By ROBERT T. GARRETT Austin Bureau rtgarrett@dallasnews.com Published: 14 December 2013 11:13 PM Updated: 14 December 2013 11:41 PM (source: Dallas Morning News) AUSTIN — When Child Protective Services workers accept lies at face value and stop pressing for the truth, children can die. Being...
Continue readingAccountability in Greenville, Tx with the Arrest of Three CPS Workers
Well this is an event that we do not see very often. There is so much media coverage, I’ve decided to copy and paste the articles below for Tuesday’s readers to sift through. There is accountability in Greenville, Texas with three CPS workers arrested on charges that they falsified documents, and mishandled a sexual...
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MURDERED TWO YEAR OLD WAS BEING “PROTECTED” BY CPS FROM HER POT-SMOKING (“Midnight Toking”) DAD
… Another baby protected to death while in the governments’ care… A loving father lost custody of his little girl last November in Austin, Tx, after he admitted to.smoking marijuana at night after he put his child down for bedtime. The precious little girl was not ill, or harmed by her fathers nightcap, nor...
Continue readingTODAY, 6 Children Will Commit Suicide
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents world wide. TODAY 6 children will commit suicide due to child abuse. In Los Angeles, a 9 year old foster child hung himself while taking psychotropic medications that were not FDA approved for children . His mother that lost him to foster care had...
Continue readingEast Texas Toddler Death Update:What CPS’s Latest Action
(source: KETK News) Aug 27, 2012 6:48 p.m. We continue our coverage of the 2-year-old, Jacob Kimbley’s death. Investigation is still underway, as of now… autopsy results are still pending. Justice of the Peace, Mitch Shamburger, tells KETK autopsy results will be in soon and that lab work is being done. KETK follows...
Continue reading‘Major epidemic’ Says the BBC – UK Investigates Child Abuse in the U.S.
America’s child death shame Every five hours a child dies from abuse or neglect in the US. The latest government figures show an estimated 1,770 children were killed as a result of maltreatment in 2009. A recent congressional report concludes the real number could be nearer 2,500. In fact, America has the worst child...
Continue reading9 Year Old Cold Case in Tampa Ends with Sex Offender As Murderer!
My “Homesick News” from my beloved Florida: Ahhh. The beautiful Clearwater Beach. Just west of Tampa, about halfway down the State of Florida, on the Gulf Coast. Its Paradise….(for most) But a family in Tampa probably doesn’t think much of their home as paradise much these days now that an old wound has been...
Continue readingViolent Relationships in Family Court
The last time Amy saw her two boys alive, something was not right. Connolly was acting strange when they met at the police station. Amy refused to hand over her boys on March 7th, an officer threatened her if she didn't give them to their father, she would be arrested according to her lawyer. ...
Continue readingDizzy in the DV Cycle – Literally
October is Domestic Violence awareness month. So Its Almost Tuesday wants to bring attention to the issue of Domestic Violence… something that affects our children – bringing them into foster care – teaching them violence – and killing them…. Domestic violence is considered child abuse by law in many states, even if the child...
Continue readingOver 1300 online petitioners say judicial actions in FLDS case is deserving of impeachment
Click Here to view the 1385 Online Petition Signatures to Impeach Texas District Judge Barbara Walther Over FLDS Fiasco Published by Daniel T. Weaver on Jun 01, 2008 Category: Government/Law Region: United States of America Target: State of Texas Web site: http://upstreamzine.wordpress.com Description/History: Texas Judge Barbara Walther authorized the removal of more than 400 children...
Continue readingFLDS: READ THE APPEAL COURT RULING: ACTUAL COURT PAPERS
This ruling is an awesome show of the law and how it works. CPS is rarely overturned. In particular, to have the Third District Court of Appeals rule so specifically on the terms of what they can constitute “imminent danger” requiring the removal of a child, and also implementing the requirement to make every...
Continue readingCPS v. FLDS: Truth v. Lies: ItsAlmostTuesday v. Media- I CALL FOR A STRIKE
I am disgusted by CPS – again. I am disgusted by the Media – again. I miss my children… again… So, the saga continues… FLDS, CPS, ElDorado, Media, Rocky, Bullwinkle…. hrrrrm? My day started out a little emotional with this post as I read the Dallas Morning News Opinion Blog – where Sharon Grigsby...
Continue readingFLDS parents complain of vague custody plans
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints make their way towards the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas for the first round of hearings regarding the family plans on Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/San Angelo Standard-Times, Brian Connelly) Tuesday, 20 May 2008 Michelle Roberts – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANGELO,...
Continue readingSadly, Statistics Say So….
Every day more than 3 children die as a result of abuse and neglect. Over 75% of the child abuse fatalities were children under the age of 5. Children who have been abused experience anxiety, depression, poor self-esteem, substance abuse, and even worse many contemplate or attempt suicide. Over 50% of foster youth become...
Continue readingTexas Laws on Child Abuse
Reporting Child Abuse Mandated Reporting Texas Family Code 261.101 Persons required to report A person (everyone) having cause to believe that a child’s physical or mental health or welfare has been adversely affected by abuse or neglect by any person shall immediately make a report as provided by this subchapter. This requirement to report...
Continue readingFoster care provider Lawrence Bright is a predator
Foster care provider Lawrence Bright is a predator Police say 70-year-old Lawrence Bright was a licensed foster care provider, and a persistent predator. He lived with his girlfriend in this house on Pinnacle Road in Henrietta. There, they cared for several foster children, including the alleged victim. She told investigators the abuse began in...
Continue readingPLEASE COMMENT on ELDORADO DECISION
I want to hear from you. Do you think the right thing was done in removing all of the children from the compound and placing them in foster care? Or do you think the social workers were overzealous in their decision? Please send in your comments and let us know what you think....
Continue readingTexas Argues Death Penalty For Child Rapists
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/041708dnnatscotus.6c5b97cf.html?npc U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas argue death penalty for child rapists 08:39 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 By BRENDAN MCKENNA / The Dallas Morning News bmckenna@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON — Texas says sometimes the sexual assault of a child can be so violent or obscene that the only appropriate punishment...
Continue readingSpecial thanks to Former Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn
click here to read the Texas Medicaid Fraud News Reports and Investigation Findings on Its Almost Tuesday’s Medicaid Fraud Page. In working with abuse cases, government systems, and foster care, there are many obstacles & tragedies on a daily basis. We fight a system enormously large by comparison (to a single mom on aol)...
Continue readingHigh court ruling is victory for victims of child abuse in Hawaii
The state Supreme Court has upheld an award to be paid by the state to a Maui girl whose previous injury was under investigation by Child Protective Services. Child Protective Services has been told by the state Supreme Court that it is responsible for the welfare of children subject to abuse. A $1.1 million...
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