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And now: The criminalization of parenthood

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“A couple of themes we explore here at The Watch are the increasing criminalization of just about everything and the use of the criminal justice system to address problems that were once (and better) handled by families, friends, communities and other institutions. A few examples from recent headlines show those themes intersecting with parenthood. The first story comes from South Carolina, where a mother was jailed and charged with ‘unlawful conduct toward a child’ for . . . leaving her 9-year-old daughter alone to play in a park.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/and-now-the-criminalization-of-parenthood/

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Son Skips Church, Father Arrested for Child Endangerment

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“What started out as a normal Sunday morning for Jeffrey Williamson of Blanchester, Ohio, turned into a nightmare when police officers showed up to his front door and arrested him in front of his family. His crime? Child endangerment—as the authorities described it—because his son skipped church to go play with friends. He now faces up to six months in jail.  To make matters worse, as a result of local news coverage of the event, Williamson was fired from his job and remained unemployed for a period of time.  The haste by the police to arrest Williamson instead of inquiring further about the situation led to him his ability to financially provide for those same children.”

http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/07/son-skips-church-father-arrested-child-endangerment/

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After Second Ebola Patient, CDC Preps 20 U.S. Quarantine Camps

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“The disease likely arrived via the local practice of hunting for bushmeat, which the impoverished locals regularly engage in, to gather enough to eat.  But there’s growing rumors and suspicion in the region among locals.  They believe that the U.S. may have pruposefully released the disease as some sort of weapons test.  Liberia promised to beef up security after a ebolavirus victim successfully circumvented airport security and boarded a plane to Nigeria.  Back home, [the CDC] issued its highest level of travel warning — Level 3 — urging Americans to avoid travel to the region.  Just in case, it’s already prepping twenty quarantine camps in major cities around the country.”

http://www.dailytech.com/Second+Ebola+Patient+Lands+on+US+Soil+CDC+Preps+20+US+Quarantine+Camps/article36331.htm

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For months, 911 callers got ‘hang up and dial 911’ automated message

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“No one suffering from an emergency expects to be greeted by a recording when they dial 911.  Yet 911 callers in Caddo County, Oklahoma were unable to reach a human operator for months in 2013. According to the FCC, Hinton officials explained that ‘in August 2002, the Caddo County Sheriff’s Office specifically declined to accept 911 calls from its Caddo County customers due to a lack of personnel and resources, and that the only feasible means of routing 911 calls was to direct such calls to a live AT&T operator for connection to a list of county emergency offices provided to the live operator by Hinton.’  Hinton was caught unaware when AT&T discontinued the live operator service.”

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/for-months-911-callers-got-automated-message-that-said-hang-up-and-dial-911/

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S.C. mom jailed, facing prison for letting daughter play alone in park

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“Plenty of working parents can relate to the dilemma Debra Harrell faced when her 9-year-old daughter asked to play unsupervised in a park this summer. How do you find the time and money for child care when school is out?   Harrell’s answer to that question got her arrested. She spent 17 days in jail, temporarily lost custody of her girl, thought she lost her job, and still faces 10 years in prison if convicted of felony child neglect.  South Carolina criminalizes leaving a child at ‘unreasonable risk of harm affecting the child’s life, physical or mental health, or safety.’ But the law offers no specifics on when a child can be left alone without supervision, giving police and prosecutors wide discretion.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-carolina-moms-arrest-over-daughter-alone-in-park-sparks-debate/

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Florida mom arrested after letting 7-year-old walk to the park alone

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“After letting her 7-year-old son walk from their home to a park to play, a Florida mother faces up to five years in jail for child neglect.  Nicole Gainey, 34, was arrested on July 26 after her son, Dominic, was found by police alone in a park less than a half-mile from her Port St. Lucie home.  According to the report, Gainey told the officer that she let her son go to the park alone once or twice a week.  The arresting officer said that Gainey had failed to provide her son with care and supervision by allowing him to cross the street and go to the park alone.  Gainey was arrested on a felony child neglect charge and taken to jail.”

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/31/living/florida-mom-arrested-son-park/index.html

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NYPD drags 48-year-old naked woman into hallway as neighbors protest

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“The NYPD officers were responding to a domestic violence 911-call made from the Brownsville apartment building. However, according to the Daily News, they did not know the apartment number. After hearing shouts from Stewart’s apartment they banged on the door at 11:45 PM. According to the Daily News, Stewart told the police they had the wrong apartment and attempted to close the door. Denise Stewart was then dragged by the NYPD cops into the hallway.  Neighbors captured part of the arrest on video, which shows male officers struggling to subdue the woman, and Stewart calling for her oxygen.  The NYPD allegedly arrived at Stewart’s apartment by mistake.”

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/03/nypd_dragged_a_48_year_old_naked_woman_from_her_apartment_as_neighbors_protest_and_tape_arrest/

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Chicago police kill man with stun gun to break up group fight

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“A 41-year-old man died after he was hit by an electronic stun gun when police tried to break up a fight on Chicago’s Southwest Side.  Police responded to a fight in the 4200 block of South Richmond Avenue in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood just after 2 a.m., according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada.  Officers said they saw a ‘highly combative’ 41-year-old man engaged in a physical altercation with a group of other men.  When they attempted to break up the fight, the man resisted arrest and fought the officers, Estrada said.  A stun gun was used to ‘secure the offender’ and the man was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials said.”

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Man-Dies-After-Being-Hit-With-Stun-Gun-by-Police-267853391.html

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Video shows California cop punching woman on L.A. freeway

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“In the incident, which happened in Los Angeles on Tuesday at an on-ramp to the Santa Monica Freeway, a California Highway Patrol officer appears to be attempting to stop a woman walking on the shoulder of the road and cutting across traffic. The video shows the officer pinning the woman on the ground and hitting her in the face and head until a second man — later identified by police as an off-duty plainclothes officer — arrives and helps the first officer handcuff the woman.  The woman ignored the officer’s command to stop and became ‘physically combative,’ according to a CHP statement Saturday.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/05/la-police-assault-woman/12241601/

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US Sends Troops to Chad on Nigerian Schoolgirl Hunt

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“President Obama has informed Congress today that approximately 80 troops have been sent to Chad in a ‘support’ capacity to take part in the search for 276 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.  The troops, mostly Air Force personnel, will handle surveillance flights and drone flights over the area along the Chad-Nigeria border, where the girls are believed to be held.  The Predator drones are now being flown out of the Chad capital of N’Djamena, and officials say the troops maintaining those drones will remain until the kidnapping situation is resolved.  US flights have been scanning the area for 10 days, and have provided no details on what, if anything, they’ve found during that time.”

http://news.antiwar.com/2014/05/21/us-sends-troops-to-chad-on-nigerian-schoolgirl-hunt/

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