HARTFORD COURANT OP-ED BY PAUL CHILL, UCONN PROFESSOR OF LAW DECRIES CHILD WELFARE POLICIES THAT TAKE CHILDREN FROM AMERICAN FAMILIES!

Hundreds Of U.S. Children Taken From Home

Paul Chill

"It has been heartening to see such widespread revulsion and opposition, seemingly across the political spectrum, to the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border. But this is also a potential teaching moment, when it may be possible for people to see through some of the myths and false assumptions that still surround much child welfare practice in the United States.

Contrast the condemnation and outrage over the Trump administration’s policy of removing children from parents who enter the country illegally with the silence over the 700 to 800 forced child removals that occur daily in American cities and towns, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Government agencies take these children from their parents, often in sudden and chaotic circumstances, and the children suffer at least as much damage as those separated from their parents at the border..."

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A RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON THE CT JUDICIAL BRANCH? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ONE BLOGGER SPECULATES!

Below is a blog posted online elsewhere recently.  Because of their offensive nature, some words have been removed or changed, but every care has been taken to ensure the ideas and spirit of the blog remain intact.

Posted on March 10, 2018

“A ransomware attack has knocked the state court system’s computers offline.”!!!!

Really?  That is what gullible reporter Dave Owens of the Hartford Courant propaganda rag is repeating at the request of the [judicial] mafia of the state [of Connecticut].  The concocted explanation by Melissa Farley, the propagandist of the Chief Court Administrator’s Office, is so twisted that it is a self-admitting lie to the public.  Melissa is a brainless puppet on strings of her masters Judge Patrick ‘the crook’ Carroll and the [Deputy Court Administrator], Judge Elliot Solomon.  Any public statement from these two clowns is rather suspect.

HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS JUDICIAL MARSHAL GETS SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS!

David Owens of The Hartford Courant reports as follows:

LITCHFIELD -- Former Waterbury judicial marshal Michael A. Connelly was sentenced to one year in prison Tuesday on charges of promoting prostitution, sexual assault and trafficking in persons.

Connelly — brother of the late Waterbury State's Attorney John Connelly — had pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine, meaning he did not admit guilt but conceded that prosecutors had enough evidence for a conviction.

Connelly, 54, received a sentence of 12 years in prison suspended after one year served and five years' probation.

"I'm sorry. I made some bad decisions," Connelly told Superior Court Judge John A. Danaher III. "I won't be back."

See Link:

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-michael-connelly-sentencing-20160809-story.html

THE HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS THAT TWO DCF MANAGERS HAVE BEEN FIRED FOR LEAVING TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CARE OF FOSTER PARENTS KNOWN FOR ABUSING CHILDREN!

JOSH KOVNER OF THE HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS AS FOLLOWS:

"Two managers for the Department of Children and Families have been fired for failing to remove two young children placed with a couple in Plainfield – a husband convicted in the 1990s of raping a child, and a wife who was on the child-abuse registry for a previous DCF case.

Managers Leslie Roy and Linda Lukin, who worked in the Willimantic regional office, were fired Monday, according to records obtained Tuesday by The Courant. Discipline is pending against a third DCF employee in the Willimantic office, state sources said.

Despite receiving a complaint on DCF's child-abuse hotline last spring from someone concerned about the safety of the two children, and then learning about the Plainfield couple's background, caseworkers never removed the children. Four months went by before the director of the regional DCF office learned of the situation and had the two children — a 1-year-old and an infant — taken out of the home, DCF officials said. The children were not harmed.

The Plainfield couple had been seeking guardianship of the children, apparently because of abuse or neglect on the part of the children's biological parents..."

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http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-dcf-firings-willimantic-0406-20160405-story.html

THE HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS CT USES EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINTS WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN!

The Hartford Courant reports as follows:

 

"A 4-year-old boy identified with a developmental delay was physically restrained by school staff after he "threw (puzzle) pieces on the floor and across the room" while playing with a puzzle on a classroom rug.

 

An elementary school student was put into seclusion after "swinging her coat at staff."

 

These are among hundreds of incidents — deemed "emergencies" by school personnel — that warranted restraining and isolating preschool and elementary school students in Connecticut last year. A new report by the state Office of the Child Advocate raises "significant concern" regarding the frequency with which young children with autism and other disabilities are restrained or secluded; lapses in documentation or actual compliance with state laws; and the prevalence of "unidentified and unmet educational needs for children subject to forceful or isolative measures."

 

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http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-school-seclusion-restraints-20150204-story.html#page=1

THE HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS DCF'S JOETTE KATZ WINS ENDORSEMENT DESPITE CRITICISMS!

The Hartford Courant reports,

 

"Two Republican senators roundly criticized her leadership, but Joette Katz held firm against independent oversight and at the end of a long afternoon was unanimously endorsed in a bi-partisan vote of the legislature's nominating committee for a second term as child-protection commissioner.

 

In a state that has seen an increase in infant fatalities, advocates have increasingly called for an independent ombudsman for the sprawling, $800 million-a-year Department of Children and Families, which remains under federal oversight..."

 

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http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-joette-katz-dcf-0212-20150211-story.html

DCF TAKES CONNECTICUT TEEN INTO CUSTODY BECAUSE SHE REQUESTED A SECOND OPINION REGARDING HER MEDICAL CARE!

In Cassandra's own words, from her "Hartford Courant" Op-Ed,


"Over the past 17 years, I have lived a good life. It has always just been me and my mom and all of our pets. My mom raised me well, to be a strong, competent and independent woman. She taught me right from wrong and always led me in the right direction, standing by my side through every decision I made. I wouldn't have my strength, determination and motivation if it weren't for my mom. She played the role of a mom and a dad, and she did a damn good job!

Words cannot describe what my life has become over the last few months. "Horrifying" seems like an understatement. What I have been going through is traumatizing. Never did it cross my mind that one day I would be diagnosed with cancer. In September, after a stressful summer of blood work, examinations and biopsies, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

My mom and I wanted to make sure my diagnosis was correct, so we agreed to seek a second opinion. We wanted to be 100 percent sure I had cancer. Apparently, going for the second opinion and questioning doctors was considered "wasting time" and "not necessary." My mom was reported to the Department of Children and Families for medical neglect because we weren't meeting the doctors' time standard."

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http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-cassandra-my-body-my-life-0109-20150108-story.html