I have a different scenario of abuse. Last summer, I was shopping at Brach’s supermarket in the Five Towns. For those not familiar, it has a large parking lot, a five foot wide no parking zone clearly marked by painted yellow lines, and curb cuts at each end of the sidewalk to use for carts.
I had finished shopping, left the store only to find a frum women parking her minivan curbside and blocking the curb cut. I asked her to move the van as I would have to walk 300′ to the other cut. She said no,even though there were 30 empty spots in the lot. I would have gone on my way not I saw an infant in a car seat still in the car. I told the woman it was dangerous to leave the child in a locked car when the outside temperature was 83. She said she would only be inside for 15-20 minutes. I replied I would call 911 to report child abuse, as the health of the child was in danger. She took out the baby when I started to call.
What would you have done? Do you think this would have been mesira?