Child Endangerment in Criminal Law
Child endangerment is a criminal offense that involves the subjection of minor children to inappropriate or dangerous situations. It is not the same as child abuse, which involves direct harm to children, but carries a similar penalty in the American judicial system. Often, parents and others responsible for children break child endangerment laws without realizing that their behavior is criminal. For example, a father who has too many drinks while he is watching his four-year-old son could be prosecuted for child endangerment because he was inebriated while he was responsible for a child. Other examples might include exposing children to illegal drugs, pornography, firearms, chemicals, criminal activity and domestic violence. The purpose of child endangerment laws is to keep children from witnessing adult or illegal activity, and to protect them from situations in which they might get hurt.
Collette Family Suing School Board Over Shooting
Just weeks after Teah Wimberly was sent to prison for 25 years for shooting her Dillard High classmate and friend Amanda Collette on school grounds, the family of Collette has announced they'll file a wrongful death lawsuit against the school board.
The Collette family and their attorneys announced the lawsuit filing this morning outside the Broward County Courthouse.
"We can't get her back but the fact that someone knew about it and it could've been prevented just makes it even harder to deal with," Teshawnia Thompson, Collette's aunt, said. "If we can prevent this from happening to any other students, that's our goal here today."
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Collette-Family-Suing-School-Board-Over-Shooting-90218137.html
Baltimore school board sued in high school shooting
A young man shot at Baltimore's Lake Clifton Eastern High School filed a $1 million negligence action yesterday against the city, the school board and the convicted shooter currently serving a 30-year sentence for the incident.
Lawrence M. Grant, 18, claims that the city and New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners were negligent in allowing Brandon L. Bayne, 17 -- a fellow student with a history of violence and gun possession -- onto school premises with a handgun.
The complaint alleges that Bayne "had been reported on prior occasions of possessing a gun," yet "was allowed to enter the premises with a gun" on Sept. 20, 2001, a school day. He shot Grant with a .22 caliber handgun in the parking lot that afternoon.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20030306/ai_n10054375/
Chicago school board sued over student's slaying
The mother of a Crane High School junior who was shot and killed outside the school last year has sued the Chicago Board of Education, the Sun-Times reports.
Ruben Ivy, 18, was gunned down on March 7, 2008 moments after the dismissal bell rang. At the time, Chicago Public School security chief Andrew Durbak said the shooting was "shocking" because of the high level of security at Crane -- both in manpower and technology.
Ivy's mother, Emily Green, alleges in her lawsuit that the board of education "voluntarily undertook" a system to keep guns off Crane grounds.
That system failed, allowing the gun that killed her son to be brought into Crane, the lawsuit claims. The suit asks for more than $50,000 in damages.
http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/03/chicago-school-board-sued-over-students-slaying.html
HACFM Inability to Provide Safe Low-Income Public Housing:
Sabal Palm Apartments:
May 15, 2011: Two Children Shot in Crossfire
Aug 24, 2009: Children May Have Witnessed Fatal Shooting
Mar 20, 2011: Bullets Hit Car With Baby Inside
Oct 23, 2009: Mother Arrested on Manslaughter Charges
Dec 05, 2007: Woman Shot by 4-year-old Boy
May 29, 2010: Police Search for Multiple Shooting Suspects
Nov 09, 2009: Man Arrested for Assault on Pregnant Women
Aug 27, 2007: Shooting Suspects in Custody After Standoff
Nov 22, 2010: Man Hides Gun in Stranger's Apartment
Jan 14, 2010: Lee County Narcotics Arrests
Mar 06, 2009: Three Arrested on Robbery Charges
Oct 24, 2007: Hotel Room Robbery Suspects Identified
Palmetto Court:
Feb 04, 2011: One killed in Fort Myers shooting
Nov 12, 2008: Two arrested on armed robbery charges
Apr 21, 2008: Mom arrested after boys found in filthy conditions
Feb 20, 2009: Police search for drive-by shooters
Feb 05, 2007: Public's help sought in Fort Myers shooting
Southward Village:
Jul 23, 2009: Man injured in Fort Myers shooting
Mar 26, 2010: Fort Myers police pursuit ends with crash
The HACFM has clearly established that it is incapable of providing safe low-income Public Housing due to the fact that all of such existing projects under their control are chronically plagued by violent crime including drive-by shootings, murder, manslaugter, assault, robbery, etc. As such, the communities of Tanglewood and Whiskey Creek oppose their plan to convert Horizons Apartments, right next door to our Tanglewood Elementary School, to low-income Public Housing.
