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What is in the child's best interest ?

by Suncana Sesic Alvarado (suncanaa [at] aol.com)
Last year over one million American families were falsely accused of child abuse!!!

It is not in any one individual state but is now a worldwide epidemic.
The abuse of children is a horrendous and unacceptable crime in any society and it is correct that when such acts occur, immediate protection is available for the children and appropriate action is taken in regard to the offenders.

However, what is also unacceptable is the high level of false accusation of child abuse which also has abusive effects on children and the families who are falsely accused. Child abuse has in recent years taken on a witch hunt atmosphere wherein all it takes is a simple anonymous telephone report to start the nightmare, both for innocent parents and their children.All it takes is an anonymous call to one of their many snitch lines to set the (CPS) hounds baying after both innocent and guilty people, and they don't bother to make a distinction, in most cases. "If you're reported, you must be guilty" in their lexicon. Prosecutors use child abuse cases as an easy route to higher office, since it's much easier to convict someone of child abuse than of murder.These children are being traumatized beyond repair all in an effort to help them. But tearing normal, healthy families apart based on minor, and incorrect suspicions should be considered criminal in and of itself.It is amazing how people without wealth are so easily locked up and saddled with defense expenses without any concrete evidence.There is a well-documented anti-family bias in the child protection industry and when CPS workers go after you, you are deemed guilty as soon as you're reported. Never mind the proof. The fact that 60%-80% of child abuse charges today are unsubstantiated seems to be lost on them. They think they're right, and they won't hear otherwise. This is abuse of power !

How long will the investigation take? -"We will investigate this case as long as necessary - I don't want to lose or jeopardize my job!" - No investigation is necessary, "If you're reported, you must be guilty" ! - Rules: send parents to; school, therapists,doctors....and that has to be done in regular working time. Because of that rule parents are losing their job! But don't break rules you my lose your rights to your children! Who is the winner in this game? Why are so many kids losing their childhood? How long will the "investigation" take? 1- 6 years and more! Somebody is stealing their childhood !
"....also this terrifys me because I was in cps costudy fro the age of 11. It was a horrible experience.. I remember the feelings . feeling in my stomach of unconformable. the only theig that would make these feeling go away was dreaming of being able to go home with my mother.And theres so much more to my storie that ends up in cps losing me at the age of 15.... and they never found me . hell they never reported me missing. My family after 5month had found out that ther was not a police report made . Reported me missing .. that was peep into my life in cps. I didnt relise until now !!! I mean until typing this how much it hurts to think about it all . i am cry the thoughout typing this . i never new how much this has effected my life then and now......" -Savannah Cooke- http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/470628250?ltl=1152942335 #3,297

And it is more safety "investigat" innocent families then some gangs or where is really needed !

Finally, a point which must also be considered, is that false accusations of child abuse carry a very considerable financial cost to the judicial system and particularly to Social Services Departments which are constantly claiming shortages of resources. There are costs to the police, prosecution services, pre-trial custody costs, foster care and residential care costs, social work costs, legal aid, lost wages, and expert medical examinations which take resources from overstretched health services.+ Would pay $950K to family of man accused of abuse: http://truthinjustice.org/velasquez.htm !!!! ---How many hungry kids we can feed with that $.!!!!!

These are real life stories from real people: [ please read these stories maybe after , I am hoping, that you will understand what I am talking about. ]

1. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/452154813

2. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/470628250?ltl=1152942335

3. http://www.geocities.com/ahousedivided1998/began.html

4. http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=2201265&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

5. http://www.slh.wisc.edu/genetics/family_story_1.html

6. http://robtshepherd.tripod.com/wenatchee.html

"It's time we started to recognize the self-serving nature of the various abuse crusades that get launched with ever-increasing regularity by that coalition of groups in our society: social workers, therapists,doctors, the media, the courts, the shelters, etc., which make their livings by exploiting, and oftentimes creating, family pathology." Something needs to change with the way they handle Families,they remove childen without full investigation.


Immediate reforms to child welfare practices are needed.
Child Protective Services - Guilty Until Proven Innocent!

Please don't just say no, give it a chance,please. True inof, some local media avenues are already shedding light on this, but we need a bigger voice or it won't change. Someone the PEOPLE will listen to, give innocent Children a voice.

by SQ
I am seeing that folks who are involved with CPS, whether as children or as parents, need to have more access to literacy training. These people need to learn to read and write!

Good luck to everyone. It must be awful to be stuck (or lost) in the bureaucracy like that.
by Ray OBrian (WebMaster [at] NightmareInAmerica.Com)
most people cannot possibly understand the pain that parents feel When their children are taking away from them by Child Protective Services,
especially for something like neglect!
[MESSY HOUSE SYNDROME]
were not talking about children who were physically abused or mentally abused.
or children who were going hungry...
but children who were torn away from their family simply because the home was messy and belong to a low-income family...

what is messy House syndrome?
Visit Nightmare in America and find out...

NIGHTMARE IN AMERICA
http://www.nightmareinamerica.com

a CPS Protest / Information Website...

sincerely Ray OBrian
WebMaster [at] NightmareInAmerica.Com

by Suncana Sesic Alvarado
What shall we say ?

What shall we say when history asks how such crimes came to be committed in the name " In The 'BEST INTEREST' of OUR Children" Will we say that we stood silently by, shrugging our shoulders, filling our bellies, closing our eyes? Or will we be able to say: We saw. We dissented. We resisted. We condemned. For all those who want to open their eyes to the horrors of the illegal kidnapping OUR children , and to the brutality, social injustice and moral corruption of the Child Protective Services . Go, see, open your eyes, and let them know -- these torturers, these bloodstained betrayers of our common humanity - let them know that you know what they are, what they have done. Read More......

Suncana

Website : http://suncanaa.com/voice_for_children



National Rallies

National Rallies Against Child Protection Services

Every State in America will start a Nation wide Rally on October 5, 2006.
Remember the Constitution. If we dont use it, we will lose it! Americans are now uniting to rally against CPS abuse.

To find your State and County for Rallies & Class Actions please click below ....

( County & State Information Groups )



Why Rally for CPS Reform ?

Because of : Isaac, Allison, Marcus, Adacelli, Everlyse, Ryan, Jason,Ricky, Nina......and sadly many, many more...

Because of : those protected to DEATH by CPS.

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5 different petitions with same subject

1. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/470628250?ltl=1152942335

2. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/512966888?ltl=1154759759

3. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/452154813

4. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/492374273

5. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/802190866?ltl=1156436159
by julie witherspoon (juliebrinko [at] yahoo.com)
Do you think your better than anybody here? Thats what these leagalized crooks do is take advantage of people who had not had the oppportunity to seek education like maybe your concieded self has! I am a US soldier and I fight and put my life on the line so each and every damn American can have their rights even you! but these people are being sripped of their constitutional rights that i would spill my blood for that some dome under educated incompoten social worker wishes to play God and be a homewrecker of my tax dollars just for shits and giggles!
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