Shanesha Taylor said that she was unable to get a babysitter and that she and her sons were homeless.
After hearing about Taylor’s predicament, people donated over $100,000, and prosecutors ultimately chose not to press charges against her.
Taylor said, “That’s a difficult decision because I was basically choosing between caring for my children or providing for my children,” when asked whether she would choose.
To leave her children unattended. Every day, individuals deal with it. When a Houston woman had to meet a potential employer for a job interview at a mall food court and was unable.
To secure childcare for her two-year-old and six-year-old children, she was also charged. She said that she had sat her children only thirty feet away from her and that.
She was always aware of them, but by the time her interview was over, an officer had arrived and taken her into custody. Later, a court gave her custody of her children.