It’s well documented that social workers tend to be at the left end of the political scale and fond of using the police powers of the state to get their nanny-state views imposed on the rest of us. But this is ridiculous:
A tactical law enforcement team broke into Tom Shiflett’s home and took his 11-year-old son to hospital for court-ordered medical treatment for a minor head injury.
Garfield County’s All Hazards Response Team raided the home Friday night, a day after Jon Shiflett fell after grabbing the handle of a moving car. The child was returned to the family at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, hours after the raid.
The raid was in response to an order from the local social services agency, which, after it was found that the kid just had a bruise and it was nothing to be alarmed about, didn’t apologize to the parents. I agree with Glenn Reynolds’ comment:
People should lose their jobs over this. But they probably won’t. Accountability is for the little people.
Actually, they’ll skate because their intentions were good. Why does Jonah Goldberg’s latest book come to mind after reading this?
