Tag Archive 'Treffly Coyne'

Sanity returns (at least temporarily) in Chicago

Bookworm on Mar 13 2008 | Filed under: Bureaucracy, Crime and punishment, Police

I blogged yesterday about law enforcement run amok, in connection with the decision to prosecute a mother who left a sleeping child in the car, while she walked a few feet away — something every mother in the world has done. As you may recall, I was quite heated in expounding upon the idiocy [...]

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Child Protective Services, police and prosecutors run amok

Bookworm on Mar 12 2008 | Filed under: Crime and punishment, Parenting

Do you recall that, a couple of months ago, I wrote a lengthy post about the fact that the apparently benign sounding Child Protective Services has become a vicious scourge assaulting good parents because they’re easy targets? If you don’t recall that post, I recommend that you read it either before or after you [...]

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