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The Blog for Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Abuse of Power

    Where's the media?
    Allegations that Terri Schiavo had been abused or mistreated were international news in the final days of her life. Now the truth is being revealed about those baseless charges, but nobody is paying attention.
    "Abuse claims unsubstantiated".

    This is important. The trumped up DCF abuse claims were the excuse used by "Jeb!" to send his FDLE goons to Schiavo's deathbed, nearly precipitating a constitutional crisis; the FDLE kidnap attempt was foiled by local law enforcement, and a crisis was averted. Recall the Miami Herald's incredible description of the event:
    "There were two sets of law enforcement officers facing off, waiting for the other to blink," said one official with knowledge of Thursday morning's activities. ...

    "It was kind of a showdown on the part of the locals and the state police," the official said.
    And, recall that
    The developments that set Thursday morning's events in motion [the aborted "rescue"] began the previous afternoon, when the governor and DCF chief Lucy Hadi held an impromptu news conference to announce they were considering sheltering Schiavo under the state's adult protection law. DCF has been besieged, officials say, by thousands of calls alleging Schiavo is the victim of abuse or neglect.
    "Plan to seize Schiavo fizzles". See also "Constitutional Crisis".

    So, "Jeb!"'s FDLE abduction attempt - foiled by local authorities - was premised upon, as we now know, false allegations of abuse.

    In the meantime, to paraphrase the SPT's editorial above, nobody is paying attention to the real abuse here, an abuse of power by the executive.

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