HS Party with Alcohol... Death

[Anonymous]

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Not everyone in Potomac is rich and it is not reasonable to assume living in Potomac means your are rich.

I don't know the families involved in the accident, but I know many people who live in Potomac and while some are extremely wealthy, the majority are not rich. Many are still struggling from layoffs from 2008 recession, many live in very moderate homes in very moderate neighborhoods, some are single parents struggling to pay bills, some kids work to pay their cell phone, car and insurance bills, some live in subsidized housing, and some are house poor.

Point is -- your perception of Potomac is quite wrong.

5% of students at Wootton HS are on FARMS. 1 student in 20.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04234.pdf

Not everybody in Potomac is rich, but very few people are poor.

The driver DOESN'T LIVE IN POTOMAC! This whole conversation is ridiculous. He is not even from Potomac.

Gaithersburg and Potomac are basically the same now. He is not poor. Why do you want to insist he is poor?

I don't want to insist he's poor. I don't know. Unless you have access to his personal finances, neither do you. Point is - huge generalizations are being made.

No. It is not a huge generalization. Many people know that kids.

[Anonymous]

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The driver DOESN'T LIVE IN POTOMAC! This whole conversation is ridiculous. He is not even from Potomac.

Right, he's from North Potomac. What exactly is "North Potomac"?

Here's the service area map for Wootton HS: http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/WoottonHS.pdf

Now I think I know where the 1 in 20 poor students live, and it's not in North Potomac.

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Only a rich kid wouldn't be locked-up after doing what he did. Period.

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I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only a rich kid wouldn't be locked-up after doing what he did. Period.

Right. There could be no other reasonable explanation (like gathering evidence since its not even been a month yet).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

So, they are being assigned a public defender?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all need an education in criminal law. I'm certain you'll want to afford yourself its protections when your teen, spouse, parent, friend, etc., finds themselves in need.

Thread takeaway:
although DC is loaded with lawyers, DCUMers are clueless when it comes to criminal law and civil liability;
DCUMers do not understand the teenage brain and/or forget ever being a teenager and/or their kids/teens are perfect and free from poor decision-making;
many many pps should be humbled by their very good fortune in life;
people love to spout off and pontificate when they are clearly utterly clueless about the facts and law of a particular situation.

Talk with your teen today. About anything.

Can we perhaps agree that the teenage brain (at least most of them) is not much capable of real adult responsibility? Drinking and driving, in particular, hence party attendance.

Let's be honest here.

If we're being honest, one of my kids has been going to parties with alcohol at least since 10th grade. I know she sometimes drinks and sometimes does not. She has never driven to one of these parties. The kids call a parent, have a sober friend or older sibling drive them, call Uber or often sleep over. I'm not saying we should permit or provide alcohol, I'm saying let's not "agree" that attending a party with alcohol equals drunk driving.
By the way, you shouldn't drink and drive either.

So you are okay if she gets arrested for underage drinking. And she is okay with saying her parents condone it when questioned by the cops.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

So, they are being assigned a public defender?

There's a whole lot of room between rich and needing a public defender.

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Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

So, they are being assigned a public defender?

Um, they could have a private attorney and be more like middle class, right? It isn't rich = private attorney; everyone else = public defender.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

Then you're the one who keeps defending the crime? Why should anyone walk away from something like this?? For God's sake, the kid has a freaking history of this kind of irresponsible behavior. If it was a regular person, you'd be outraged if he walked away with his parents paying a little fine.

But oh yes, he's the star quarterback with a wealthy family. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

So, they are being assigned a public defender?

Um, they could have a private attorney and be more like middle class, right? It isn't rich = private attorney; everyone else = public defender.

They are not middle class. Upper-middle class maybe... if you really want to stretch the definition.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

Then you're the one who keeps defending the crime? Why should anyone walk away from something like this?? For God's sake, the kid has a freaking history of this kind of irresponsible behavior. If it was a regular person, you'd be outraged if he walked away with his parents paying a little fine.

But oh yes, he's the star quarterback with a wealthy family. Thanks.

Nobody has defended drunk driving on this thread. Not one single poster, not one single post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

Then you're the one who keeps defending the crime? Why should anyone walk away from something like this?? For God's sake, the kid has a freaking history of this kind of irresponsible behavior. If it was a regular person, you'd be outraged if he walked away with his parents paying a little fine.

But oh yes, he's the star quarterback with a wealthy family. Thanks.

I am not PP and I am not defending the crime or the criminal.... But you do realize that people don't sit in jail until trial, right? He will be tried and convicted of Vehicular Manslaughter and do 2 years, no matter how rich he is. And by history... you mean 2 offenses for underage drinking in the past 8 months.... so i am not sure the courts will consider that a "history", maybe a pattern, but it is irrelevant in the case.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know the father and I'm pretty confident that they aren't rich.

Then you're the one who keeps defending the crime? Why should anyone walk away from something like this?? For God's sake, the kid has a freaking history of this kind of irresponsible behavior. If it was a regular person, you'd be outraged if he walked away with his parents paying a little fine.

But oh yes, he's the star quarterback with a wealthy family. Thanks.

Nobody has defended drunk driving on this thread. Not one single poster, not one single post.

+1

[Anonymous]

What surprise evidence might still be lurking in the woods, at this point? Yes, let's be wildly imaginative.