Now, if someone tried to kill me for doing my job, and not having been there, I'm not sure I would have reacted any differently. Being angry and scared at the same time got both of them into a dangerous situation.
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One would hope that your job would not be abusing children. EVEN IF YOU ARE A PARENT, you do not have the legal right to jump into your child's room in the middle of the night, handcuff him, and drag him into the car for a trip to God knows where.
Frankly, the police were negligent here. What if these guys only TOLD the police they were authorized to take the kid? The police should have put them all in custody until they sorted it out, then placed the kid with the local children's services department. Remember when Jeffrey Dahmer killed that 14 year old boy? The kid managed to escape, drugged and naked, and the police BROUGHT HIM BACK to be murdered because they believed Dahmer's story that they were lovers. This could have been exactly the same kind of situation.
And as for the parents in this case, they are no different that anyone else who gives consent for others to abuse their children. They should be prosecuted, placed on a child abuse registry, and any other kids in the home should be removed.