International

Dec 13, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Tampa man released after 9 1/2 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit

 
According to Alex Hobson in her story EXCLUSIVE: Tampa man released after 9 1/2 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit, "Cheydrick Britt was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl. After his conviction, new DNA evidence found in the underwear of the victim pointed to another man instead."

Dec 12, 2013

Ann Arbor woman fights to get baby back that CPS removed the day before Thanksgiving

 
  1. An Ann Arbor mother is fighting to get her infant daughter back after Child Protective Services forcibly removed the baby the day before Thanksgiving.
  2. A CPS case worker agreed that there has never been any sign that Kenbar abused her newborn or eight-year-old son.
What more needs to be said?

Dec 9, 2013

Ohio Amish Girl Won't Be Forced to Have Chemo

The following video & accompanying video can be found at


Dec 7, 2013

Report Outlines Reported Child Abuse While in State Custody



“We do see cases of children who were abused while in foster care, occasionally, less commonly, in schools. A foster home is monitored to a certain extent. Foster parents are given a certain amount of training, but only a certain amount,” said Dr. Stephen Boos, Medical Director at the Family Advocacy Center at Baystate Children’s Hospital.

Dec 6, 2013

Teen visiting Houston for dance classes taken into CPS custody

According to Rucks Russell in Teen visiting Houston for dance classes taken into CPS custody, 13-year-old dancer Landry Thompson had traveled to Houston from Oklahoma with two other dancers. After a day of training, the three dozed off in their car. They woke up surrounded by police. Unbelievably, Landry Thompson was placed in Child Protective Services. Her mother "claimed she was told she’d have to fly to Houston to get her daughter out. But 11 hours later, following repeated phone calls to officials, Landry was released back into the custody of her instructors."

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Dec 5, 2013

podcasts

I would like to share two podcasts that I recently became aware of.
They are both from the Truth Over Comfort Podcast,
which was previously The Renegade Variety Hour.
 
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The Corrupt Incentives of Child Protective Services
Nov 14, 2013

For more on Carlos Morales, the interviewee in the above podcast, view this post.
 
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CPS Whistleblower Speaks Out
Sept 30, 2013

Dec 4, 2013

Dec 3, 2013

Former CPS Investigator Exposes CPS's Tactics, Kidnapping, and Corruption

I recently became aware of the following via this post on the Unhappy Grammy blog.
 

http://youtu.be/HbMmWryH0vE
 
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You can find Carlos Morales' YouTube channel here.

Nov 29, 2013

Fran Keller Released From Prison

I have recently come across an excellent article on the Austin Chronicle online: Fran Keller Released From Prison, by Jordan Smith. Fran Keller, a victim of one of the day care satanic ritual abuse hysteria of the 1980's & 1990's, was imprisoned in the 1992. She was in prison for over 20-years.

The article also references the San Antonio Four, who have also been in the news recently. (You can view my Nov 27th post on the San Antonia Four by clicking here.)

Closer to home were the Wenatchee child abuse prosecutions. The Seattle Post Intelligencer had done an excellent series entitled The Power to Harm. Sadly, it appears that this series is no longer online on the Seattle PI's website.

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For more on the subject, please note that I have numerous books listed in recommended books, a movie (listed in recommended movies), & several sites linked in links: websites.

Nov 28, 2013

Failing Texas' foster children

 
 
This video and the accompanying news story can be found at
 
 

 
I have several other posts that also address
the tragic death of foster child Alexandria Hill.

Nov 27, 2013

Crimes involving children tough to defend: Non profit works to clear names

 
This video and the accompanying news story can be found at
 
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note: I have had the Four Lives Lost website linked
under the links (websites) section of this page for some time.


 
for more information on this case,
consider the following:
 
San Antonio Four (tumblr)
 
 
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The San Antonio Four Show the Injustice of Sex Abuse Witch-hunts
Forbes
by: Harvey Silverglate
Nov 12, 2012
 
The Austin Chronicle
by: Jordan Smith
Nov. 16, 2012
 
 

Nov 25, 2013

Va. ranks first in kids aging out of foster care



Jake Burns (in Va. ranks first in kids aging out of foster care) states "Virginia has the highest rate of children who enter the foster care system only to never find a permanent home...."

Nov 21, 2013

polygraph examinations

While doing some recent (minor) reorganization WACPR's PDF section, I decided that it was time to address the issue of the polygraph. It was actually the article The Use of Truth-Telling Devices in Sexual Assault Investigations (which is not archived in any of my DropBox folders & thus the only one currently listed under "misc PDF's") that got me thinking.
 
Many years ago (in 2002, to be exact), a polygrapher explained to me that sometimes people (like alleged sexual assault victims) are NOT asked to take polygraph examinations. The reasoning, as I understood it, is that sometimes people could be too emotional (?traumatized?) for the polygraph to be of use.
Along those lines, consider the following three articles, which were published on Psychology Today's blog.
 


Having been through a very traumatic experience myself (my child was seriously injured & I was asked to take a polygraph examination), I can understand this. 

But I wonder: wouldn't the opposite also be true? For example, the person who had so seriously harmed my child was never found. (At the time, it appeared to me that he/she was never really sought). Sadly, I believe that the statute of limitations is up. If the guilty party were to take a polygraph now, wouldn't it be easier for them to "pass" it, knowing that, no matter what, they would not be charged?




For more on my story, see my Sept 17, 2012 post
or visit Aleksandra Rohan,
the blog I began (using a pen name) to accompany my forthcoming book.

Nov 20, 2013

Hospital Holds West Hartford Girl For 9 Months After Parents Argue Diagnosis

According to Beau Berman, in his story Hospital Holds West Hartford Girl For 9 Months After Parents Argue Diagnosis, a "medical “mystery” ... has left a Connecticut family baffled and heartbroken. After a long history of medical problems, a West Hartford teenager is now “trapped” inside a hospital with seemingly no way out."

At 15, Justina Pelletier was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease, "a genetic disorder that can cause loss of muscle coordination and weakness."

Later, however, when she was ill with the flu, hospital staff "said Justina had “somatoform disorder.” In short, they were saying she suffered from a mental illness, not mitochondrial disease."

Even though the family has the support of "Dean Hokanson, the clinical psychologist who has worked with Justina the past five years", they are still fighting for custody of their daughter.

To access the news story & video, click here.

Nov 18, 2013

“Kids for Cash” Documentary: Meet the Director



According to Scott Schaffer in "Kids for Cash" Documentary: Meet the Director, Kids for Cash is "the story of disgraced judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan."

Nov 16, 2013

Hospital sorry for forced adoptions

While this story is was published in 2012,
I have only recently become aware of it.
 
 


This video and the accompanying news story can be found at
Hospital sorry for forced adoptions

Nov 8, 2013

The Truther Girls - videos re: CPS

Below are two videos by The Truther Girls.


http://youtu.be/ugLmtbWw538
uploaded Jan 22, 2011


http://youtu.be/oybUwNYGeqs
uploaded Sep 29, 2011

The second video references things that I've covered or linked to in this blog,
such as the FIXCAS site (with news feed) & the documentary Powerful As God.

Nov 6, 2013

Mother claims foster father abused her children



Greg Argos & Adam Longo report (in Mother claims foster father abused her children) that a foster father, Pedro Manzo, is accused of abusing a foster child in his care.

It is possible that this is a true case of shaken baby syndrome. Pedro Manzo acknowledged that he "grabbed under her jaw, shook her in a side to side motion...." The result? "Her neck is fractured. She has blood clots...."
 
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For further research,
you may wish to see the PDF section of this blog.

Nov 5, 2013

Couple given long sentences for death of adopted girl

In my Sep 10, 2013 post - Woman guilty of murdering adopted girl who starved and froze to death - I shared the story of "[a] Washington couple [Larry & Carri Williams], ... convicted in the death of their adopted daughter, Hana Williams."

I would like to share an update.


   
 

Nov 1, 2013

CPS Michigan Starved 10YO Disabled Boy to Death After Mom Sought State's Help, Johnny's Story

When I tried to access the news & video link at a later date, it was no longer working.

I have found a video on YouTube
(via mamasuntwinkle's channel)
that covers the story.


http://youtu.be/HmMGbRt1A5A

Oct 31, 2013

Prisoners of Profit

Prisoners of Profit - pt 1
The Huffington Post

Prisoners of Profit - pt 2
The Huffington Post

Oct 30, 2013

Welton v. State of Arizona

According to the ACLU in Welton v. State of Arizona :
  • Zander Welton is a child with severe epilepsy. He had not been helped by two brain surgeries.
  • Zander holds a medical marijuana card, the application of which was approved by the Arizona Department of Health.
  • “[M]arijuana extract, in combination with dried marijuana, had reduced Zander's seizures dramatically, resulting in an unprecedented period of sustained relief.”
 
Despite all of the above, "law enforcement agencies, lead by Maricopa County Attorney William Montgomery, have indicated that they believe the AMMA does not allow patients like Zander to use marijuana extracts and that patients who do so will be criminally prosecuted."
 
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related links:
 
Vaccine Liberation Army
Oct 25, 2013 

New Scientist
by Douglas Heaven
Sept 12, 2012

Los Angeles Times
by: Lee Romney
Sept 14, 2012