For now, “babyraping Mormon patriarchy daddies” get off; statists in anguish, appeal. Kids? Well, kids remain scattered to the wind. Because it’s in their best interest. Because of a presumption of innocence.
“They have created chaos. They don’t know what to do. This case has holes in it the size of the Grand Canyon,” said Laura Shockley, a Dallas family law specialist with six clients in the case. “There is no way to fix this.”
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Susan Hays, a Dallas appellate lawyer who is representing a 2-year-old, said this was a “perfect storm legal disaster.”
One exacerbating problem, she said, was basic funding. “The state put money into the raid but not into the courts,” she said.
Let’s give thanks to O! beforehand for funding a loophole-less society.
Comment by Darleen on 5/25 @ 9:40 am #
JH
I read about CPS’s appeal yesterday and it angered me so I couldn’t write about it. Especially the Nifong-like response:
When NONE of that assertion has one bit of evidence. CPS was claiming it had dozens of pregnant teens and teens who were mothers, but all they have now is FIVE pregnant teens (and not early teens, either). Every disputed “minor” that has had a hearing has been able to prove they were adult.
This is about power and driving the FLDS out of Texas. CPS threatened parents into signing open-ended “plans” which handed over all power to CPS over the most minute part of their lives. CPS protrayed any parent that didn’t sign these papers as “guilty, they must have something to hide”. CPS has returned a few children, but has told the families they are under CPS supervision and cannot live on the ranch- they are restricted to San Antonio.
Even if the initial probable cause was true - teen girls at risk - there was no cause to remove boys or children under 10.
Kidnapping children, the majority are small children/toddlers/infants, and moving them 100s of miles away from their parents and telling the parents they will never see them again unless they “confess” is the most despicable thing I’ve seen in a long time.
I hope Federal civil rights lawsuits are being penned as we speak.
Comment by JHoward on 5/25 @ 9:46 am #
I’m with you, Darleen: I posted only a snippet because I can’t find the words (and out of respect to Jeff’s blog).
You know my dislike for the unconstitutionality of family law in general. I shudder to think what an Obama administration would wreak, ironically, on civil rights.
This fiasco is Waco without the flames. It’s positively Soviet, and I too hope Federal civil rights lawsuits are being penned as we speak. I hope liens are put on every shred of personal property owned by the entire Texas CPS gestapo.
Comment by Darleen on 5/25 @ 9:55 am #
Unfortunately, I don’t think the individual CPS employees can be sued. However, the county is liable.
Texas has thousands of children at real risk, but to go into gangbanger areas or areas run by the Mexican mafia is problematic…those people fire back.
Comment by The Lost Dog on 5/25 @ 12:25 pm #
Darleen,
Happy Sunday.
I’ve already vented about these “family services” Nazis, so I will let that part go.
“Family Sefvices” truly ARE the Gestapo of America. If you don’t believe it, just wait until one of your children hurt themselves badly enough to need emergency room care.
AND, they are the biggest shitheads I have ever seen in my life. Their mission is to spread terror on innocent families. There are people who sexually abuse, or truly neglect their children, but if your child hurts him/herself in an accident, you automatically become a “guilty until proven innocent” criminal.
I am outraged by a lot of things that “our government” does, but until you deal with these arrogant, stupid assholes, you don’t know what real outrage is.
I have to stop. Just thinking about these useless morons makes me feel like my head is going to explode.
Comment by Jesse Jackson on 5/25 @ 12:32 pm #
I’m no fan of polygamy and less of men who compel women into such an arrangement, but this raid stunk to high heaven from the get-go. CPS tried to indict the FLDS collectively on the most lurid charges and with little to no evidence instead of pointing the finger of accusation at individuals with substantiated charges. Their case deserved to collapse and those involved in the round-up and dispersal of these poor kids should pay, at minimum, with their jobs.
Ironic, no, that the polygamists will soon have millions of Texas taxpayer dollars to go and do whatever they wish?
Comment by Jeffersonian on 5/25 @ 12:33 pm #
Oops…Jesse didn’t post that, I did. Duh…