Los Angeles DCFS Defies Law
The state of California passed a law requiring full disclosure of case files following a death in custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). After a few successful applications on behalf of newspapers, DCFS has taken to stonewalling requests for information about child deaths.
They have little alternative. Truthful disclosure would show that the foster care system is a killing field for children, losing public support and provoking a backlash against incumbent management. The child protection system, which has long ignored the rights of parents and the welfare of children is now defying the law to conceal its wrongdoing from the politicians and the public.
Best estimates are that US foster care kills over a thousand children annually. Since the first Gulf War, that is over 20 thousand deaths, a lot more than the number of soldiers memorialized in the photo.
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