Posted on 01/07/2008 4:04:46 AM PST by driftdiver
Nearly a dozen members of a police SWAT team in western Colorado punched a hole in the front door and invaded a family's home with guns drawn, demanding that an 11-year-old boy who had had an accidental fall accompany them to the hospital, on the order of Garfield County Magistrate Lain Leoniak. The boy's parents and siblings were thrown to the floor at gunpoint and the parents were handcuffed in the weekend assault, and the boy's father told WND it was all because a paramedic was upset the family preferred to care for their son themselves. Someone, apparently the unidentified paramedic, called police, the sheriff's office and social services, eventually providing Leoniak with a report that generated the magistrate's court order to the sheriff's office for the SWAT team assault on the family's home in a mobile home development outside of Glenwood Springs, the father, Tom Shiflett, told WND.
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The story so far seems to state a serious collection of civil rights violations. This State, Colorado, doesn’t tolerate abuse by judges or case managers. I would expect a judicial review to be harsh, the case manager to be ousted, and the county management to be changed, not to mention a significant lawsuit to win big against the county. I’ve seen case workers jailed for abuses.
That’s good to hear.
Looks like I got that advice just in time. Going shopping soon.
Don’t forget to practice!
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