March 19, 2016

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Navy Dad Goes on Hunger Strike in Kansas Until State-Kidnapped Children are Returned or He Starves to Death

The Schwab family with 4 of their 6 children at a recent visit. Source: Schwab family.

UPDATE 12/14/2016

Children Taken from Military Dad Using Medical Marijuana for PTSD to be Returned

UPDATE 3/30/2016

Kansas Dad Ends Hunger Strike – Federal Lawsuit Filed To Return His Children

UPDATE 3/25/2016

Veteran Dad on Hunger Strike Arrested with No Charges – Kept Naked in Dirty Cell

Navy Dad Goes on Hunger Strike in Kansas Until State-Kidnapped Children are Returned or He Starves to Death

by Health Impact News/MedicalKidnap.com Staff

A U.S. Navy veteran is currently on a hunger strike in hopes of getting his children back from what he calls a very corrupt child protective system in Kansas. He is prepared to continue his hunger strike until he and his wife’s children are returned, or until he starves to death.

Raymond Schwab and his wife Amelia say that their children never should have been taken away from them almost a year ago, but what prompted the hunger strike was the fact that the Department for Children and Families (DCF) said they planned to place their 13 year old son in a psychiatric residential treatment center. They started him on psychotropic drugs 2 weeks ago, against his parents’ will.

Raymond Schwab began his strike on Monday, March 14, two days before DCF was to institutionalize their son. He doesn’t belong there, the parents insist, and he certainly doesn’t need dangerous psychotropic drugs. But he was placed into the facility on Wednesday, against his parents’ wishes, and is expected to be there for up to 60 days.

Three of their children have reportedly been abused while in DCF custody. DCF has reported to the family that their 5 year old little girl has been sexually assaulted in their care, and the 13 year old and another son have been abused in the DCF placement.

Dad Pleads With Governor to Listen

DCF has reportedly been ignoring them all along, and that is why Raymond is taking such a drastic measure. He and his wife have been at the state capitol all week, holding signs and trying to get the governor’s attention to stop the injustice happening to his family. This is not what the Gulf War veteran fought for, he says.

In a letter to Kansas Governor Brownback, Raymond Schwab writes:

Now, realizing Riley County Courts do not care about their oath of office, nor the Constitution or the law I will be on a hunger strike at the State Capitol until my children are returned, a Federal lawsuit or injunction is filed against you or those who have committed this crime are indicted. Some have said your State will not care, and they will let me starve to death. If that happens it will be on your doorstep, and my blood will be on your hands. Give me my children. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – Jesus- Ms. Brownback said recently that Kansas DCF and foster care should be a model for the nation. God help us all if that ever becomes a reality.

Monday, March 14, was Day 1 of Raymond Schwab’s Hunger Strike to get his children back. Source: Schwab family.

The Schwabs are a very devout Christian family who have homeschooled their children most of their lives. They lived in Colorado for a number of years before moving to Kansas in 2013 because of Raymond’s job. They were already in the process of moving back to Colorado in April 2015, when DCF came into their lives based on what the Schwabs say are false allegations from relatives who didn’t approve of their religious and other beliefs.

Medical Marijuana Helped Vet’s PTSD

The children remain in the system over the fact that Raymond has been using medical marijuana to treat his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and chronic pain as a veteran. The veteran has become a poster child for medical marijuana activism, but the situation is much bigger than that.

When the family lived in Colorado, Raymond worked with the VA to treat his PTSD and pain after being honorably discharged from the Navy for disability. He tried many different medical treatments from narcotics to anti-anxiety drugs, but they didn’t really help much, and had many undesirable side-effects.

Eventually, Raymond fell into heroin addiction. He tells Health Impact News that he isn’t proud of that fact, but he wants the public to realize that this is a pattern that happens to many veterans. He went into a Christian rehab program and got off of all of the drugs.

He was able to get his life back on track with the medicinal use of cannabis, which is legal in the state of Colorado. Medicinal marijuana is a treatment that he says can and does help veterans with PTSD and chronic pain with far fewer side effects than narcotic and psychotropic drugs.

In 2013, he accepted a federal position with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Topeka, Kansas, and moved his family there. Marijuana is not legal in Kansas, for medicinal or any use. Therefore, he stopped his cannabis treatment.

Children Seized Over False Allegations

By early 2015, the family decided to move back to Colorado in order to legally be able to treat his PTSD in the way that has worked most effectively for him. Raymond got a job transfer, and plans were in the works for the move. In April, the family says they had a break-in at their home, so they sent their children to stay with relatives for a day or two, so that they could pack everything believing their kids would be safe.

That is when their nightmare began.

The Schwabs declined to name who it was that reported them, but someone took their children to the police in Riley County, saying that they were abandoned. There were allegations of emotional abuse, based on the fact that the children were homeschooled and not vaccinated according to the CDC schedule.

The Schwab family in happier days, before DCF. Source: Schwab family.

Though the police never investigated the allegations, 5 of the Schwabs’ children were immediately placed in DCF custody on April 26. The children range in age from age 5 to 16. (Their 6th child is a 19 year old who was not involved in the case.) The children have been separated in foster care.

The couple continued the move to Colorado, with their 19 year old son, believing that they would get their children back quickly, since they knew the allegations were false.

Allegations Unsubstantiated, but Children Still in State Custody

Indeed, the allegations were found to be “Unsubstantiated” by early July. However, the children have still not been reunited with their family.

Allegations found Unsubstantiated, yet children still held by DCF. Source: Schwab family.

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DCF – “Only 4% of Removals Substantiated”

According to the Topeka Capitol-Journal, a DCF spokesperson made a statement about substantiation that should be alarming to every parent in the state of Kansas:

Determining whether an allegation is true is separate from a recommendation to remove children from the home, said Theresa Freed, communications director for DCF. Though an unsubstantiated finding that doesn’t lead to a parent getting their child back may be confusing, Freed said, substantiated findings account for only 4 percent of the removals the agency handles.

Freed openly admits that 96% of the children kidnapped by Kansas child protective services are for allegations that are NOT substantiated, begging the question, do any parents in Kansas have their Constitutional rights upheld which secure the right to due process and to be free from unlawful search and seizure of their children?

Evidence Only That Allegations Were Made, Not That They Were True

According to Appeal documents, there was never any evidence given by the state that the children were at risk of harm. Incredibly, the testimony presented by Officer Carla Schwartz, now retired, shows that she took the children into custody after merely listening to the allegations, without investigation of the parents’ home or attempting to speak with the parents:

The State presented zero evidence that the allegations were true, only that they were made. (Source: Appeal documents)

The case is now, according to the Schwabs, all about the fact that he has used medical marijuana. Even though it is legal in his now-home state of Colorado, he has chosen to stop treating his PTSD with cannabis in order to have the clean urine tests demanded by DCF. He hopes that his condition will not get worse without treatment, but he has definitely been willing to take that risk for the sake of his children.

Family Is Being Torn Apart

But their children are still not home. The Schwabs report that they have only been permitted to visit their children on 6 occasions in almost a year. Their oldest son is devastated by not being able to see his siblings. They have always been a very close-knit family, yet DCF is alienating the siblings from each other as well as from their parents.

Schwab family – happy together. Source: Schwab family.

Even when they do visit, or on their supervised once-a-week phone calls, the Schwabs say that they aren’t able to really communicate and talk to their children normally. Their visits can be terminated if anyone talks about what is really going on in their lives or about being separated.

Amelia, the mother, tells Health Impact News:

You’ve got to talk about the weather and such. You can’t really talk to your kids.

Raymond Schwab refers to himself as a Jewish Christian. They are a Christian family, and they celebrate the Jewish holidays as well. Their children reportedly are no longer allowed to celebrate Jewish holidays, nor are they allowed to go to church. They have been allegedly told that they don’t need to pray.

Unreasonable “Permanency Plan”

After 8 months of the children being in state custody, the family was finally given a “permanency plan” to follow. As many families have reported to Health Impact News, the safety plans and permanency plans are often only an illusion of the state working toward reunification of families.

One example of an unreasonable requirement in the Schwabs’ plan is the requirement that Raymond participate in a “Batterers Intervention Course.” There are several problems with this, the most glaring of which is that there have been no allegations of physical abuse. This is a 46 week course which the parents are required to pay for, but it is not even available in the state where the Schwabs live.

The children have been away from their parents for 11 months, yet the parents had no plan from the state to work on until 3 months ago. Most of the requirements are for “services” that logistically could not have been accomplished in time for their latest court hearing, even if they lived in Kansas.

The Schwabs are currently representing themselves pro se. Part of the reason is so that they can legally access all of the documents regarding their case. However, this is not happening. He reports that he was permitted to read some documents, but was escorted to the courthouse by armed police officers, and forbidden to make any copies of anything he read.

DCF Goals and Family Goals Are NOT the Same

At the latest court hearing, the judge mentioned possible termination of parental rights, and reportedly told the caseworkers that they were doing a great job. Raymond Schwab points out that the judge’s idea of a “good job” and the public’s idea of a “good job” are two different things. The case workers have not been working toward reintegration of the family, but toward severing the relationships between the family. Raymond says:

We think they’re talking about the same thing we are, and we’re not. If you just understand that their goal is to steal the children, then it makes perfect sense.

See:

Child Kidnapping and Trafficking: A Lucrative U.S. Business Funded by Taxpayers

DCF Says Parents Are Misleading the Public

DCF officials told the Topeka Capitol-Journal that the accusations against them are inaccurate, stating that:

If Mr. Schwab’s interest is in the truth, he is welcome to sign a release to anyone in the public who wishes to gain more information.

Family WANTS Documents to Be Made Public

Raymond tells Health Impact News that he doesn’t know what information they could be referring to, since they have repeatedly denied him access to documents. He has now reportedly signed a power of attorney and a release for former gubernatorial candidate and family advocate against CPS corruption, Jennifer Winn, so that she can have full access to all the documents. He is hopeful that she may be able to access documentation denied to him.

Raymond and Amelia Schwab have been to the state capitol numerous times to fight for their children. Source: Schwab family.

Before he signed the releases, Raymond and Amelia Schwab released this statement in response to the DCF statement:

My wife and I are thankful that DCF is so committed to releasing the truth as we are. We also agree that there needs to be a level of privacy and safety for children concerning sensitive issues such as child abuse.

I have released to the Topeka Capital Journal the findings from DCF that ALL allegations were unsubstantiated against us. Since DCF, District Attorney Barry Wilkerson, and Judge Bosch refuse to give me ALL documents pertaining to our case, even though I am representing myself, I cannot say what DCF claims we are hiding.

We have never said this case is about Cannabis alone. It was based on false allegations of abuse, which the DCF report said were unsubstantiated, then told us that lack of substantiation meant nothing and we had to stop our legal Cannabis Therapy in our home State in order to even visit or get our children back. This we have done as we currently have visited our children after submitting clean UA’s.

So this is about Cannabis. When I confronted Governor Brownback today and begged for my children back he stated that since the allegations were unsubstantiated we would get our children back. When I informed him that finding was issued in July of 2015 he said he could not control the courts and walked away.

DCF claim my children are safer in their care, but they have been abused with multiple hotline report of sexual and physical abuse filed while in DCF custody. They are hiding the actual reports from us while telling us on the phone it did happen but they cannot give me details.

How is that safer? I would be happy to release those reports to the press if DCF would stop hiding them from me and obey the law. We will sign a power of attorney as well as a release for former gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Winn to have access to all court records, reports and any other evidence DCF allegedly have under the condition she will not be legally pursued by Kansas for releasing her findings.

If Mrs. Winn, after reviewing all the records confirms DCF’s claim of dishonesty I will immediately stop my hunger strike. If they will not allow her to view the court records and documents; then they can bring my children to the Capital so we can go home and heal. We will see if DCF really is interested in transparency and truth.

Raymond and Amelia Schwab

Former Gubernatorial Candidate Jennifer Winn Responds

Jennifer Winn posted Wednesday on Facebook that she now has power of attorney:

I am now the official power of attorney over Raymond and Amelia Schwabs children.

I am hereby giving public notice to Governor Brownback, DCF, St. Francis, Judge Bosch and Pathway Family Services located at 4101 SW Martin Drive. Suite B. Topeka, Kansas 66609 you do NOT have the authority to medicate Raymond and Amelia Schwab’s 13 year old son Caleb Karl Schwab DOB-07-16-03 under any circumstance with mind altering drugs. Should you continue to force feed this child any mind altering medication, your company and ANY personnel performing this task will be in violation of my consent and you will be held accountable in a court of law.

Hunger Strike Continues

Until then, or until his children are returned, Raymond Schwab remains on a hunger fast. When we spoke with him, he said that he is hungry, but he is not giving up.

I don’t have any other choice. They’re not listening.

What You Can Do

Free the Schwab Children is a Facebook page set up for supporters to follow the story and encourage the family. Supporters are welcome to join Raymond and Amelia Schwab at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka, because they plan to be there every day until this is resolved.

Source.

Governor Brownback has reportedly denied that he can do anything about this, but his opponent Jennifer Winn vehemently disagrees. See her video:

Governor Brownback may be reached at 785-296-3232, or contacted here. He is also on Facebook and on Twitter.

The following people can also be contacted, at the request of the parents:

DCF-Chief of Staff – Wm. Jeff Kahrs 785-296-3271
DCF Communications Director – Theresa Freed 785-296-3271

Name: Barry Wilkerson
Title: Riley County Attorney
Phone: 785-537-6390

Judge John F. Bosch
Clerk of the Court – Katherine J. Oliver
Ph: 785-537-6371

The Kansas legislature goes on a month long break on March 25.

Published on March 19, 2016

Tags: kansas, Schwab family|

9 Comments

Andrew April 1, 2016 at 9:08 pm - Reply

Start a GoFundMe and get REAL legal representation.  Representing yourself is for  people who want to lose EVERYTHING including their children.

John Weber March 21, 2016 at 12:04 pm - Reply

And the residents of KS are offended at being called “fly-over country”.   Sounds pretty appropriate to me.

grieving mom March 21, 2016 at 11:58 am - Reply

I first want to warn never to leave the area or state your children were abducted in.  I am not judging or bashing these parents by any means.  It is a reality that if you can be accused of “leaving your children behind” they will accuse you of this and use it against you.  It may in fact be the one thing that the court will determine what to do with the kids.  
When my teen daughter was abducted we were at Mayo and just received her 4th round of chemo.  We lived in another state so I was also paying for lodging and transportation so she could receive treatment.  A Resident in the psychiatry program there came to her room on the children’s cancer unit without my, my daughter or the medical teams knowledge and insisted I sign consent to immediately start my daughter on psych drugs for depression.  She said if I will sign and allow she start my daughter on the two drugs that we can leave for home.  We were already packed and waiting for the doc to come on rounds to sign her out and go home.  My daughter did not have any form of clinical depression, had never been diagnosed with any type of depression and was *fighting for her life* against a rare form of childhood cancer.  She was to have her life saving stem cell transplant in just 21 more days and was very upbeat (even though feeling ill from the chemo) and looking forward to getting back home with her friends and her own bed to sleep in.  
Because I refused to sign consent and insisted my daughter’s medical team be consulted immediately, this Resident called security to make sure I did not take my daughter anywhere while she proceeded to contact DCF in our home state and made allegations that I was preventing my daughter from critical medical and psychiatric care.  This, even though I had her at Mayo receiving the “best care in the world.”  
My daughter was forced to the locked psychiatric unit off hospital grounds and we were forbidden all communication, as were her medical doctors kept from all knowledge what was going on.  They also took her cell phone and Kindle Fire and her clothes and all belongings from her.  They strip searched her and did an abuse physical (not sure what the legal term for that is).  She was crying and terrified and already in physical pain and feeling sick from the chemo she had just had.  They abused her and tortured her both mentally and physically in doing all this to her.  
Long story short, she died 3 months later, in another hospital in yet another state, never to return to Mayo for stem cell transplant or back to her home where mom, friends, dog, teachers, priest and her life, her entire support system was.  Her top doctor at Mayo told me her medical records stop at the date she was taken and no explanation.  He also told me that none of the doctors on her medical team were aware of what happened or allowed to communicate with me and is willing to testify on my and daughter’s behalf.  He is a top researcher in childhood cancer in the nation.  
The “legal system” took too long for my daughter to survive their time frame.  I was placed on a child abuse registry, lost my job, and was forbidden to even phone communication with daughter.  It was only my taking the risk of arrest and jail and sneaking into the hospital she was at in her last days that we were able to see each other and hugs one last time.  She went into coma the next day and was prevented from all life support by the doc at that hospital, telling me I had no say that it is up to the doc and hospital to decide if life support will be used.  That is yet another issue that parents need to be aware of.  Her death certificate says she died of meningitis and cancer listed as secondary.  So what else was done to her to cause meningitis?  I found out later that many experimental drugs had been used and surgeries done (they did not need my consent or to make me aware of what they were doing – quite the contrary, they were to avoid me and not tell me what they were doing and to report me if I showed up there).  
The last experiment, the one that caused meningitis according to medical records, was a drug (poison) administered through her spinal fluid.  I cannot imagine the pain and suffering they put her through by force and her mamma was not there for her, also by force.
Because her death, according to attorneys I have talked to, cannot be proven beyond a doubt was caused by “medical malpractice” no attorney will take the case on that ground.  It has been difficult to find any attorney willing to even take the case as a civil lawsuit or other charges against the then Resident and her employer/handler Mayo (which will be Mayo attorneys) – and of course need to pay a substantial $50K minimum retainer fee to even start it, which I do not have.  
I found later that the Resident was working on a research paper focusing on eating disorders in teen girls when she pulled this on me and my daughter.  Cancer patients would of course make a perfect guinea pig for fudged reports like this and the use of psych drugs as the “cure” or “answer” (bringing them very lucrative research funds from the pharmaceutical companies)  
This Resident graduated and is in a teaching capacity at university in Utah and also has private practice as child psychiatrist.  
The DCF told me he was going to make it a “founded” case and if I disagreed I “could always appeal it.”  I contacted my states attorney general and did appeal and won immediately.  I have been trying to rebuild my life which has been extremely difficult to even continue going on each day.  
I could try suing DCF but again need a large retainer and have not found even one attorney in my state willing to go against them, which would also automatically include Mayo and Mayo attorneys (and another state).  Three states are involved – my state, the state Mayo is in and the state she ended up in and died in.  It would likely require an entire team of the best of the best (Constitutional?) attorneys to go against such powerful entities.  The one statement DCF and the courts use to keep them completely immune to lawsuits is “what is in the best interest of the child at the time.”  I would think the very best chance parents have against these entities is to have a good Constitutional attorney.
Parents need to unite and fight what is going on.  Another poster wrote that if you are kept from your children even after allegations are determined “unfounded” that people still believe there must be a reason, or must be abuse in there somewhere or they would not keep them from you without good cause.  We are absolutely “marked” for life.  We are shamed and ridiculed and seen as guilty even when proof of no wrong doing if DCF and a judge continue to hold your children away from you unjustly anyway.  It requires a big court action that likely lasts years and costs upward of a million dollars plus just to reach the first hearing, and any “justice” for the family who is completely innocent.
There are many “legs” involved in the abductions of our children that all get a piece of the very big very, lucrative pie.  This “system” of such needs to be taken apart, exposed and eradicated.

Tim McCabe March 21, 2016 at 10:57 am - Reply

I have created a petition to get the laws changed in KS. Please share this petition with everyone you know!
https://www.change.org/p/kansas-state-house-stop-the-state-of-kansas-from-unjustified-seizure-of-children

Tim McCabe March 21, 2016 at 9:40 am - Reply

Something absurdly similar happened to my children. Once they are taken for whatever reason, the parents must be guilty because otherwise the kids would not have been taken. The assumption of guilt stands.

What KS should do is **refuse to allow the state to take custody of children unless both parents are missing, deceased, incarcerated, or willing**. No other conditions should ever be permitted. The trauma and problems created for the kids are far worse when their family structure is obliterated than any supposed benefits received by obliterating the family.

Terri March 20, 2016 at 7:48 am - Reply

Jessica said:
> @Joseph-Gibson said:
> > Admin said:
> > > A U.S. Navy veteran is currently on a hunger strike in hopes of getting his children back from what he calls a very corrupt child protective system in Kansas. He is prepared to continue his hunger strike until he and his wife’s children are returned, or until he starves to death.
> > > 
> > > Raymond Schwab and his wife Amelia say that their children never should have been taken away from them almost a year ago, but what prompted the hunger strike was the fact that the Department for Children and Families (DCF) said they planned to place their 13 year old son in a psychiatric residential treatment center. They started him on psychotropic drugs 2 weeks ago, against his parents’ will.
> > > 
> > > Raymond Schwab began his strike on Monday, March 14, two days before DCF was to institutionalize their son. He doesn’t belong there, the parents insist, and he certainly doesn’t need dangerous psychotropic drugs. But he was placed into the facility on Wednesday, against his parents’ wishes, and is expected to be there for up to 60 days.
> > > 
> > > Three of their children have reportedly been abused while in DCF custody. DCF has reported to the family that their 5 year old little girl has been sexually assaulted in their care, and the 13 year old and another son have been abused in the DCF placement.
> > 
> > This family needs to contact me! I have friends in the Navy who be able to help! I also have I program called understanding the times in which we live in today blogtalkradio.com/josephgibson I would welcome your story to be heard on my show anytime!
> 
> I am absolutely horrified by this story. I am a mother of 4 new to Kansas, and also a military member of the Airforce Reserves in Colorado as a medic. I can’t even imagine what this family is going through. Do they have a Facebook page set up for this? We need to blast this across the nation! The statistics of the state child protection program NEEDS to become a national story! Please please contact me so that I may assist in getting the word out! Our veterans need to be taken care of, not punished for their medical needs!!

Near the end of the article is a link to the family’s Facebook page – Free the Schwab children.  Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/freemychildren/?fref=ts

Lorraine Phillips Bohn March 20, 2016 at 7:47 am - Reply

Sadly, to say that the EVIL system of things, do not really care if the Dad starve to Death. This Dad needs to be there for his wife Amelia, and most importantly for their children. What DCF does to families, makes you crazy, and they are hoping for just that !   The taking of anyone’s child for their Evil works and desires (money), from a parent, is like a two edge sword, going right thru their hearts.  
Please take your suffering in prayer to Our Heavenly Father, Jehovah, and pray for endurance and comfort, to continue your fight. Seek help from a compassionate lawyer, as the family courts are mislead into this Evil corruption of justice. Seek help from other parents who have suffering the same EVIL.  There are plenty of them out there, as this EVIL is being more and more wide spread. Medical Kidnapping.com, has been an answer to so many prayers and to so many parents and individuals. Your story is a good way, towards this family’s fight for your children.  This Father and his family we will pray, that God will deliver them from this EVIL, and that his Kingdom will come.

Jessica March 19, 2016 at 10:18 pm - Reply

@Joseph-Gibson said:
> Admin said:
> > A U.S. Navy veteran is currently on a hunger strike in hopes of getting his children back from what he calls a very corrupt child protective system in Kansas. He is prepared to continue his hunger strike until he and his wife’s children are returned, or until he starves to death.
> > 
> > Raymond Schwab and his wife Amelia say that their children never should have been taken away from them almost a year ago, but what prompted the hunger strike was the fact that the Department for Children and Families (DCF) said they planned to place their 13 year old son in a psychiatric residential treatment center. They started him on psychotropic drugs 2 weeks ago, against his parents’ will.
> > 
> > Raymond Schwab began his strike on Monday, March 14, two days before DCF was to institutionalize their son. He doesn’t belong there, the parents insist, and he certainly doesn’t need dangerous psychotropic drugs. But he was placed into the facility on Wednesday, against his parents’ wishes, and is expected to be there for up to 60 days.
> > 
> > Three of their children have reportedly been abused while in DCF custody. DCF has reported to the family that their 5 year old little girl has been sexually assaulted in their care, and the 13 year old and another son have been abused in the DCF placement.
> 
> This family needs to contact me! I have friends in the Navy who be able to help! I also have I program called understanding the times in which we live in today blogtalkradio.com/josephgibson I would welcome your story to be heard on my show anytime!

I am absolutely horrified by this story. I am a mother of 4 new to Kansas, and also a military member of the Airforce Reserves in Colorado as a medic. I can’t even imagine what this family is going through. Do they have a Facebook page set up for this? We need to blast this across the nation! The statistics of the state child protection program NEEDS to become a national story! Please please contact me so that I may assist in getting the word out! Our veterans need to be taken care of, not punished for their medical needs!!

Joseph Gibson March 19, 2016 at 7:10 pm - Reply

Admin said:
> A U.S. Navy veteran is currently on a hunger strike in hopes of getting his children back from what he calls a very corrupt child protective system in Kansas. He is prepared to continue his hunger strike until he and his wife’s children are returned, or until he starves to death.
> 
> Raymond Schwab and his wife Amelia say that their children never should have been taken away from them almost a year ago, but what prompted the hunger strike was the fact that the Department for Children and Families (DCF) said they planned to place their 13 year old son in a psychiatric residential treatment center. They started him on psychotropic drugs 2 weeks ago, against his parents’ will.
> 
> Raymond Schwab began his strike on Monday, March 14, two days before DCF was to institutionalize their son. He doesn’t belong there, the parents insist, and he certainly doesn’t need dangerous psychotropic drugs. But he was placed into the facility on Wednesday, against his parents’ wishes, and is expected to be there for up to 60 days.
> 
> Three of their children have reportedly been abused while in DCF custody. DCF has reported to the family that their 5 year old little girl has been sexually assaulted in their care, and the 13 year old and another son have been abused in the DCF placement.

This family needs to contact me! I have friends in the Navy who be able to help! I also have I program called understanding the times in which we live in today blogtalkradio.com/josephgibson I would welcome your story to be heard on my show anytime!