Social workers snatch elderly mother

Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am » by **Drjones**

When i read this story i felt that this was just "not right"....scary actually.
"They" used a "little known power" to authorise this action :help:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090423/tuk ... a1618.html

Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:48 pm » by **Snake Plissken**

Unless im missing something that really doesnt seem right. How must that old woman feel?
I wonder how many people get 'snatched' by the government every year?!?! :wink:

Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:37 pm » by **Ogmios**

The real scary part of this for me was that they busted the door down.

When the cameras went inside there didn't look to be too much of a problem with how she was being looked after. Her daughter obviously cares for her more than some spotty, under-paid care worker (ok, I know they're not all spotty, but they're all underpaid). To see the pictures on TV you'd have thought she was an escaped convict.

And what was the tea towel over the head all about?