http://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2015/2015-ny-slip-op-51097-u.html
An interesting read seemingly less concerned with the welfare of a child than the discovery of a controlled substance during a police search of luggage without a warrant.
The fact that the tablets were in their original container, properly labelled, prescribed by the doctor of the person in whose possession they were discovered ... seems to have carried no weight at all.
It has the potential to become a bit of a cause célèbre if it ever comes to trial ... and I look forward to seeing the CCTV images of the child sitting on the floor for an hour in the hotel foyer while staff manoeuvre heavy suitcases over his head.
In the interim, a British child is in the hands of the New York care system which is in the throes of a class action which alleges it cannot care for its own.
Why NYC's Foster Care System is Failing Children
JUL 10, 2015 12:30 PM
NINA WOLPOWPHOTO: BEBETO MATTHEWS/AP PHOTO.
City Public Advocate Letitia James, center, and child advocates hold a press conference announcing a class action lawsuit against the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) for causing irreparable harm to children, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in New York.