"Lemonade....that cool refreshing drink...."
I am betting this ‘professor’ now raises a good Republican
Even if it wasn’t an accident, who cares? The BS this kid went through is far worse for him than a bottle flavored malt liquor.
This is nothing more than the goon squad sending a message to parents saying "WE RUN THE SHOW."
after reading the whole story one wonders what trauma the boy will have and for how long being jerked away from all family members like that.....gov’t run amuck......
However, once you have a report of a seven year old publicly consuming an alcoholic beverage, it has to be investigated.
And once it is investigated, it has to be referred to child's services.
The officer on the scene, the supervisor and the child services worker doesn't know Ratte from Adam, and has no clue whether or not this represents a pattern of behavior or an anomaly.
They knew if they ignored it and Ratte's son turned up in an alcoholic coma a few weeks later, they would be raked over the coals and people would be calling for their blood.
Every system that allows such workers discretion is eliminated once that discretion leads to a mistake or two.
I don’t watch that c*ap either, and would never buy anything called Mike’s Hard ........, and caseworkers make me barf!
“We are from the government and are here to help.”
Another bunch of brainless bureaucrats “helping the children”. They should all be fired ASAP for allowing this kind of thing to happen.
Worse case scenario the kid would have thrown up and had a hangover in the morning. Instead they wasted thousands of dollars on a simple mistake that could have been dismissed early on. Hospital stay, foster care and who knows how much was spent in legal fees and court proceedings. What a bunch of jackhole dipsticks, thank God I don’t live in that communist hellhole.
So how did he drink 12 ounces of Hard Lemonade, and have NO TRACE of alcohol in his blood about 90 minutes later?
This guy has a Phd and he has never heard of hard lemonade?
1) Hire the best contingency lawyer in Michigan
2) Sue the state of Michigan for $100 million
3) Sue the Detroit Tigers for $100 million
4) Settle for $5 million.
Oh well...let this guy go, but hammer the trailer trash that might watch TV.
That's what I gather from this line.
I'd suggest that the parents sue, but it was probably the fear of a lawsuit that caused the officer, people at the park, and CPS to handle things the way they did.
It's hard to be glad that it didn't take longer to sort out what should have taken moments, but when lots of people that know very little about what really happened all go overboard trying to do what is in the best interests of the child, things can get very screwed up, and can take a while to straiten out.
The Comerica cop estimated that Leo had drunk about 12 ounces of the hard lemonade, which is 5% alcohol. But an ER resident who drew Leo's blood less than 90 minutes after he and his father were escorted from their seats detected no trace of alcohol.
Not a very good commercial for Mikes Hard Lemonade.
Good thing about this is that everyone involved are probably flaming liberals. Maybe now they'll question some of the crap flowing from the little fiefdoms that are so purvasive throughout local government.
I don't watch any television, but I see Mike's Hard Lemonade in the beer section of the supermarket, not in the Minute-maid section.
"Lemonade....that cool refreshing drink...."
“In every bureaucratic system, the shifting of responsibilities is a matter of daily routine, and if one wishes to define bureaucracy in terms of political science, that is as a form of government - the rule of office as contrasted to the rule of men of one man or of the few, or of the many - bureaucracy unhappily is the rule of nobody and for this reason is for this reason perhaps the least human and most cruel form of rulership”.
- Hannh Arendt (Re: Eichmann and his role in the holocaust) -
Sheesh! The kid was just trying to mellow out after a stressful week at school.
Mike’s Hard Lemonade is the perfect accompaniment on a warm day at the ballpark.
Part of me feels sorry for this family and part of me thinks that this “professor” must be extremely stupid. I’ve never heard of this product, either. But the name, alone, would be a tip off.
Besides, what good father doesn’t read the label of anything he puts in a 7 year old’s mouth?
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