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legsdiamond
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"No charges expected for Father who left Katera Barker in hot car"


          

White Dad, adopted 1 year old Black baby. He was running late and dropped his 5 year old off at elementary school then drove home, took an uber to the airport and the mother didn't find the baby until 5 PM.

https://www.bet.com/news/national/2018/05/27/white-dad-_forgot-he-left-his-adopted-1-year-old-black-daughter-.html

Katera Barker, who is Black, died last Wednesday (May 23) in Nashville, Tennessee after her white adopted dad, Matt Barker, left her in his truck and took a ride sharing service to the airport for a business trip.

According to The Tennessean, police say Barker dropped off Katera and her five-year-old sibling at daycare on Wednesday morning but didn’t realize the youngest was still in the car until after the drop-off.



Unknowingly, he drove home and the young girl was still in the car as he parked it at around 8 am. That’s when he departed on the business trip in a different vehicle.


Tariq Nasheed

@tariqnasheed
This is Matt and Jenny Barker. This week, Matt "accidentally" left their Black adopted daughter Katera Barker in a car all day, where she later died because of the heat. Neither of the adoptive parents have been charged #smh


Katera’s adoptive mother, Jenny Barker, discovered her daughter near death that evening when she went to pick the children up from daycare and was told Katera was never dropped off. The mother then called 911 at around 5:42 pm and raced back home.

Barker arrived home before paramedics, pulled the girl out of the car, and performed CPR on her. Katera was then taken to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

Matt Barker immediately flew back to Nashville upon hearing of Katera’s death. On Wednesday in Nashville, the National Weather Service claims temperatures reached a high of 89 degrees, which could’ve totaled nearly 120 degrees in the vehicle.

So far, no charges have been filed in the case.

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No charges expected for Father who left Katera Barker in hot car [View all] , legsdiamond, Tue May-29-18 08:03 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
If you haven’t read this, it’s a must-read
May 30th 2018
1
There shouldn't be charges
May 30th 2018
2
That fool wasn't driving a Canyonero
May 30th 2018
3
Tennessee criminal codes disagree with you:
May 30th 2018
4
RE: Tennessee criminal codes disagree with you:
May 31st 2018
22
this is pretty much where i'm at with it. but man oh man, how horrible.
May 30th 2018
5
Having 1st hand experience with the adoption process in the USA....
May 30th 2018
6
Are you gonna ride for all of the other parents that got charged for the...
May 30th 2018
8
      cause some think it's race related
May 30th 2018
10
      Yes. Except for the ones where they did it knowingly
May 30th 2018
11
      FCK no. My beef is with the racialization of this. Across the board
May 30th 2018
12
           I don't care for the racial aspect of this either. Something bugs me tho
May 30th 2018
14
                the article Stringer linked is a good read...there have been others
May 30th 2018
15
This is child neglect that has lead to injury/death. A crime.
May 30th 2018
7
I think the race and adoption definitely adds a layer to this
May 30th 2018
9
      It shouldn't. Point blank.
May 30th 2018
13
           I'm on the fence about the adoption angle
May 30th 2018
16
If both kids going to the same daycare, how u forget one
May 30th 2018
17
It doesn’t sound right
May 30th 2018
18
ok, so I read he was running late and dropped the 5 yr old off at school
May 31st 2018
23
He didn't leave his kid, the kid got snatched
May 30th 2018
19
he left him with the alligator?
May 31st 2018
21
tariq nasheed tries to latch on to anything, even a dead kid.
May 30th 2018
20

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