Washington Mayor to Fire Six Workers after Jack Girls Found Dead
By Dan Keane
15:12, January 15th 2008
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Washington_Mayor_to_Fire_Six_Workers_after_Jack_Girls_Found_Dead_12834.html
Washington Mayor to Fire Six Workers after Jack Girls Found Dead
Mayor of Washington, D.C., Adrian Fenty announced he would fire at least
six child welfare workers in connection with the four dead girls who had
been found Wednesday when deputy U.S. marshals served an eviction notice
at an apartment.
The girls ages 5, 6, 11 and 16 are believed by authorities to have been
killed sometime in late spring or summer as their bodies were in an
advanced state of decomposition. The girls’ mother Banita Jack, who has
been charged with murdering her children, allegedly had been living with
the corpses for several months.
Kathy Lopes, a social worker at the school where the oldest girl,
Brittany was a student tried twice in April to raise concerns about the
family, after the girl missed the courses for 33 days in a row.
According to the tapes, which Fenty played at a news conference Monday,
Lopes describes how she visited the house, but was not allowed either to
enter or to talk with the oldest girl, although she saw her inside the
house. She also saw the other girls watching TV inside the house.
The girl’ mother further told Lopes that she would not allow Brittany to
go to school because she was afraid that the girl might run away.
Following her visit to the house Lopes called at the Child and Family
Services Agency and after that to the police expressing her frustration
at being transferred among several departments.
She further warned the employers at the CFSA “the mother is suffering
from some mental illness and is holding all the children hostage,” the
tape said, according to Washington Post.
Lopes received Fenty’s admiration, while six employees at the CFSA were
fired due to inadequate response to the warnings sent by Lopes.
“Unfortunately, she stands out really because so many other people
didn't do their job in the way they're supposed to. The sense of urgency
that she showed should be shown in every case and every call that comes
through our hot line,” Fenty said, according to the Associated Press.
In response, Sharlynn Bobo, director of the CFSA expressed her regret
for the way the case was handled.
“We deeply regret — I deeply regret — our failures in responding
effectively and rapidly to this family,” she said.
More workers could lose their job as an investigation on the case
continues, Fenty said.
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS....
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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