A man helped a lost toddler find her parents, police say. He was smeared online as a

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Moderate Right said:

The incident should have stopped at the moment police told the parents that this man was not a kidnapper. I could forgive the father for his initial reaction of punching the guy but then not taking the police's word for it and then doing the social media thing, the people doing this should be sued by the real victim for every penny they've got.

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I could forgive the father for his assault, too, IF he had apologized afterward, or at least shown some remorse. But not only is he not doing that, he is actively insisting pushing the accusation. He needs an attitude adjustment.

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This story scares me because I have been in similar situations a few times in my life. Situations where I see a young child who appears to have been separated from his or her parents and seems distressed. I am a father of two young kids. When I see a young child walking through a crowd in tears crying, "Mommy where are you?!" my first instinct is to go help.

But if you have to be careful how you handle the situation. Especially if you are a male. If I am with my wife it is easy. She goes and sits with the kid while I look for the parents or someone in authority. But when it is just me it gets complicated. I'm a big dude with a shaved head and a goatee. I'm a total teddy bear but I don't look like it. If I saw a stranger who looked like me take my child's hand my initial reaction would be to freak the **** out.

But I also couldn't live with myself if I did nothing and the kid was harmed. So what I typically do is stay a few feet away from the kid, call out loudly "this kid lost his parents" while waving a hand in the air and using the other hand to point at the child. I do not touch the kid. I speak as little as possible to the kid and try not to look directly at the kid.

No, that probably isn't very comforting to the kid but you have to balance helping the kid with covering your own ass. Sure, if the kid tries to run into traffic I am going to physically stop him but you have to envision the whole scenario as a film. You don't want a single frame of that film to make you look suspicious, because that particular frame might be the moment the kid's parent walks around the corner and sees you.

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JANFU said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...d=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-toddler:homepage/story


Clearly a forgiving man. I would be suing their ffn asses off, each and everyone that posted such lies.

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The man was also punched by the child’s father who told local media that he “thought he was trying to take my daughter” and “wanted to kill him.”

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There is going to come a day when some with deep pockets takes down a social media outlet. As these incidents grow I recall that the CBC used to allow unfettered access to their news page, you could say anything since they found out its not the person who says whatever that gets sued, but the outlet that published it.

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You've got to help a lost kid but wandering around asking "is that your daddy?" is the wrong way to do it. Take the kid directly to security, an usher, or any other staff in the immediate vicinity then stay there with them until the parent is located. If at all possible, do this with a witness in tow. Don't just turn the kid over and go away because the staff member might turn out to be a dirtball. If law enforcement shows up then give them your name (if they ask) but if the questions go beyond anything normal remember that you have rights.