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Scottsdale, arizona -- Law disregards intentions
Law disregards intentions
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...berts0607.html Jun. 7, 2008 12:00 AM The little girl looked fresh out of Auschwitz. Ribs jutting from her chest and back. Skin on a skeleton. Doctors were so shocked at the sight of the starving 3-year-old that they asked authorities to fetch her brother and sister. The diagnosis on all three: severe malnutrition. This week, their father, Blair Parker, went on trial for depriving his children of food. Given that it took another jury less than two hours to convict his wife, Kimu, I'm guessing Parker, too, will soon find himself a guest of the Arizona Department of Corrections. It seems a clear-cut case of child abuse by a pair of nutballs. But they aren't the only nutballs in this story. If Parker is convicted, he'll get more time behind bars than most murderers. The children lived with their parents in Scottsdale, where they were home-schooled. Their foster mother would later say Kimu kept them close because she feared Child Protective Services. She needn't have worried. Court records indicate Kimu's grandmother was so upset by the kids' appearance that she repeatedly called CPS. "After about four months of calling," she wrote, "I was told to mind my own business." On April 23, 2005, the Parkers' 3-year-old, near death, was rushed to a hospital. Paramedic Rob Gibbons told the jury this week that he first thought the girl was an infant. She was airlifted to Phoenix Children's Hospital, where a shocked Dr. Elizabeth Zorn questioned Parker. "He said, 'She's a real eater. She eats 30 pounds of ground carrots a week.' " That would be, 30 pounds of carrots and nothing else, other than herbal supplements. The 3-year-old was about a third the size of a normal child her age, weighing just 13 pounds. Her 9-year-old brother weighed 29 pounds, less than most 4-year-olds. Her sister, at age 11, was the size of a kindergartener - 37 pounds. Parker explained that they are vegans and attributed his children's condition to "malabsorption syndrome." Fortunately, the syndrome disappeared once the kids were taken away from their parents and fed. In fact, court records indicate they're growing nicely now. Kimu told police that she knew her daughter was in trouble but was afraid to take her to a doctor. She'd lost a child to viral meningitis in 2001 and was viewed suspiciously by some. "I really was very scared that they were going to think that it was neglect and that they were going to take her," she told a detective. It wasn't neglect. In fact, evidence suggests the parents went to great pains to give their children what they thought was a healthy diet. The problem is: They were dead wrong. For that, Kimu Parker, and probably Blair, will spend three decades in prison. That 3-year-old will be 35 by the time her mother is set free. That's because the crazies at the Legislature long ago swept judges aside, deciding they know best what punishment to mete out. So the law requires at least 10 years flat for each count of child abuse, regardless of circumstance. It doesn't matter that the parents didn't intend to hurt their kids, and in fact thought they were helping them live longer, healthier lives. As I watch the trial, I'm struck by the fact that I've never seen a parent accused of child abuse for shoveling a steady diet of Happy Meals down their kids' throats. Yet a third of all children in this country are overweight, which puts them at risk of diabetes and other serious health problems. Don't get me wrong. The Parkers should be punished. They've already lost their three children, and they should spend some quality time behind bars. But a lifetime behind bars? Before this thing is over, we'll likely be paying to put the Parkers away for a collective 60 years. Making the world safer, I suppose, for cheeseburgers and children everywhere. Reach Roberts at . 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 Read the studies online. Casey "alumni" study: "Improving Family Foster Ca Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study," http://www.casey.org/Resources/Publi...lumniStudy.htm MIT study: "Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care," http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf Texas comptroller's "Forgotten Children" reports: www.window.state.tx.us/forgottenchildren 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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