Yesterday, as you are no doubt aware, I was very late posting. Eventually, I did get both daily posts up, but not until after many hours had passed. I’ll try not to do that again. If you panicked, I;m terribly sorry. My best advice is not to panic unles it goes into a second day with nothing – and I’m not even sure you should panic then. I did eventually reach my doctor’s office, resolved my prescription, reported the pain in my side, found out my difficulty faxing was likely on account of their equipment, not anythng I was doing, and got an email address (yay!) which I can use for non-emergency communication.
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ProPublica – Barricaded Siblings Turn to TikTok While Defying Court Order to Return to Father They Say Abused Them
Quote – Two siblings in Utah have barricaded themselves in a bedroom at their mother’s home in defiance of a judge’s order to return to the custody of their father, despite state child welfare investigators determining that he had sexually abused the children…. The showdown is the fallout from the latest family court battle over “parental alienation” — a disputed psychological theory in which one parent is accused of brainwashing a child to turn them against the other parent.
Click through for story. I trust I don’t have to explain the misogyny underlying this abomination. The fact that these children are 15 and 12, not toddlers, also suggests that only straight, white, adult males are to be believed – which is almost beyond irony.
Colorado Public Radio – ‘They’re not gonna help you’: Why domestic violence survivors say they’re being failed by police and the ‘red flag’ law
Quote – The former couple are among the first people to go through Colorado’s new “red flag” process, which allows courts to remove firearms from people deemed a threat to themselves or others. The experience gave her a measure of power over a terrifying situation, she said, but it also left her disillusioned. Her story and others show just how difficult it can be for a private citizen to pursue an “extreme risk” petition — especially when local police aren’t helpful. It’s a situation playing out all across Colorado. In some cases, police simply aren’t familiar with the new law, or may be hesitant to use it. In others, the authorities are intentionally avoiding it.
Click through fpr details and implications. And this is in Colorado. Imagine if this couple were living in Texas or Florida.
Food For Thought
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