The paper doesn't say why she has a criminal record ...
It could be for any number of things totally unrelated to drinking.
but it does say the boyfriend hasn't been charged.
Yeah why does it say that he hasn't been charged but nothing about why?
why is she known to the police?
Because of the criminal record.
They don't just take kids without due cause.
Cops don't just walk up and start tasering people to death either. Well, in fact some have, so I guess we can't say cops don't just do something can we?
Newspapers and police reports don't fill in all the details ... but they sure wouldn't make what they did public if there wasn't more to it.
That's right, they don't. But the police report is there in it's entirety. So that is what there is to form an opinion on.
In context, FAS is impossible to get from breast feeding. Unless you would like to show something that supports such a ridiculous claim...
Was that what you wanted?
Violence is also possible.
A lot of things are possible, which is why police are supposed to gather evidence.
Instead it was left to the opinion of the arresting officer. Not that evidence was impossible to gather, just that it was not gathered.
Alcohol in breast milk is very likely.
Alcohol in cough syrup is a fact. I haven't seen any arrests down at the pharmacy today. Why is it on one hand so dangerous that we need to take someone's kid away and jail them for five years, and on the other hand, sell it over the counter to parents of children along with a slick advertising campaign. Doesn't it seem contradictory to you?
Assumption? What's it matter? She'll be sober when she gets the kid back.
It matters because breaching the laws regarding personal freedom is a serious matter. Well maybe only to some of us at the moment, but all of us eventually.
Here's more:
