. But at least this murderous thug will be off the streets.