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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT!

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Federal Jury in San Jose, CA Awards $3.25 Million in Damages
to a Family for the Unlawful Seizure of Their Children

(San Jose, CA | April 4, 2011) In one of the largest jury awards in San Jose in the last 20 years, a federal jury took only 90 minutes to award $3.25 million dollars to a family whose children had been unlawfully taken by San Jose police officers as retaliation for asserting their rights as citizens. Most notably, the jury assessed $2 million dollars in punitive damages for the officers’ reckless abuse of authority.

A jury in the U.S. District Court in Northern California today returned a unanimous verdict against officers from the San Jose Police Department for the violation of an entire family’s civil rights and awarded $3.25 million in damages. The Law Offices of Johnson & Johnson in Walnut Creek, CA and the Law Office of Robert Powell & Associates of San Jose, CA represented the family in their claims against the officers and the City of San Jose.

The case stemmed from an incident on June 29, 2005 where San Jose police officers William Hoyt and Craig Blank with at least five other uniformed officers responded to an unverified claim of abuse, entered the home of a San Jose family under the guise of a welfare check, then forcibly removed two children without a warrant and later seized a third child as well.

The jury heard testimony during the week-long trial that officers in the department have never sought warrants or court orders for removing children – in violation of federal law – and then falsified their claims of an emergency to justify taking all of the children. Police recordings and logs entered into evidence also dramatically demonstrated the officers’ decision to take the children without conducting any investigation.

“The jury rejected the officer’s claims of exigency in seizing
the children and took only 45 minutes to find they violated
the entire family’s civil rights.”

In one of the largest jury awards in nearly two decades in San Jose, the federal jury took only 45 minutes to find liability for all claims against Hoyt and Blank, and two days later, took just 90 minutes to award $1.25 million in compensatory damages for the family plus an additional $2 million in punitive damages. The case C06-4029 RMW, Watson v. Craig Blank, William Hoyt and the City of San Jose, went to trial on March 23, 2011 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division. After a week of testimony, the jury found Blank and Hoyt liable for constitutional violations against the family on March 30, and awarded damages two days later on April 1.

“This jury verdict exposes a long-standing practice of warrantless ‘snatch-and-grab’ conduct by law enforcement agencies in Santa Clara County,” said Peter Johnson, attorney for the family. He continued, “The jury heard compelling testimony and evidence during the week-long trial that officers in the department have never sought warrants or court orders for removing children – in violation of federal law – and then falsified their claims of an emergency to justify taking all of the children. ”

“These parents were retaliated against by law enforcement and social services for merely asserting their rights as citizens. In an oppressive and reckless abuse of authority, the police responded by seizing their children,” continued Johnson.

“We feel this verdict sends a resounding message to the San Jose Police Department, as well as all other law enforcement officers in Santa Clara County,” said Johnson. “They are on notice their unlawful conduct will not be tolerated, and officers will be held accountable.”

The best way to stop the ABUSE of power and authority that is destroying our children and their families to find a Civil Rights Attorney that will sue the offending county and/or the State for millions of dollars.

The only thing these criminals understand is money, and the only way to stop them is to make it unprofitable to continue to steal children.

Until Next Time,

I’m Rob!

HOW TO SUE THE OFFENDING COUNTY!!!

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County loses $4.9 million lawsuit challenge over lying social workers
April 21st, 2011, 1:45 pm · · posted by Kimberly Edds, Staff Writer

The County of Orange lost its battle in the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to overturn a record-setting $4.9 million judgment awarded to a Seal Beach woman, after two county social workers lied to a juvenile court commissioner in order to take away the woman’s two daughters.

It took Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick 6 ½ years to regain custody of her children.

The jury award given to Fogarty-Hardwick included damages against the two social workers. The Supreme Court also upheld $1.6 million in attorneys fees for Fogarty-Hardwick’s attorneys, but that could end being as much as $3 million, Fogarty-Hardwick’s attorney Shawn McMillan said.

The county and the two social workers will also be responsible for paying interest which has accrued on the $4.9 million jury award over the last four years, bringing the grand total close to $9.3 million, McMillan said.

Fogarty-Hardwick’s attorneys had offered to settle with the county for $500,000.

Orange County Social Services social workers Marcie Vreeken and Helen Dwojak filed false reports and held back evidence which would have cleared Fogarty-Hardwick, an Orange County jury found. Vreeken would later be promoted, according to county records.
A third social worker was found not liable.

According to court papers, Vreeken threatened that if Fogarty-Hardwick did not “submit” to her will, she would never see her children again. The social workers also tried in 2000 to coerce Fogarty-Hardwick to sign a document saying she was a bad parent by threatening to take her daughters away, Fogarty-Hardwick alleged.

She refused. A county commissioner ordered Fogarty-Hardwick’s daughters, 6 and 9, taken from their mother and put in Orangewood Children’s Home.
The girls were later put in foster care.

Fogarty-Hardwick gave her ex-husband full custody in 2002, hoping to protect her daughters. She was then allowed two supervised visits a month for two years. She eventually won 50-50 custody in 2006.

Fogarty-Hardwick sued the county in 2002, arguing the Social Services Agency and its two social workers violated her civil rights. A jury ruled against her.

She sued again, arguing this time county’s policies violated her constitutional rights, including her Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Fogarty-Hardwick’s accused the county of violating her constitutional rights by removing her children without making a finding of imminent danger or serious physical injury; interviewing her daughters without a parent present; holding her children without cause; fabricating evidence; and failing to properly train employees about parents’ constitutional rights.

An Orange County jury voted 10-2 in 2007 in favor of Fogarty-Hardwick and awarded her $4.9 million.
The county appealed the judgment.

In the Fourth District Court of Appeal opinion, Justice William Bedsworth wrote, “the evidence adduced at trial obviously caused both the jury and the judge to conclude not only that something seriously wrong was done to Fogarty-Hardwick in this case, but also that the wrongful conduct was not an isolated incident.”

“Despite Fogarty-Hardwick’s complaints, and the concerns expressed by others about the handling of this dependency case, SSA did not investigate the situation or consider assigning different social workers to the matter. Neither of the social workers involved was disciplined. Instead, Vreeken was promoted to supervisor in 2001,” Bedsworth wrote.
The Watchdog is looking into whether Vreeken and Dwojak still work for the county.

“What the county and these social workers did to her was horrendous and she deserves to be compensated in full measure,” McMillan said.
“It’s a big deal for a private citizen to take on the government all the way to the United States Supreme Court,” McMillan said. “(Fogarty-Hardwick) poured her whole life into this case. She provided a valuable service to Orange County and to other parents for having the tenacity to stick with it.”

So what does it mean to us, the victims of people like DHR Social Worker Labrisca Cook, GAL Attorney Denise H Burch, Judge Billy Jackson, DHR Supervisor Sarah Hendershot, DHR Commissioner Nancy Buckner, and all of the deceitful, manipulative, horrible people that assist in the “Farce” known as “Family Court” on a daily basis?

It means that we now have a blueprint for success! Following the very same formula as Fogarty-Hardwick.

Specifically:

Sue the county in which the offense occurred, claiming that DHR policies violated your constitutional rights, including your Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Fogarty-Hardwick’s accused the county of violating her constitutional rights by removing her children without making a finding of imminent danger or serious physical injury; interviewing her daughters without a parent present; holding her children without cause; fabricating evidence; and failing to properly train employees about parents’ constitutional rights.

An Orange County jury voted 10-2 in 2007 in favor of Fogarty-Hardwick and awarded her $4.9 million.

If every one of us sue the offending country, we can not only make a huge statement, we can also bankrupt the county, causing them to shut down and forcing them to rebuild from the ground up. This shake up is the equivalent of a revolutionary war, where the entire government ends up forfeiting their power and their operation.

We tried to play nicely. We made complaints to every available entity. Nobody wants to hear it. Everyone covers for each other like sick, depraved little thieves. Nobody cares about the children that are hurt, or the families that are destroyed. Totally unqualified people attack innocent families every day and get away with it.

And it happens all throughout the country. But in Orange County, Fogarty-Hardwick successfully sued the county and won a $4.9 MILLION judgement, which was upheld in the Supreme Court.

We still have a meeting with Congress in February 2013, but in addition, we’re interviewing attorneys right now.

Whether you have an interest in being part of a class-action suit, or whether you prefer to sue individually, the Fogarty-Hardwick case has created a blueprint for what points of law to sue on and for there to now be Supreme Court case law on the matter.

So since Alabama did not want to take any steps to correct a situation that has been complained about hundreds if not thousands of times, over and over and over for the last 10 years, and now that there is a Supreme Court case to follow, let’s all do our best to successfully sue the State of Alabama, and force each county to pay out so much in judgments that they ultimately go bankrupt and can no longer operate their hate agencies or employ their thugs!

Until Next Time,

I’m Rob!

Those poor children who were slaughtered in Connecticut:

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Who among us isn’t horrified by the murders of 20 6-7 year old children? Since when does the life of child have such little meaning that someone would take it without hesitation?

HOW OUTRAGED ARE WE???

Well, ladies and gents, TRAGEDY HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY TO OUR CHILDREN DUE TO THE CORRUPTION OF THE FAMILY COURTS!

Make NO MISTAKE about it. On a small scale, Judge Billy Jackson, GAL Denise H Burch, Labrisca Cook, and all of the supporting cast, DESTROY CHILDREN’S LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND THEY DESTROY THEIR FAMILIES LIVES IN THE PROCESS.

On a GRAND SCALE, tragedy strikes in EVERY STATE, EVERY DAY, in the form of STEALING children from the homes to never be seen or heard from again, or being SOLD to the pedophile with the most money, or being enslaved into prostitution.

In the coming weeks you will see the horrifying aftermath of one crazy fool who took the lives of 20 innocent children. BUT, CLEARLY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN’S LIVES ARE DESTROYED EACH YEAR BY THE CORRUPT FAMILY COURTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH CORRUPT DHR’S THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

For those who have not had any experience with the CRIMINALS that run this courts or pose as working to “help children” what I am saying here sounds far fetched or even untrue.

But for those of us who have been VICTIMS of these heartless bastards who steal children for money, speaking to THEM DIRECTLY, don’t for ONE SECOND think that you are ANY BETTER than the 20 year old that DESTROYED the lives of these 20 beautiful children, because in my view, YOU’VE ALL DESTROYED WAY MORE LIVES AND WAY MORE FAMILIES than 20.

So if for ONE SECOND you think to yourself what a HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING the guy is who destroyed these children, MULTIPLY THAT FEELING BY 1000 AND THAT’S WHAT WE AS VICTIMS THINK OF YOU.

To all of the victim’s families who are suffering so badly especially at Holiday time due to the loss of their children due to the corruption by both DHR and the Courts, we extend to you our hearts and we know your pain. We will be appearing in February in Washington DC and any and all of you are encouraged to join us.

For all of the PERPETRATORS who CONTINUE to DESTROY children’s lives daily, READ MY MIND as to my wishes for you this Holiday season.

Until Next Time,

I’m Rob!

WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED AND WE HAVE A STRONG PLAN GOING FORWARD!

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First, Happy Thanksgiving Season to everyone who has endured such horrible grief at the hands of the criminals in our government agencies who have conspired to be involved in human trafficking for profit at the expense of innocent children and their families.

At this point, we have brought numerous groups together, each with their own followings, and each with the same stories over and over and over.

What’s clear is this:

1. ASFA, law 105-89, created the window for states to receive billions of dollars in federal aid by stealing children and not giving them back to their families.

2. There is a 6-11 time higher incidence of children being abused, molested, raped and murdered once they go into the system.

3. Nobody in the government seems to care, while others are adamant about protecting the system as is due to the huge amount of money involved.

4. There’s so much corruption at this point, with money trails running so deep, that prosecuting every judge, dhr social worker, etc. would be virtually impossible.

5. As victims, our only choice is to get the best Congress that money can buy to do something conscionable about this.

We do have numerous judges, social workers and secondary workers ready to testify before Congress in January 2013 in Washington D.C.

Bill will have the lawlessamerica..com video completed well in advance of our meeting with Congress.

We are working with producers to air the documentary on National Television in advance of the presentation to Congress to get National support.

And we’re doing all this, thousands of us, expending thousands of hours, and in some cases, thousands of dollars, to bring about a positive change in the law so the incentives to steal children are removed. With no financial incentive, there will be no reason to continue to destroy families for profit.

The bigger issue is that if we are successful in changing the law and stopping billions of dollars from being paid to the states, many states, already on the verge of bankruptcy, may be forced over their own financial cliffs due to a loss of the funds from this source.

What I propose is to simply change the requirement for states to receive this form of federal aid from being paid for stealing children, to being paid by achieving a required percentage of children who pass standardized tests in school from years 1-12 for math, science, english and history.

Yes, I did say “English!” The language of a country binds it together, and the last time I looked, we were STILL AMERICANS!

Thomas Jefferson once said: “A government that’s big enough to give you all that you need, is also powerful enough to take all that you have.”

After the Holidays, we will meet with Congress in D.C. and make our presentation in an attempt to change AFSA 105-89 to remove the incentives to continue to steal our children.

I haven’t even addressed the sale of those children, the pedophiles that buy them, the child porn industry including some of the most powerful people in government, or the funds that states receive based on child support arrangements, which is why often times abusive parents are allowed to still see their children. The abusers pay child support, and in some cases the state receives TWICE the amount of the child support from other federal programs.

I had a comment from more than one exasperated parent asking “why is it taking so long.” It’s taking so long because the money trail is so powerful and so corrupting, that just like a drug, people are willing to kill for it, as evidenced by Nancy Schaefer.

Federal and State investigations continue on an individual basis, with the hope to indict numerous people in 2013 and to try them for their crimes.

To all of the victims, I will keep you posted and we will work to change the law. Please check lawlessamerica.com and fightcps.com for two additional sites, or google dhrpetitions, cpspetitions, etc to see how widespread of an issue this is throughout the country.

To all the perpetrators, WE’RE COMING FOR YOU.

Until next time,

I’m Rob Raskin, my lovely wife is Kathey Raskin, and though we didn’t ask for this fight, once we saw all the harm that’s been done to so many children and to so many families, and all of the taxpayer’s money that has been misused, we are now 100% committed, along with so many others that are fighting this fight, to effectuate a positive change in this system in 2012.

Please continue to provide information and to monitor this site for new information.

 

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE COME FORWARD!

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We’ve seen quite a change of heart, as folks within the system slowly but surely defect, disgusted with the theft of children in return for money.

The fact is the ASFA was NEVER designed with the intention of stealing as many children as possible, and placing them in overpriced Foster Care facilities so that the states can bilk the Federal Government out of Billions of Dollars.

This is what Nancy Schaefer, the late Senator from Georgia, who was MURDERED in her home along with her husband, was such an outspoken proponent of.

Her work carries on in so many of us, that we need to recognize her for the hero she was, going up against a system that scars children and parents for life for money.

The people who perpetrate these crimes are in my opinion, among the worst of humanity. They attempt to look like pillars of the community, when in reality they KNOW that they’d NEVER treat their friends or family the way they treat the rest, and they’d NEVER want anything like the horrendous pain that they cause to others to happen to their own families.

They go to Church, they go to meetings, they drive nice cars, and live in nice homes, all the while scheming and plotting how to set parents up, steal their children, and turn them into assets of the state.

What they do for a living is kidnapping. Nothing more, nothing less. They take children based on nothing of substance, and then they don’t give them back. All for the almighty dollar.

We live in a Capitalist society. Going into business and making money is what our society is all about. But the states have gone into the kidnapping business!

It’s literally amazing to watch the corruption of people’s characters for money. With the exception of those who have come forward, the DHR workers such as Labrisco Cook, Sara Hendershot and Commissioner Nancy Buckner, and the stars of Corruption, Denise H Burch of the Denise Burch Law Firm and Judge Billy Jackson of the Lauderdale County Family Court in Florence Alabama, all hold themselves in high esteem as if they’re doing something noble. It’s absolutely sickening.

And what’s even more sickening is the fact that everyone knows that the children that they take are often put INTO harm’s way. Depending on the source, children in the Foster Care system are abused 6-11 times more than if they stayed in their own homes. Yet, with NO REGARD for the children’s safety, Family Court Judges routinely take children away from their homes and place them into the system for money, with no conscience at all as to what may happen to those children once they make that decision.

Whereas Nancy Schaefer started a revolution, it now has a full head of steam including 2 Investigations, Federal and State, hundreds of families bound together, a documentary being filmed to air at year end, and a date on Capital Hill in January. The Family Court system simply CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO STEAL CHILDREN FOR MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES!

What’s AMAZING to me is how easily everyone in the system has adapted, as if it’s just another day at the office.

Please visit prior posts to view videos of Nancy Schaefer speaking out as I am now, making the situation CRYSTAL CLEAR.

Thank you again to the judges, DHR workers, Attorneys and secondary workers who have “Defected” and are ready to testify. You’re doing the RIGHT THING! We must change the system and punish the abusers.

We will CONTINUE RELENTLESSLY to fight the GOOD FIGHT throughout these United States until the system to changed so that the financial incentive to steal children from their homes is no more.

It will be interesting to see what the real number of legitimate cases are, and how often a family member is willing to care for their grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc. when the financial incentives to steal the children are no more!

A special “Thank You” to my wife, Kathleen Raskin, (Kathey Raskin) for recognizing the corruption in that little Family Court of Judge Billy Jackson the day he would not even let her speak when everyone KNEW that Kathey was the legal guardian of her niece by COURT ORDER and chose to ignore it and deny her the Civil Rights she is entitled to by law.

The future will be interesting………….

Until Next Time,

I’m Rob!

I may have found the TRAINING VIDEO for DHR Workers!

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If this is not the link to the DHR Training video, then rest assured that this is EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE to be a VICTIM of the system.

Fortunately, we now have Judges, DHR workers, Attorneys, both Federal and State investigators, regulatory agencies, Prosecutors and more looking in to the Corruption that is so rampant throughout our country as a result of ASFA, law 105-89, providing the unintended consequence through financial incentives of billions of dollars in federal funding to states based on how many children they steal from their families and place into the system.

As the late Senator Nancy Schaefer said prior to her MURDER:

“States have to have MERCHANDISE to sell.”

The rampant disrespect for families and children by these evil doers who are putting money ahead of children’s safety is as unconscionable an act as I can imagine.

Children are 6-11 times MORE LIKELY to be abused in Foster care than they are in their own home, and yet, without hesitation, DHR workers CONTINUE to steal children, manufacture reasons based on hearsay, convert the asset of that child into state custody, and increase the amount of aid to the state and to them in return for destroying yet another childhood and another life.

This is not to say that some children are actually safer if they are removed from a clearly unsafe environment, but children should NEVER be removed and never returned based on hearsay. Parents MUST have the right to work toward a reconciliation with the child if there is a legitimate issue. Alternate family members such as qualified grandparents must be given top priority to care for their grandchildren.

This corrupt system is disgusting to it’s core, and everyone who participates in the farce that they are “helping the children” should look into the mirror and realize how much HARM THEY ARE DOING by tearing families apart.

Here’s the link that sums up how the victims feel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRUuXW4Jhrc&feature=related

Until next time,

I’m Rob!