We don't have anyone right now." Here they were, good parents, a safe house, well provided for, and nothing. They gave up. This is why the system sucks - good, trustworthy people aren't considered to take in kids. Ridiculous. --------------------- It could have been a situation where the family court judge(s)did not put any kids in foster care during that time period. Judges get fed up too, with many parts of the system.
State makes more false accusations to bolster case. Boys may have been sexually abused......the state says. Just like twenty years ago, same mo. The state feels they Must Win This Case. Can we all do that? Child Protective Services may have been secretly running a child prostitution ring. Child Protective Services may be placing children with active members of NAMBLA. Child Protective Services may be running secret Nazi style scientific experiments on these children. I would like these charges to be investigated, and in the meantime, I think it would be appropriate to place the CPS workers in custody just to be safe.
CPS admits new mother is adult. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/14brfs-SECTMOTHERIS_BRF.html?ref=us
Caregivers blast Texas' treatment of polygamous sect's women, children By Julia Lyon The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 05/13/2008 09:17:24 AM MDT Children living in crowded quarters that led to upper respiratory illnesses. Youngsters plagued with diarrhea from unhealthy foods they usually did not eat. Distressed mothers enduring widespread rudeness - such as flashlights shined in their faces as they tried to sleep. Mental health professionals who helped care for FLDS women and children in the weeks after an April raid on the YFZ Ranch describe conditions and treatment they perceived as harsh and unnecessary. "Never in all my life, and I am one of the older ladies, have I been so ashamed of being a Texan and seeing what and how our government agencies treat people," wrote one employee of Hill Country Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center in an unsigned statement. Texas contracts with Hill Country to provide mental health services during disasters. Staff members met with the center's board of trustees last week, leaving them "spellbound." The board has gathered nine written statements critical of Child Protective Services. Chairman John Kight said he wants state legislators and the governor to hear the employees' stories. "You have damaged these children for their lives," he said. "This is an agency that looks like it's gone out of control." A Texas CPS spokesman acknowledged the allegations were "very serious" and said they are being investigated. But he noted the women and children were held at a historic fort and a convention center in San Angelo in an unusual emergency situation. "It was as comfortable as possible under the circumstances," said Patrick Crimmins. "But you have to remember it was a shelter, it was temporary arrangement until we could arrange for foster care for the children..... .........But the statements focus on the Hill Country staffers' dismay at uncaring behavior they say they witnessed by CPS employees. A boy estimated at age 3 walked along a row of cots asking for someone to rock him after he was separated from his mother, one employee wrote. Two CPS worker trailed the youngster taking notes but not helping him. His brother, age 8, eventually took the child into his arms and sat with him in a rocking chair. "That little boy will always be in my mind," the employee wrote. "How can a beautiful, healthy child be taken from a healthy, loving home and forced into a situation like that, right here in America, right here in Texas?" Mothers who initially were allowed to stay with their children were later required to leave if their child was older than 12 months. Describing that day, one employee wrote, "the floor was literally slick with tears in places." After the separation, a baby was allegedly left in a stroller with no food and water for 24 hours and ended up in a hospital, according to another statement. "We don't believe that's the case, but we're checking into that," Crimmins said......" cont: http://www.sltrib.com/polygamy/ci_9238520
But the statements focus on the Hill Country staffers' dismay at uncaring behavior they say they witnessed by CPS employees. A boy estimated at age 3 walked along a row of cots asking for someone to rock him after he was separated from his mother, one employee wrote. Two CPS worker trailed the youngster taking notes but not helping him. ----------------------- "Hill Country staffers' dismay" should translate "dismay" to "ignorance". No physical contact. Probably the law. You can't have staffers arbitrarily having physical contact with children. Liability issues. The author may know this but certainly wouldn't make good "news".
Btw, I think it was Rat who had asked "What crimes are they charged with?" I'm not quite sure but I think CPS doesn't necessarily charge you with a crime although a crime may have been committed. For example, hitting your child. I think CPS just acknowledges the fact and work to re-unite the family back together. There also could be a crime of neglect but no one is charged, the kids just come into the system based on neglect and parents aren't charged with any crime.
".......Not all Texas CPS employees were criticized by the Hill Country employees. One young man was described as sitting for two hours comforting a toddler separated from his mother. The Texas Rangers were "respectful and polite," according to another statement......" next
just out: SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - A state appellate court has ruled that child welfare officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living at a polygamist sect's ranch. The Third Court of Appeals in Austin ruled that the grounds for removing the children were "legally and factually insufficient" under Texas law.
Texas: Appeal Court Says Children Should Not Have Been Removed From Polygamist Sect Last Edited: Thursday, 22 May 2008, 1:22 PM CDT Created: Thursday, 22 May 2008, 1:22 PM CDT 05/22/2008 -- Officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living at a polygamist sect's ranch, a Texas appeal court has ruled. The Third Court of Appeals in Austin found that the grounds for removing the children were "legally and factually insufficient" under state law. It has not immediately ordered the return of the children. Child welfare officials raided the ranch in April and took 416 children into custody. The sect was accused of pushing underage girls into marriage and sex and training boys to become future perpetrators. But the appeal court ruled that a chaotic hearing held last month did not demonstrate the children were in any immediate danger, the only measure by which authorities can take children from their homes without court proceedings. The sect, a breakaway group of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, denies the allegations. http://www.myfoxlakecharles.com/myf...n=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1
Judge Walther and Sheriff Doran need to be immediately arrested. I don't say this lightly... they knew the warrant was fraudulent... they knew the 'victim' was a fake and they still kidnapped these kids. I suggest some very long prison sentences.