Re: CPS Takes Man's Son After Mistakenly Giving Him Alcoholic Lemonade

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:55:16 -0400, Chocolic wrote
(in article <E4SRj.140392$D_3.56310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

Michigan Man Protests Losing His Son After Mistakenly Giving Him Alcoholic
Lemonade
Tuesday, April 29, 2008


DETROIT - A University of Michigan professor says he had no idea he'd
given his 7-year-old son alcoholic lemonade at a ball game, and is furious
at child-protection officials for removing his son from the home.

Christopher Ratte of Ann Arbor and his wife have filed a complaint against
Child Protective Services.

Their son Leo spent two days in state custody. The father spent nearly a
week outside his home before he was allowed to return.

He tells the Detroit Free Press that he'd taken his son to a Detroit Tigers
game a few weeks ago. He didn't notice the $7 lemonade he bought contained
alcohol.

A security guard noticed the boy drinking the spiked lemonade and called
authorities. Leo was checked at a hospital. No trace of alcohol was found in
his blood.

No charges were filed against the father, who says it was a case of "massive
overreaction."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353186,00.html
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This kind of *** really pisses me off. I'm remembering all the stories
posted on here of kids being left in obviously abusive homes because CPS
ignored the warning signs and the child ended up dead, sometimes after a
torturous life. And CPS is supposed to be understaffed and overworked, blah
blah. Grrrrr <<

Yeah, agreed, this is just stupid. Also stupid is: why do they sell
something called "lemonade" that is alcoholic at this stadium (i.e. a place
where there are likely to be lots of kids)?? I'm sure there are people who
would order "Long Island Iced Tea" and think they were getting iced tea, too.
I mean, in a bar is fine, because kids don't go to bars, but it's stupid at
a stadium. What's next? Selling a cigarette called "Chocolate Cigarettes"?

Amy
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"In my line of work you gotta keep repeating things over and over and over
again for the truth to sink in, to kinda catapult the propaganda." - George
W. Bush, May 24, 2005

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