Ep. 772 – The State of Tennessee stole all 5 kids from a Black couple after a traffic stop. A month later, the state still has the kids, including a breastfed baby.

Exactly 1 month ago today, a wonderful Black couple and their 5 sweet babies, were traveling from Georgia to Chicago for a family funeral when they were pulled over by Tennessee Highway Patrol on a bogus traffic stop for “staying in the left lane and not actively passing someone.”

In other words, driving while Black.

The children, which include a newborn, a 2 year old, a 3 year old, a 5 year old, and a 7 year old were asleep in the back. Police then arrested the father for possession of a tiny amount of weed – a misdemeanor – that is legal in much of Georgia but not Tennessee – and instructed the mother to drive to the local “justice center” to bail out the father.

When the mother got there, it was a trap. Police and Child Protective Services surrounded her and forcefully took all of her kids, including her breastfed baby. My blood is boiling just typing these words.

Police had lied and said the mother was arrested and called Child Protective Services to get the children. But she wasn’t under arrest and had committed no crime.

That was a month ago – and the state STILL has their kids.

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Shaun

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