Posted on 01/26/2016 7:21:14 AM PST by Whenifhow
Two key members of the Oregon militia, who continue to hold the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, say Arizona officials took their children from their homes as an act of revenge.
According to a report from the Arizona Republic, Robert "LaVoy" Finicum and Blaine Cooper say federal officials pressured local child protection officials to take custody of their children in retaliation against them for their siege on the wildlife refuge.
Cooper, who posts regular updates of the siege on social media, said earlier in the month that child protection services came to his house in Humboldt, Arizona, and took custody of his two daughters from his wife, apparently without explanation.
On Jan. 16, in an update posted to Facebook, Cooper explained the situation.
"CPS, believe it or not, because of what's going on here, went and kidnapped my kids," he said. "My brother-in-law has them right now, but CPS is threatening to take my kids from me because of the stand we are making here."
However, according to the Arizona Republic, the girls are now in Missouri with family members, after militia members helped Cooper's wife take the kids there. They were planning to visit Cooper in Oregon before CPS decided to act.
Finicum, on the other hand, has a more unique situation. Finicum and his wife serve as therapeutic foster care parents to children with special needs through a contract with Catholic Charities Community Services in Arizona.
More from the Arizona Republic:
Catholic Charities officials confirmed the Finicums were licensed foster parents, but declined comment on their status or if they were facing investigation. Officials said decisions to remove children would be made by other agencies, including the DCS, and the courts.
Because the Finicums were assigned to foster children with severe emotional disabilities, they were required to follow a rigid set of rules that don't apply to regular foster parents, Catholic Charities spokeswoman Renee Targos said.
Targos said children were placed with therapeutic foster-care parents for a limited time, usually between 12 and 18 months.
"It is designed to be intensive," Targos said, "and focused on addressing the child's behavioral health treatment goals and permanency needs."
Finicum said on Oregon Public Broadcasting radio earlier in the month that he and his wife have a successful track-record at working with at-risk youth. However, he confirmed that state officials arrived at his ranch in Arizona and removed the children "one by one."
Finicum blamed Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), telling OPB that federal officials "must have gotten to the governor, who told the state to get them out of there." However, the governor's office denied Finicum's accusations, saying his statements were "completely false."
As far as the truth behind the matter, Arizona Department of Child Safety isn't talking, citing privacy laws that prevent them from disclosing information about the children.
"Any decision regarding a child in care is made solely on the basis of what is in the child's best interest and is always done in consultation with the Attorney General's Office and the courts," DCS spokesman Doug Nick told the Arizona Republic. "Confidentiality would prevent me from saying more."
But as far as the siege goes, which has now been ongoing for more than three weeks, there appears to be no end in sight until authorities give into the militia's demands.
Militia Members Accuse Gov't of Going to Unthinkable Lengths to Pressure Them Into Surrender- Here's What We Know
.... according to the Arizona Republic, the girls are now in Missouri with family members, after militia members helped Cooper's wife take the kids there
So did CPS take THEIR kids or someone else’s kids?
FYI
Document links under the video
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CPS took Blane Cooper’s kids.
Finicum, on the other hand, has a more unique situation. Finicum and his wife serve as therapeutic foster care parents to children with special needs through a contract with Catholic Charities Community Services in Arizona.
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If true, this converts a harmless protest by a pack of unsympathetic clowns into a much more serious situation.
If true, this cannot go unanswered.
Just your everyday gestapo tactics.
It became a VERY serious situation when the connections to Klintoon and Russia and the uranium in the land came to light
What are the presidential candidate’s take on the Oregon situation? Anyone?
Remember when the Iron Curtain fell and the government tyrants in the USSR, East Germany and other Eastern Bloc communist countries had to run for their lives?
We need some of that here in America - Former Land of The Free.
If this true, it is beyond outrageous, and worthy of an armed response.
Remember Waco. The fed response is unlikley to be responsible.
Bump.
Opposing your munificent Federal government surely indicates your mental illness. And we know how dangerous mentally ill people are with firearms and children, so for your own good we have laws to keep you safe from your misguided and incorrect beliefs.
All of the main GOP presidential candidates have said the Oregon protesters need to go home. I agree. At this point the community has told them via a town meeting last week that they need to leave.
You can keep up with all this stuff at www.oathkeepers.org
If false, then there is something going on in those houses. I was a CPS worker and you can’t willy nilly take kids on a whim. You must get approval from a supervisor and then it goes in front of a judge. There’s a lot more than just walking in and dragging them out in five minutes. With the foster kids, it may have been to move them to a different location if their parents moved, or because the court ordered them moved or they went back to the parents or a million other reasons. Fostering is temporary not permanent. FYI, there is an attorney ad litem assigned to each and every child who works for the child’s best interest and is their voice in court. They aren’t left out to dry all alone. That’s a boatload of people who must be in on your little conspiracy.
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