And, as suspected, there is more to the story ... as there always is in cases like this.
The problem is this: the kid has injuries that have been reported as possible abuse. By law, the authorites have to make a visit. They show up, and the dad gets belligerent. Dad's already been spotted chasing a burglary suspect down the road with an axe, and I have to think he's got more of a reputation for violence than that. And now he refuses entry to the cops, and threatens violence if they return.
Now put yourself in the sheriff's shoes: the law says you need to go there, and the resident has threatened violence. So what do you do?
Might-Makes-Right alert.
I never know how to do spacing. Someone else told me that once.
Geee......I can’t help but notice you’re from Colorado...interesting coincidense
I haven't followed this too closely.
When did the axe and burglary come into play? What this the during the same event where the father declined to allow treatment of his son? Was this all part of the same event?
The Sheriff was NOT required to do anything. The local police declined to interfere. There was NO abuse, the ACCIDENT took place in public, with witnesses.
The problem is this: the kid has injuries that have been reported as possible abuse.
Where are you getting that the injuries were reported as possible abuse?
The sheriff, the judge, the case workers, the EMTs, and maybe some legislators, are more appropriate in a nation the name of which ends in S.S.R.