Yep! He needed to put his big boy pants on, go over by himself! And apologize! What was his Mother thinking, he’s not 5 years old! She goes over to apologize…SMH!
@fitnessfocused uh no! He's old enough to go to court BY HIMSELF. MOMMA had no business getting mad at the plantiff! GET MAD AT THE SON. like first commenter stated: "put your big boy pants on and take ACCOUNTABILITY"...😡
@@mariehampton740 Tell us your relationship with your family sucks fucking ass, without telling us that your relationship with your family sucks fucking ass. I'll wait. Oh shit my bad! You already did! The rest of yall in this thread and whoever liked OP's comment. It's called an "accident" not an "on purpose", get over yourselves. The kid is 18 (NOW that is, as who's to fucking say he was when this happened, not you) and he automatically responded with "I'm sorry" and made direct eye contact as soon as he was given the public chance. The kid seems like a respectable youngster and does right by his people (that's why his mom will go to bat for him so fervently, like she said, I can tell she's a no-nonsense person who would not spare the rod should it *TRULY* be deserved), which is FAR MORE than I can likely say for you judgmental familial rejects with an axe to grind via low-brow "contrarian virtue signaling", in this comment thread here. Like, you're not slick, and your little fake ass "tough love" virtue performance is seriously giving me severe secondhand embarrassment 🤦♂️ Marilyn's stance on this holds absolutely zero weight to boot, as by her own direct admission, she has a glaring bias in this situation, which, in the eyes of anyone reasonable, would completely preclude her as a moral authority on this particular matter altogether.
It's 5:30 am, the guy could have been sleepy. More than likely, he fell asleep at his friend's house. He probably woke up and thought I need to get home. No one is drinking at 5:30 am.
@mymobilebuddy4392 everyone in the comments just assumes he's drinking because some angry Karen said it in the court room they also believe if you know a police officer you get a get out of jail free card
"I'm his mom he's only 18". . if he's old enough to get out on the road at 5 am then he's old enough to friggin take accountability himself. You're just making it seem like it's ok what he did
Agree, she acted like the plaintiff was being unreasonable, while boasting that her son got his charges dropped without plaintiff knowing. Mom obviously is connected and so wrong.
And be drinking and driving late at night on a school night at 18. Needs to grow up and put on his big boy pants and handle his business by himself without mama holding his little boy hand.
A Crooked Cop fixed 2 tickets for a friend who caused an accident destroying private property and then the kid who caused the accident didn’t even apologize to the innocent person. That’s Pathetic. Obviously the mother of the kid didn’t teach him how to apologize, or even own up to what he did. So the kid has no respect for anyone else. Horrible parenting !
@@NickyMay16 Yeah, the whole thing was so unfair to the plaintiff. She was the victim in all of that, and she's the one being basically punished because the defendants are buddy-buddy with the cops, and the judge wouldn't even award her the amount she was quoted to build a new mailbox pillar. The new pillar will cost 1300.00, she had to pay a 500.00 deductible on her car and a 50.00 deductible on the rental car, and the judge only awarded 1500.00. So this debacle cost the plaintiff time, aggravation, a brand new car that's now been wrecked, and $350.00.
She needs to file a formal complaint against the cop. They are obviously seriously CROOKED in that police department. That cop needs to be investigated.
I 100% think he'd been drinking. As soon as the judge said she didn't think it was alcohol he smirked. That's what the body language analysts call dupers delight.
I call bull****! The defendants have a hookup in the police department because this dude should be responsible for the damage he caused. He needs to learn life lessons like all of us.
my 10 year old was roller blading couldn’t stop and hit a neighbors mailbox…he still knocked on the door and apologized and said if it was damaged he would pay…the neighbor looked and said there was a tiny dent in the mailbox and to not worry about it and thanked my son for telling him…now this was only a mailbox but to do that much damage and not apologize is sick
Yeah, I was friends with someone like that. Friendship ended to us actually squaring up because he never took responsibility and his momma always popping up
Both mother and son were smirking frequently. I think the plaintiff should have received a higher amount. And who knows what else this guy has done that Police dismissed. Or what he'll do in future, because he's pretty much able to skate at this point.
Outrageous he wasn't tested for alcohol/drugs. And the tickets magically dismissed? Even more outrageous. And the judge lowered her monetary judgement? Only $1500 when they had to pay a $500 deductible on the car insurance?!And a $50 deductible for the rental insurance?! And she wouldn't give her $9 for the police report?! No police report would be needed if he hadn't wrecked their place and their car!! Judge Millie was waaay off on this one.
I hang out woth my friends ans don't drink. Just because theirs a hang out doesn't mean a person has to drink. I'm tired every day and I been blessed a couple of times that I haven't wrecked.
@@amandabrown6565 He was drinking. The family friend cop did not do a breathalyzer so there would be no results. They don't just sniff someone and not test them under circumstances like this.
@amandabrown6565 I agree with you but usually in an accident like that a cop automatically requests a breathalyzer but since they knee the cop it was suspicious to me.
Imagine getting an estimate to repair damages you didn't cause and have the judge tell you,"nahhhhh... I think thats too much", and now you are out money out of your own pocket. Plaintiff got screwed on this case.
Because you're suppose to get multiple estimates in a lawsuit to ensure that you're not going to the best of the best of the best that overcharges. When I had to take someone to small claims for crashing into a fence with their car, I got three estimates; one was 400, one was 700, and one was 1600. The 1600 was insanely high and the 400 was dangerously low. Yea, it's extra work for the victim to do but it's to ensure someone doesn't take the highest estimate they can find.
You're supposed to get atleast 2 different estimates not just 1.. its always been like that.. yes she has a right to be angry atkeast he wasn't drunk oe under influence of drugs
Who says “you’re supposed to get multiple bids?” Who says you have to go with the cheapest? I want to go with the company who repair the damage and restore it to the way it was before the idiot plowed into it. $1300 is very reasonable. How dare that mother say, “nah, it’s not worth that!” Disgusting ruling by the judge.
@jayburris6252 1300 is reasonable but I think it's just best practice to get multiple estimates what's stopping someone from going to court with an estimate of 5000 to fix that should they be awarded the 5k off of one estimate
Here in Canada we apologize as a way of life! Lmaol. In fact in my province, Ontario, an apology is not an admission of guilt in the legal sense. It’s called EMPATHY. It’s just something we do.
As a stepdaughter of a police officer the reason why he probably got off is because if the cop did not show up for the ticket the judge probably threw it out so they probably ask the cop not to show up for the ticket even though the cop had to cover his self and write the ticket that's probably why they got dropped.
And if you listened carefully the tickets he received were for minor offenses. How fishy that no breathalyzer was done at that hour of the morning for someone who was disoriented.
The defendants knew someone in that police department for sure- to just take their "word for it that he wasn't drinking - really? not even a breathalizer test? and didn't even get charged with those tickets. Also...masonery work is expensive (for the mailbox) - how does JM know it really wouldn't have cost that much? (I know her family was in construction, but different areas of the country could have different costs) Glad plaintiff at least got $1500 back however.
I'm sure the vehicle is in her name, and so is the insurance. He is an adult, but I would go to court with my 18 year old too. Young adults still need support & guidance from their parents. She could definitely pipe down, but I would have been there, too.
That’s not fair. I have two boys (17 and 20) and you absolutely should have the support of your mom at that age. You don’t stop teaching your kids the second they turn 18 wtf. Now the difference is, if that were my son, he would have taken accountability for what he did and paid the lady for the damages before it even went to court.
No, omerta, young people nowadays, are staying home for more years than ever before. You, apparently, are above the average or imagining that these people are... For this case, a young man who doesn't even understand how many things you can do in one day, before being too exhausted to drive, or simply standing by himself at the lectern, is very far from being independent or responsible in multiple ways. Added: I didn't see any* sign of him being sensitive at all, in fact he seems a bit c*cky.
@@aiming4peace254 I don’t know where you are from, but my kids high school allows them to take “mental health” days off school. They can literally call themselves out of school if they are feeling emotional that day😂 😂😂 I’m so grateful my kids are who they are!
My best friend treated her son (same age as the defendant) the same way that mom did.. when she died unexpectedly at the age of 40, he was lost as a goose in a hailstorm because she made every decision for him! How can children learn to be responsible adults if they aren’t allowed to make any decisions on their own? And learn from the bad ones?
The judge missed something. The cops should still have done a breathalyzer. They don't go just by smelling someone. Newsflash mama....your son is an adult at 18. And it is so fishy that someone could do that much damage and have their tickets dismissed.
If his mother had raised him properly, he would've known to apologize without any prompting as well as taken full responsibility for his actions. His mother does him a disservice by saying "he's only eighteen years old."
how fast was baby boy going????? those brick mailboxes are almost indestructible, and he destroyed it and went air born!!! Not to mention "he's only 18". That's a Legal adult. He can be fighting in the military in the middle east. He could be married. He could be doing/being a lot of things. MAN up, and Pay up, and mommy make him Grow Up!
if you've got cheap insurance and their damages are capped. you can be sued for the rest. Got off at midnight was with his friends until he crashed at 5:30 in the morning.
This was a total cover up. For this kid not to go to court for his actions is just wrong. This kid needs to man up and take responsibility for his actions.
First of all, he had to be smoking or drinking or both. He is a grown adult at 18. If the mom don’t see that yet with the “he’s only 18” then he don’t need to be out til 5am. And the cop is clearly a friend of the mom or the family because nothing mysteriously disappears
Can you possibly imagine there was no special treatment because they knew the police? Something like that someone’s doing field sobriety and blowing in a machine. Absolutely nuts
You can absolutely fall asleep at the wheel with no drug or alcohol interaction. I started falling asleep at the wheel on a long business trip. I pulled over for a nap until I could trust myself to drive without falling asleep again. You don't know unless you've been there.
He’s old enough to vote, to purchase a gun, to join the military, to take out a credit card, mom is delusional. He may be your baby but he’s a man who needs to grow up. You aren’t always going to be there to rescue him and he will end up in jail someday because of you.
Accidents happen but he's still responsible for the damages. Whether he was impaired or fell asleep, we don't know. Mom needs to butt out and have her son behave like an adult.
There are multiple police body cams of people falling asleep behind the wheel at a fast-food restaurant drive-thru line late at night or early AM and then getting investigated for suspected DWI because that is considered unusual behavior. This guy falls asleep while driving down the road causing a crash with property damage and is not investigated at all for possible DWI simply because per the mother the cops did not note the smells of alcohol on his breath even though the guy admitted he was not all there even after the police arrived and could not remember much that happened afterwards that night.
The mom is a disgusting person, and she isn’t doing her son any favors. “Only 18” is a grown-arse man in the eyes of the law ma’am. He should have been perfectly capable of apologizing on his own without his mommy! If he isn’t, then you’re doing an even worse job than it appears.
I thought when an insurance company pays out they make you sign a document saying this you can't come back and try to get more. I also thought it covered the insured as well as the company.
think it is disgusting how the Mother is saying he is only 18! He sounds like a terrible brat and that is what is the matter with the world. We let these brats get away with stuff and now look!
I completely agree with the judge and plaintiff! For some reason a lot of parents stopped teaching their children accountability and respect! This mother is one of them. She is setting her son up for disaster in life. This man (not a child) needs to act like a man!!
11:21 I don't care how old my children are if they Messed up, they will be the ones to take accountability and apologize and do their best to fix what they Did. I bet mommy is gonna pay it or she's gonna continue to make a big deal out of it rather than using this as a long overdue Lesson in being a man!! I cannot stand manbuns !! 🙄🤨🤢
Proof that sometimes people say they are not exact what they are! That mom says she let's her kids "have it" when he needs it but then proceeds to protect him from ANY CONSEQUENCES! I'd be upset too!
