New York City Children’s Services pays $75,000 settlement for removing newborn from home because black mom smokes marijuana — which is legal in New York - eviltoast

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    “Even after a judge required ACS to reunite Ms. Rivers with her baby, ACS continued to subject Ms. Rivers to needless court proceedings and a litany of conditions that interfered with her parenting of TW for months, while the unlawful removal of her baby was ratified by senior ACS leadership,” the complaint reads. “This was not because ACS was trying to protect TW; this was because Ms. Rivers is Black.”

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    Well if you tried actually reading the article it sounds like the settlement was for the delay in returning the baby and the practice of using pot use as a negative factor. Not testing the baby or mother for marijuana, and not removing the baby because the mother smoked pot in the hospital while pregnant. Headlines are not an adequate source of information, you have to keep reading.

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        Do you think that’s some magic phrase you can parrot with absolutely no context? Let try an easy one: what human right did they violate? Are you referring to one of the 30 defined by the UN? If so which one? Are you using a different definition? If so cite your reference please.

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          In no particular order

          All human beings are free and equal.
          No discrimination.
          Right to life.
          No torture and inhuman treatment.
          Same right to use law.
          Equal before the law.
          Right to be treated fair by the court.
          Innocent until proved guilty.
          Right to privacy.
          Human rights can’t be taken away.

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            OK now cite specific actions listed in the article and which violation they match up to. You started by saying testing them for marijuana was a violation of human rights, maybe start by explaining that one.

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                    I’m contrasting this conversation with the one I had with OP yesterday, where explaining the actions of the hospital from a position of how they and CPS operate shows why they did some of what they did and agreeing with the parts that the courts said we’re wrong, and we both came to a better understanding of why each other felt they way they did.

                    Then there’s you, who care more about buzzwords and stirring anger about “human rights” and absolutely no ability to back up your statements. You should have stayed on Reddit, you’d do better there.