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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 16:26:33 GMT
abc7.com/mom-ticketed-for-breastfeeding-in-back-seat-of-parked-suv/5247046/Curious what the peas think. Me? She parked in an area that is a commercial zone. You park there illegally, then you deserve a ticket. "She said Friday she knows she was forced to pull into a commercial zone, but it became urgent and she felt she had no choice." I have had TPN emergencies with DS to where his bag was occluding and blood was backing up. It wasn't okay for me to park in the red zone or loading zone or commercial zone. I would find an appropriate place and deal with his broviac central line.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 13, 2019 16:33:56 GMT
I didn’t bother clicking. My feeling is that if she knowingly pulled into a no-parking zone to breastfeed, then she has to be willing to accept the ticket that goes along with it.
Urgent need to breastfeed is not a life-and-death emergency.
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Post by trollie on Apr 13, 2019 16:34:47 GMT
I cannot believe she called La Leche League. She was not ticketed for nursing, she was ticketed for parking illegally.
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Post by Really Red on Apr 13, 2019 16:44:08 GMT
Sigh. She was in the wrong. There was nothing life-threatening.
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Post by johnnysmom on Apr 13, 2019 17:25:25 GMT
I cannot believe she called La Leche League. She was not ticketed for nursing, she was ticketed for parking illegally. Exactly. And I’m disappointed (yet not surprised) by LLL’s reply. Babies can wait a few minutes. They may not like it but they can wait. |
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Post by lucyg on Apr 13, 2019 17:27:37 GMT
sigh, now I’m going to have to click the link, if only to see LLL’s valued opinion on the subject.
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Post by gar on Apr 13, 2019 17:44:37 GMT
Silly woman...
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Post by mom on Apr 13, 2019 17:45:47 GMT
Geez. She was in the wrong.
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 13, 2019 17:49:14 GMT
Illegally parked vehicle was ticketed.  |
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Post by christinec68 on Apr 13, 2019 17:50:20 GMT
oh for Pete’s sake, she parks in a commercial zone during what I presume is morning rush a block away from Penn station and is shocked they gave her a ticket?
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Post by anniefb on Apr 13, 2019 17:53:33 GMT
She was definitely in the wrong.
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Post by lesley on Apr 13, 2019 18:15:20 GMT
Maybe it wasn’t the baby who couldn’t wait. Maybe the mum was spurting out milk everywhere and the windscreen was becoming occluded... 😂
(And in case anyone gets all indignant, I’m kidding. She deserved the ticket. )
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Post by katybee on Apr 13, 2019 18:20:18 GMT
I was all prepared to come in here and defend her....but yeah....no.
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Post by chlerbie on Apr 13, 2019 19:15:50 GMT
Just reading the title, I was getting indignant but nope...she deserves the ticket.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Apr 13, 2019 20:17:52 GMT
Sorry find a legal parking place and park. No excuse it wasn't life and death.
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Post by pierkiss on Apr 13, 2019 21:10:36 GMT
You don’t get to park in a no parking zone and then proceed to stay there for a length of time. I do not believe for a second that she couldn’t continue down the road a little bit to find a legal place to park to them nurse her baby.
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Post by charlatan on Apr 14, 2019 0:22:06 GMT
After reading the article, I (as a non-parent who's never had to deal with this type of issue) wonder if the crying baby + just having been stuck in a 45 minute traffic jam + upset mom is enough to show some leniency (from the officer, maybe, but especially from the folks now hearing the story).
I'm a little surprised at the reactions so far. I do think she should have driven a little further to find a legal spot, and the officer was well within his right to issue the ticket, but I thought folks here would be more empathetic to the mom.
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Post by mustlovecats on Apr 14, 2019 0:44:06 GMT
I remember one time driving down the road and my first was losing it... she was only a few months old... just screaming her head off... and I started to cry also and together we lost our shit for half an hour in traffic and I’m not sure how I withstood that it was so bad. I get that this mom made a decision for her baby... in traffic with a crying baby...
The only way big city traffic works is if they enforce it and sometimes that makes it inconvenient for emergencies, this is absolutely the needs of the many and I get it. They had to ticket her for parking illegally.
She would have done better to find a parking garage and pay for 15 minutes and save herself all kinds of hassle.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 14, 2019 2:12:36 GMT
After reading the article, I (as a non-parent who's never had to deal with this type of issue) wonder if the crying baby + just having been stuck in a 45 minute traffic jam + upset mom is enough to show some leniency (from the officer, maybe, but especially from the folks now hearing the story). I'm a little surprised at the reactions so far. I do think she should have driven a little further to find a legal spot, and the officer was well within his right to issue the ticket, but I thought folks here would be more empathetic to the mom. I agree with this. Without knowing the area (or what exactly is a commercial zone), or how long the baby had already been crying, I’m willing to give her a little slack. She is a new mom, baby screaming, she was probably in pain from let down due to baby crying and needing to nurse, etc. I also think it is interesting that a parent who left her children with a loaded gun (which her child used to shoot her other child) isn’t given any legal punishment, but this woman was given a ticket. |
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Post by katlady on Apr 14, 2019 2:28:58 GMT
After reading the article, I (as a non-parent who's never had to deal with this type of issue) wonder if the crying baby + just having been stuck in a 45 minute traffic jam + upset mom is enough to show some leniency (from the officer, maybe, but especially from the folks now hearing the story). I'm a little surprised at the reactions so far. I do think she should have driven a little further to find a legal spot, and the officer was well within his right to issue the ticket, but I thought folks here would be more empathetic to the mom. I agree with this. Without knowing the area (or what exactly is a commercial zone), or how long the baby had already been crying, I’m willing to give her a little slack. She is a new mom, baby screaming, she was probably in pain from let down due to baby crying and needing to nurse, etc. I also think it is interesting that a parent who left her children with a loaded gun (which her child used to shoot her other child) isn’t given any legal punishment, but this woman was given a ticket. A commercial zone is usually an area reserved for trucks to load and unload their goods. The article says it was Manhattan in the morning, which means lots and lots of traffic. The streets of NY are congested enough without cars pulling over and parking illegally. I think she should have just found a parking lot and paid for short term parking. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 2:39:46 GMT
After reading the article, I (as a non-parent who's never had to deal with this type of issue) wonder if the crying baby + just having been stuck in a 45 minute traffic jam + upset mom is enough to show some leniency (from the officer, maybe, but especially from the folks now hearing the story). I'm a little surprised at the reactions so far. I do think she should have driven a little further to find a legal spot, and the officer was well within his right to issue the ticket, but I thought folks here would be more empathetic to the mom. A commercial zone is where large trucks go to load/unload. Her choice of parking could be deadly if a trucker didn't see her there and backed his rig over a spot that was designated for truck maneuvering instead of parking. Basically, she may have parked in the equivalent of an intersection. One time my dad parked his small pickup where trucks couldn't see it easily. One backed a loaded trailer right over the top and crushed it. Had dad been sitting in it he would have been crushed inside it. Depending on how she reacted to the officer and how often that place has issues... the story doesn't tell us. But if he had trouble convincing her that her life was in danger then a ticket may have been the only answer to get her attention. eta: has nothing to do with breastfeeding really. The story line should be illegally parked woman was ticketed. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 2:39:49 GMT
"As a society, we need to hear babies crying and answer them. And I don't think she deserves a ticket for that," Gilman said. "I think she deserves understanding, and the police officer should have said, 'Sure, I'll give you a couple of minutes.'"
Then it is a good thing she didn't get a ticket for that.
A mother, especially one that already has other small children, should know that a baby isn't going to die from crying or hunger in the few minutes more it would take her to find a legal parking place. You don't get a pass just because you are capable of procreating.
If I pulled over every time one of my kids was screaming their heads off I would be on the side of the road all the time and we would never get anywhere. There are days I would just let the tow truck driver take them. kidding.
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Post by paigepea on Apr 14, 2019 5:46:45 GMT
I’m in the camp that society would be a lot nicer if there was more empathy in the world. Why not just give her a warning. It’s hard enough to have a 3 week old baby - maybe she thought she was doing what was best. People have had warnings (no tickets) for far worse.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 18:01:21 GMT
After reading the article, I (as a non-parent who's never had to deal with this type of issue) wonder if the crying baby + just having been stuck in a 45 minute traffic jam + upset mom is enough to show some leniency (from the officer, maybe, but especially from the folks now hearing the story). I'm a little surprised at the reactions so far. I do think she should have driven a little further to find a legal spot, and the officer was well within his right to issue the ticket, but I thought folks here would be more empathetic to the mom. I also think it is interesting that a parent who left her children with a loaded gun (which her child used to shoot her other child) isn’t given any legal punishment, but this woman was given a ticket. She parked illegally. I feel bad, but it had nothing to do with her breastfeeding. It was her car. |
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Post by allison1954 on Apr 14, 2019 18:09:15 GMT
I’m in the camp that society would be a lot nicer if there was more empathy in the world. Why not just give her a warning. It’s hard enough to have a 3 week old baby - maybe she thought she was doing what was best. People have had warnings (no tickets) for far worse. We also don’t have any idea the attitude she projected... Always more to the story |
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Post by julie5 on Apr 14, 2019 18:09:41 GMT
Who would she have called had she been bottlefeeding? This woman is nuts.
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Post by Just T on Apr 14, 2019 18:10:45 GMT
I’m in the camp that society would be a lot nicer if there was more empathy in the world. Why not just give her a warning. It’s hard enough to have a 3 week old baby - maybe she thought she was doing what was best. People have had warnings (no tickets) for far worse. We also don’t have any idea the attitude she projected... Always more to the story Exactly. I can't imagine running to the media to say I was ticketed for breastfeeding when I was actually ticketed for being in a no parking zone. |
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 14, 2019 18:33:00 GMT
No sympathy for her here. The officer used his discretion and decided a ticket was warranted. Breast feeding is not an emergency.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 14, 2019 18:40:18 GMT
After reading the article, I (as a non-parent who's never had to deal with this type of issue) wonder if the crying baby + just having been stuck in a 45 minute traffic jam + upset mom is enough to show some leniency (from the officer, maybe, but especially from the folks now hearing the story). I'm a little surprised at the reactions so far. I do think she should have driven a little further to find a legal spot, and the officer was well within his right to issue the ticket, but I thought folks here would be more empathetic to the mom. I don’t think she’s a terrible person or that she should be taken out and shot for parking illegally, but the fact remains that parking illegally is illegal, and every driver is aware that our society issues parking tickets for doing it. The cost of the ticket is $100, not her first-born or a jail term or anything like that. I understand and am sympathetic that she needed to feed her child. I also understand that every person who parks illegally has what to them is a good excuse. Getting a parking ticket is not that big of a deal. Pay the ticket and move on. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 14, 2019 19:03:29 GMT
I have had TPN emergencies with DS to where his bag was occluding and blood was backing up. Not sure what all is involved with your situation with DS, but blood is an emergency unless you know for sure it isn't. The nursing mom. Is local to our TV stations. The police tow truck was there to tow her. She was able climb into the front seat to get to the horn to stop him. She's lucky she only got a ticket. 3 younger children, she knows baby can wait. Drive a few more blocks to no traffic and some parking. |
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