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Tony Rizzo: The boy who cried for mercy



 
 
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Tony Rizzo: The boy who cried for mercy

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I fall down and hurt myself.”

Again and again, that’s what 4-year-old Douglas Brumley told detectives
about the freshly broken collarbone and previously fractured elbow
discovered by doctors who suspected abuse and called police.

They didn’t know it then, but Douglas was lying, adamantly covering up
for the adult who should have loved him and kept him safe.

She killed Douglas a month later.

But it took days for him to succumb to the blow to the abdomen that
ruptured his small intestine. Instead of mercy or compassion as he
slowly died, his tortured cries were met with a beating that bruised his
buttocks and upper thighs. One bruise left the distinct outline of a belt.

I never met Douglas, but I’ll never forget sitting in a courtroom and
watching the video of the adorable little boy with his arm in a sling as
detectives unsuccessfully tried to coax from him what they suspected was
the truth behind his injuries.

Those images of Douglas in life were juxtaposed with the autopsy photos
taken a month later that showed the extent of bruising on his body.

The miserable circumstances of his life and the hideous nature of his
death have had a profound and permanent impact on my life.

What happened to Douglas, more than anything else, influenced my
decision to become a foster parent.

And my decision to become a foster parent has resulted in my adoption of
three of the children that state social workers deemed fit to place in
my home.

Douglas was also a foster child who was later adopted.

But an imperfect system administered by imperfect people set the stage
for the tragedy that took the life of one innocent little boy.

After Douglas was taken from his birth mother amid allegations of abuse
and neglect he was placed in the care of and ultimately adopted by a
foster family whose home was already overflowing with the kind of kids
no one else would take.

By default, they were the go-to home of choice for hard-pressed social
workers.

At some point his adoptive parents sent Douglas to live with their adult
daughter and her husband.

She, as it turned out, was ill-equipped to deal with the challenges of
parenting a small child. At her sentencing she said that she grew up in
an abusive home. It was all she knew.

I don’t know whether that was the truth or blame-shifting.

But I do believe that Douglas might be alive today if there were more
families willing to take on the burden of caring for children like him.

April was designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and although we as
a society can’t do a lot about the fitness of some parents who have no
business bringing a child into the world, a lot of us have the ability
step up and ensure that kids like Douglas can be safe and loved.

To reach Tony Rizzo, call 816-234-4435 or send e-mail to .








An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and
the Child Protection "INDUSTRY"

Child Protective Services Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of CPS.

every parent should read the free handbook from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

Perpetrators of Maltreatment

Physical Abuse CPS/Foster care 160, biological Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS/Foster care 112, biological Parents 13
Neglect CPS/Foster care 410, biological Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS/Foster care 14 biological Parents 12
Fatalities CPS/Foster care 6.4, biological Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.

THIS IS AMERICA'S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST

Currently Child Protective Services violates more constitutionally
guaranteed liberties & civil rights on a daily basis then all other
agencies combined, Including the National Security agency/Central
intelligence agency wiretaping programs…

THE CORRUPT BUSINESS OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
BY: Nancy Schaefer Senator, 50th District of Georgia

http://www.senatornancyschaefer.com/...s.php?filter=6

This is Child Protection?
By Gregory A. Hession, J.D.

http://www.jbs.org/node/4632

Mercenary Motherhood: "Memoirs of a Babystealer."

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...nion-rightrail

FOSTER CARE IS A 80 PERCENT FAILU. A Brief Analysis of the Casey
Family Programs. Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. By Richard Wexler

http://www.nccpr.org/reports/cfpanalysis.doc

HOW THE WAR AGAINST CHILD ABUSE BECAME A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN

http://www.nccpr.org/issues/1.html

Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness
DSS and affiliates rewarded for breaking up families
By Nev Moore Massachusetts News

http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/...May/mayds4.htm

A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster ca

30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children.
27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated
33% were receiving public assistance
37% had not finished high school
2% receive a college degree
50% were unemployed

Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children
not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems,
including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and
impaired social relationships. Some experts estimate that about 30% of
the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various
studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care
tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school
compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their
education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment
than the general population.
*Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support

80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system.

The highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care, Wade Horn
of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a former child
psychologist who says the foster care system is a giant mess and should
just be blown up.

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2017991

Four rigorous studies have found that at least 30 percent of America’s
foster children could be home right now if their parents had decent housing.

This study found thousands of children already in foster care who would
have done better had child protection agencies not taken them away in
the first place.

Front-page story in USA Today.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...m?csp=34#Close

The full study is available here.

http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf

The bottom line? - Child Protective Services and the Foster Care system
for the most part turns out young adults that are nothing more than
walking wreckage...

CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CONSTITUTIONALLY
GUARANTEED LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER
AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS....

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
 




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