What makes me angry is that they had to use the SWAT team because when the paramedic called the police they told him it was the parent's decision! HE should have stopped there but instead he went over their heads to the Sheriff's office. The real idiot is the judge who ordered the child taken at gunpoint. A warrant would have worked just as well even if that was still over the top. Sheesh, it's like watching one moron after another jump on the bandwagon. Amy
CNN has a few articles about this situation. You have to type in SWAT and homeschool. I didn't read them all so I am not sure what they say or if they are correct. I am trying to find the article. Patty
I searched CNN, and every article I could find says exactly the same thing. They're pretty much copied from homeschool blogs. I'd love to hear what the locals are saying!
I found this one but I don't think it is the one I am looking for. It is short and pretty much says the same thing as the others. http://cbs4denver.com/local/Tom.Shiflett.All.2.625138.html Patty
Holy Crap! I just read all this. This is crazy!!! So after all the drama and government invasion and intrusion and the SWAT team and all that all this kid needed was some ice and Tylenol????? HELLO!!! Do ya think the parents knew this injury wasn't severe and that is why the didn't go to the hospital??? Why does the government assume that all parents are morons and need to be regulated by the government? I can't believe we normal citizens are even allowed to have children let alone keep them in our own homes!
This story reminds me of a situation my aunt and uncle went through, minus the SWAT team, paramedics, and SS.:lol: My cousin was in the bathtub. She slipped and hit her head. She knocked herself unconscious and inhaled some water. My aunt, being a nurse practitioner removed her from the tub and managed to get the water out of her lungs. My uncle works in the emergency room and checked her over. He said she had a mild concussion but wasn't taking her to the emergency because there was nothing they would do for her that he could not do himself. They watched her through the night and all was well. Some people in the family were upset that he didn't take her to the emergency. He told them if she went to the emergency, he is the one she would see. He had all the tools necessary to monitor her. I think if the father of the boy had no experience in medical treatment, then something should have been done, but not the SWAT Team. But like my uncle and aunt, he did. Most parents would not willingly endanger the lives of their children. Patty
Exactly! But that's what's being questioned: To whom do the children belong? (In the sense of who has ultimate responsibility for children--their parents or the government?)
Unfortunately we have allowed the government to get bigger and bigger, stronger and stronger and this type of invasion and violation has become the norm. When we allow government into our lives and homes by asking for more and more, we allow the government too much authority and power over our children and oursleves.
I still don't see why it was so hard to let the paramedic check the kid. He wouldn't have been 'turning the child over to the paramedics', he would have been allowing the paramedic to just check his kid out. It makes me wonder if he didn't, at some point, threaten to harm his own family? You know, like do something to the family before he'd comply with such and such. Maybe someone suggested the kids should be in school and he might have threatened to do something to them before he'd do something like send them to ps. Something set these authorities off.
The paramedics did, indeed, look over the boy at the house and found him to be in good shape. So yes, he would have had to "turn him over to the paramedics" in order for him to comply with their request.
And if he's a medic, then he had the tools to look after his own son. Why would he be REQUIRED to turn his son over to them to take to the hospital, when he KNEW that the outcome would be what it was? It's still MAJOR invasion of peoples' rights, and should NEVER have happened! What gets me is that they have a case like this where they use a SWAT Team to force the issue on someone who does not seem to have a history of abuse from what I've read. Yet there are other kids who are given back to their parents when there's a huge history of abuse, and some of them end up dying! It just is not right either way!
