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No one knows how Tamaihia Lynae Moore died, but the foster motherof the Sacramento toddler has been arrested for her murder.
Editorial: Answers needed
Published 10:00 pm PDT Saturday, November 3, 2007 Story appeared in FORUM section, Page E6 http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/469050.html No one knows how Tamaihia Lynae Moore died, but the foster mother of the Sacramento toddler has been arrested for her murder. That puts Child Protective Services, the county agency charged with protecting abused and neglected children and the agency that placed Tamaihia into foster care, in the spotlight once again. In September, Sacramento County's Child Death Review Team reported an alarming spike in the number of Sacramento children dying from abuse and neglect last year. There were 24 such deaths in 2006 up from 11 in 2004 and 17 in 2005. Of the 24 who died last year, 11 were known to CPS because they'd been the subject of abuse reports. But unlike Tamaihia, most of those children died in their own homes. Members of death review teams speculated that a county policy that favored keeping family units intact may have led to more deaths. That certainly was not the case with this latest child death. Tamaihia was removed from her mother and placed in foster care at birth because she tested positive for exposure to cocaine. She was returned to her father but was placed in foster care again a little over a month ago. Now the agency's oversight after the child was removed from her father's home is under scrutiny, and rightly so. Tamaihia's aunt and grandmother say that twice in the two weeks before she was found dead at her foster mother's home, they alerted CPS to problems. After a visit with the child on October 7, relatives reported that she was dehydrated and malnourished. The aunt and grandmother say that after a second visit on Oct. 20, they told authorities that the child's condition had deteriorated and begged that she be taken to a hospital. Two days later the little girl was dead. Her foster mother, Tamecka Walker, has been arrested for murder. Two other foster children, both under the age of 3, were removed from Walker's home. Walker's parents insist their daughter is innocent. They also say their daughter had asked CPS to place Tamaihia elsewhere just days before she died. No one disputes that protecting children from abuse and neglect is a difficult job or that the social workers who perform that service are dedicated, hard-working professionals. But when they remove a child from a family, the county assumes full responsibility for the child's welfare. And when something goes terribly wrong, as it did in this case, there are questions to be answered and actions to accounted for. Tamaihia is dead. Her family and the public deserve to know what happened – and what is being done to keep a similar tragedy from occurring in the future. CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf 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 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, 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. 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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