Holly Curry Case Finally Settled

[Carborendum]

https://hslda.org/post/when-a-knock-at-the-door-becomes-a-nightmare-holly-currys-story

This case was finally settled recently.

• The only "crime" that was committed (by the private citizen) was that Holly left her children in a LOCKED car for less than 10 minutes on a COOL morning while she went into a shop for some muffins.
• Although the officer called to the scene (apparently a busy body called on her) admitted that no crime was committed, he was forced to call CPS.  If no crime was committed, why was he forced to call them?
• Holly received a knock at the door from a strange woman (CPS) who did not provide ID or credentials. Holly refused to let her in.
• The woman returned with a Sheriff's deputy with no warrant.  Holly refused to let them in.
• They threatened to take all the kids away from her unless she showed them the children.  She finally relented.
• Then WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE OR ANY LEGAL PURPOSE the children (both male and female) were forced to undergo a strip search in front of the female CPS agent and the male deputy.

The Sheriff's office settled out of court for about $500k.

That is a travesty.  This should have been in the millions.  And that CPS agent should have been fired.  But nothing happened to her as far as we know.

This happened in a rural area of Kentucky.  So, don't think that because you live in a red state, this can't happen to you.

Edited November 15, 2022 by Carborendum

[Just_A_Guy]

Ugh.

As I think I’ve mentioned a few times, I work as legal counsel to DCFS/CPS in my state.  This was very much over-the-line, even by my standards.