Graphic video at link. Absolutely heartbreaking and infuriating.
http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/12798068-story
Not sure if this belongs here, or in another section.
http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/12798068-story
WARNING: This story contains very graphic photos. Our sources have asked us not to sanitize them. They want you to see exactly the suffering these children went through. They're hoping enough people will take a stand and demand change.
In June, a brave whistleblower came forward to FOX 11 News with disturbing allegations of children being abused, tortured, and killed, children who were under the supervision of the San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family Services, an agency designed to protect them.
Over the next few weeks, other sources joined the first whistleblower, all accusing the agency that they used to work for of ignoring evidence of abuse and letting children die. They go as far as to accuse the CFS of covering up the worst cases. During the last three months, FOX 11 News has been investigating why these children were left in unsafe homes and why some of them ended up dead.
Our confidential sources say hundreds of children are being left in dangerous situations every day. Why? The former San Bernardino County social workers we spoke to allege that it boils down to a county that is more worried about money than the safety of its children. Here are the words of one of those insiders: “Because it saves the county a lot of money. Because the county is willing to gamble a child's life, thinking it's okay.
They're being abused. We hope they're not going to be killed, because if they're killed then the media gets light of it. But lots of children are left in homes where they just continue to be abused.” Another whistleblower told us that social workers “get into this field with the idea that you're going to help people, that you're going keep people safe, you're going to do your job. And everywhere you turn, your hands are tied. You can't go out into the field and do your job because you have lawyers telling you what to do and what not to do.”
In June, a brave whistleblower came forward to FOX 11 News with disturbing allegations of children being abused, tortured, and killed, children who were under the supervision of the San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family Services, an agency designed to protect them.
Over the next few weeks, other sources joined the first whistleblower, all accusing the agency that they used to work for of ignoring evidence of abuse and letting children die. They go as far as to accuse the CFS of covering up the worst cases. During the last three months, FOX 11 News has been investigating why these children were left in unsafe homes and why some of them ended up dead.
Our confidential sources say hundreds of children are being left in dangerous situations every day. Why? The former San Bernardino County social workers we spoke to allege that it boils down to a county that is more worried about money than the safety of its children. Here are the words of one of those insiders: “Because it saves the county a lot of money. Because the county is willing to gamble a child's life, thinking it's okay.
They're being abused. We hope they're not going to be killed, because if they're killed then the media gets light of it. But lots of children are left in homes where they just continue to be abused.” Another whistleblower told us that social workers “get into this field with the idea that you're going to help people, that you're going keep people safe, you're going to do your job. And everywhere you turn, your hands are tied. You can't go out into the field and do your job because you have lawyers telling you what to do and what not to do.”
Not sure if this belongs here, or in another section.