Monday, October 21, 2019

A Lack of Honest Reporting, and Look Before You Leap, or Judge.

Located this article, and at first, it looks bizarre, and very bad for the woman arrested:

Ohio Mom Claims She Found Intruder Attempting to Bathe Her Toddler

An Ohio mother claims she was horrified when she discovered an intruder attempting to give her two-year-old son a bath inside her home.

Areica Hill told WCMH that she awoke to find a woman inside her home in Columbus on Wednesday attempting to give her son a bath.
“I get up and I walk to my door and the way my house is set up, I can look down the hall,” Hill said. “I see a white female lady, bent over the tub, with my 2-year-old in the tub.”
Hill said she snatched the woman away from her child, and her boyfriend restrained the alleged intruder until police arrived.
The woman, whom police identified as 22-year-old Elizabeth Hixon, was arrested and charged with burglary.
Hixon posted bond in Franklin County Municipal Court and was later released, according to court records.
Hixon’s mother reportedly told WCMH that her daughter “had good intentions” and that “her heart was in the right place.”
Hill said she has never met Hixon and “would like to see other charges filed against her.”
Prosecutors have not yet received the police investigation but will figure out which charges are appropriate once the investigation is in their hands, the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

It's not that  simple, however.  A link tot he original story reveals a bit more, and some crucial information:

Woman attempts to give 2-year-old bath in bizarre Franklinton break-in

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A Columbus mother says she was horrified when she woke up and found another woman inside her home, getting ready to give her 2-year-old son a bath.
“I’ve never heard of anything like this,” Areica Hill said.
Hill told NBC4 that she awoke Wednesday morning to the sound of a dog barking in her home. 
“I get up and I walk to my door and the way my house is set up, I can look down the hall,” Hill explained. “I see a white female lady, bent over the tub, with my 2-year-old in the tub.”
Hill said she fought the woman off, and her boyfriend held the woman in place until the police arrived.
Elizabeth Hixon, 22, was arrested and charged with burglary.
An affidavit in the case, filed in Franklin County Municipal Court, said: “Ms. Hixon stated that she entered the residence, to provide care to a juvenile, which was outside the residence.”
On the phone, Hixon’s mother told NBC4 that her daughter had good intentions and that her heart was in the right place.
Hill said she had never met Hixon.
She plans to follow this case, as it moves forward.
“I would like to see other charges filed against her,” Hill stated.
Prosecutors have yet to receive the police investigation. Once they do, they will determine what charges are appropriate, according to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien’s office.
Hixon has posted bond.

Note the crucial bit - the woman stated the child was outside, alone and unattended.  The mother as inside with her boyfriend, not husband, and didn't know her child was outside.  I'd guess the door was opened because they toddler went through it already.  I'd guess this woman really did have good intentions, and intended to save this household the hassles of a visit from CPS for child neglect, and has now been rewarded by being arrested.  I'd also guess that distracting from this truth is why the mother s demanding additional charges.  Where are the charges against her for her child being outside alone?  You can purchase locks that toddlers can't get through.  Note the racia angle, too.  The woman who was arrested is white, and the mother and toddler are black.  If that was reversed, would people be defending the woman arrested, saying she as just trying to help?  

A lot of people are assuming this woman is mentally ill, or a pedophile, and not even bothering to research the whole story first, or see that the child wasn't being properly attended by his mother. 

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