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A mother faces child abuse charges after allegedly leaving her two young children in a vehicle while she went on a job interview.
Scottsdale police say a witness heard a child crying inside a SUV that was parked outside an office complex near 90th Street and Via Linda on Thursday.
A 2-year-old boy and a 6-month-old boy were inside the vehicle, which had the engine off, the doors closed and each of the four windows only slightly opened.
The car was reportedly parked in the direct sunlight and the witness didn't see an adult around.
Police arrived at the location and say about 45 minutes after the witness arrived, Shanesha Taylor returned to her SUV.
Taylor allegedly told officers that she had just finished a job interview and didn't have anyone to watch her children.
She was arrested and booked into jail for child abuse.
Child Protective Services responded and took custody of the children.
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Commentary by Greg Witt of Smoking SectionShanesha Taylor of Scottsdale, Ariz. wanted to make a better life for herself and her two young children, and she got the opportunity in a call for a job interview last Thursday.
She went in for the interview, but with no one available to care for her children – ages two and six-months – allegedly she left them unattended in her SUV for over 30 minutes. A bystander heard the children’s cries, alerted the authorities, and Taylor was arrested on two counts of felony child abuse.
Desperation leading to poor decisions is almost a template for crime. A mother steals a loaf of bread. A man without transportation who cannot afford to miss a day of work runs out on a cab fare. Crimes such as these, not borne out of greed or malice but a lack of options, makes the perpetrators themselves play dual roles as victims and culprits. Questions about how we failed these people are as important as the details of the crimes committed.
Upon her arrest, Taylor reportedly told the officers that she was homeless. What were her options? Did she have family? Friends? Let’s say that she didn’t. Who could have taken on these children? Would a local day care center be willing watch her kids for free, while shouldering the insurance liability and running the risk of losing their license?
Probably not.
Could she have dropped her children off at a local police station for an hour? Not likely. Citizens are rallying around Taylor by setting up a fundraising page, but it may not be enough.
If the facts of this case and the mitigating circumstances prove true, then society failed Shanesha Taylor as much as she failed her children. To be clear, leaving an infant and a two-year-old in a car on an 80 degree day for any amount of time was unbelievably dangerous, and could have ended in an even worse tragedy.
As it stands, we now have a still jobless mother who could lose custody of her children, facing two felonies in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s racist, unforgiving Maricopa County.
I hope Shanesha Taylor sees how close she came to losing her children. I hope she gets a second chance to do right by them. I hope that the prosecutors and judges show mercy. I hope that the lawmakers and officials who cut the budgets for childcare, healthcare, and job training, while looking down with contempt upon those citizens attempting to climb up from the lowest rungs of society see the true cost of their folly.
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lock her up and throw away the key
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Yeah, she should be charged.
It's good she was trying to get a job, but that was a ? move. -
ehh....she probly should be charged. hopefully the charges don't stick cuz she probly won't be getting a job any time soon with anything on her record.
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meh....Kinda don't agree with this but I mean she did ? up
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That was dangerous for the kids...can't leave small children unattended.
I've seen parents do the same thing over a pair of Jordan's -
Good she getting a job but cmon you can't do that
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At first I was feeling like they should cut her a break assuming the kids were like 8/9... she left a 2 year old boy and a 6 month old baby in the car for an hour? No sympathy. smh
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Complicated situation, no job, and no one to watch the kids.
If she didn't seek out a job, people would have been calling her a lazy single baby mother, despite the fact that she wasn't job seeking because she couldn't get anyone to watch her kids.
On the other hand, she didn't something worse, leaving a baby and a two year old in a hot ass car.
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Yes they should charge her
I dont think they should terminate her rights though
Instead have her work services and help her get a stable job so she can be a better parent
She made a really dumb choice and is lucky nothing bad happened to her kids -
Poor decision but I don't think she should have her children taken away. I mean she's trying.
But she been making bad decisions tho. So I dunno. She could very well just be a natural ? ? . -
Smh. Careless. Yeah her dumb decision making deserve to get her arrested. C'mon man.
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homeless with no job & fam but going on an interview? not like she went to a club, party, shopping etc...
let her off the hook -
Yeah she gets a pass at least she didn't leave them in the car to do stupid ? .
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She gets a pass from me...her kids she can raise them however she likes
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Arrested yeah charged no
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And how does it help the children that mom now has a record...likely no man and won't be able to provide?
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Woman didn't deserve to be arrested or charged.
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charges stay kids go..
she dont needs kids no ? way..
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@joker get yo baby mama
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Real ? , how is this even a question? If she left them for any reason other than a job interview, would people be questioning this?
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2 y/o and 6 months? I know times are rough and that can do a lot to your state of mind but that was out of bounds.
Last resort should have been to take the children into the interview. It is possible that the people there have no sympathy for you not having anyone to watch your kids but you have to just take that risk. Make them decide not to accomodate you. -
Couldnt she just bring the kids inside with her?
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Too many woolie blunts to the main frame
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Lets wait to see what Tommy says I usually agree w him.
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What happens when she has to work and no one to watch her kids?