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From the sounds of it, the reason people are calling for a lawsuit is the typical War On Drugs approach: Without reasonable suspicion, they did a field test (k
by Falkon1313 10y ago
From the sounds of it, the reason people are calling for a lawsuit is the typical War On Drugs approach: Without reasonable suspicion, they did a field test (known to be faulty). Without probable cause or any corroborating evidence, they falsely accused her of a crime. They then treated her as guilty until proven innocent (which violates our social standards of morality). And they topped it off by threatening violence in the form of kidnapping her newborn baby.
That's quite a bit more than merely unprofessional. Something like a stray sarcastic comment or slightly distasteful joke might be unprofessional. This sort of behavior, on the other hand, quite possibly should be illegal and should have consequences.
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10883282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10883282
- hellogoodbyeeee 10y agoThis has nothing to do with the war on drugs. She wasn't drug tested by a police officer going door-to-door in the hospital. The hospital administered a medical test to determine risks that the newborn would potentially face. You don't need probable cause to administer a medical test. Furthermore, i bet the mother could have refused the drug test with no consequences.
- Falkon1313 10y agoNonsense. Do you think if instead she had happened to test positive for strep throat, the results would have been the same? It is absolutely about the war on drugs mentality.