April 3, 2016

Why do we have to be deceitful?

by Jennifer Johnson (author's profile)

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Why do we have to be deceitful?

It never ceases to amaze me how people are. How they act under pressure. Some people will never admit they are wrong voluntarily. Why, because their pride won't let them. You have to apply pressure (?) expose them. Which I think is sad. For myself I can admit when I am wrong. I try to correct whatever I have done wrong, if it can be corrected.

But if I set here; in say I admit there are problems because I handle the situation wrong. Leave it at that. Never attempt to go back undo the damage the problem has caused. What good is it for me to say anything. Today I want to talk about Georgia's child protection agency. Is the Georgia's child protection agency really concerned about our children or even the mothers who come to them for assistance? How many of these state agency (employee) actually have children of their own? How many of these state agency employee(s) knows how to be
a parent to a child? How many of these state agency employee(s) are employed by DFACS (Department of Family and Children Service) just because they earned the degree because this career pays more? Who are these people behind the scene? I will tell you about the Georgia's child protection agency a little later in this article. Let's go over their newspaper article that was posted in the Macon Telegraph Monday, February 15, 2016:
State agency admits problems in how it reviews abuse cases.
Atlanta - A news report shows that Georgia's child protection agency has identified serious problems in how the agency investigates reports of child abuse and neglect. The agency is acknowledging "significant gaps" in it's performance, The Atlanta Journal - Constitution reported.

The admission appears in a news report analyzing deaths in 2014 of children whose families had histories with the Division of Family and Children Services or DFCS, the newspaper reported. DFCS had closed cases on the families of about half the children who died in 2014. Fourteen died in homicides - six in the first 12 months after DFCS ended its involvement with their families. The rest of the children, including nine homicide victims, were in families under active DFCS supervision. The news DFCS report in a section headed Systemic Factors said the agency "recognized significant gaps in the delivery of services and meeting the expectations of the citizens of Georgia". It added: Special consideration should be given to lessons learned from child deaths.

Georgia's child protection is built upon deception. There is a lot of evil work that goes on behind the scene with the employee(s). My first encounters with Bainbridge Department of Family Children Services was when I was 13 years old. My mom and stepdad beat me severely plus I was being molested by the stepdad. To make a long story short, my friend mothers took me to the police station. They took pictures of my body. I was taken by a caseworker named Mrs. McClemore. I was placed in a foster parent Mrs. Liz home not too many houses down from the perpetrators my mom and stepdad. During my stay in Mrs. Liz home she was never home with us. Her older son took care of us. I stayed in this home 90 days. The positive thing, I did get counseling with a therapy. But this McCalamore lady kept trying to get me change my story that this didn't happen to me. She was basically trying to brainwash me. 'Cause on the other end my mom and stepdad was telling them different. They had the proof I was abused, no charges was brought up against my mom and stepdad. I was put back into the home within 90 days. The molestation and beating started back over until my dad got custody. I moved to New Jersey. I went through this painful season in my life which lasted from 9 to 13 years old. For a long, long time I was angry with the Child Protection Agency because they supposed to protect us. I didn't understand why my parent wasn't charged. I grew up with a mindset. If I have children I am going to be the best parent and will always protect them from harm. I did have children. I got assistance from the Welfare but I made sure my children was safe and well taken care of. Every time they go out of the apartment. They step out in class. They had plenty of food. I always took them to have their shots and doctor's appointment. I enjoyed being a parent. I would always sacrifice for my children. I wore clothes out of good will. I was content. I thought was a good parent. I loved my children and anybody else children who would want me to babysit. I was a parent who got to spend quality time with her children. I was a parent that didn't do drugs, drink, club or hang out in the streets. Some young girls remain doing those things. When I begin to have children I stop clubbing and hanging out in the street. Because that is no place for a mother. So I was enjoying parenting and being engaged to a loving man name Chris. In my American dreams I would have never thought I would have no unexpected encounters with the DFCS ever again. Well guess what? My nightmare begin September 07, 1996 at 18:00 when I went to bath my 1 month old son Joshua Johnson. I pull all his clothes off. Pulled his socks off. Under his little feet was ruptured bullous lesion. I immediately became hysterical. Joshua is one month. He cannot walk. I had no idea how they got there. I had left the children with aunt while ran to the post office that morning. That even I left the children with my fiance Chris when he got off from work. While I ran to Winn-Dixie grocery store to pick up some items to finish cooking. When I discover this on my baby feet. I knew to take him to the hospital. Because I was taught take your child to a hospital. When you don't under what's going on. But anyways the lady the hospital was asking me question I couldn't answer for real cause I was in shock that this was happening. I told her I had no idea the children could have been playing with matches. It doesn't matter how good of parent you think you are, you have other toddlers. As soon as your back turn your back a toddler could be done gotten into something. So when she ask me the possibility of smokers. I don't remember the question. My whole answer kept being I don't know because I was in shock. 'Cause I couldn't believe this was happening. But when the Child protective service came I told them my Aunt and fiancee smoked, they had kept my children. Was anybody even arrested? No. Still till this day. I do not know who burned my baby feet nor who blunt force injury my baby. My lawyer wouldn't bring this incident in my court case, because then the jury would have know that I honestly don't know what happen and who did. 'Cause all they had to do is run the tape back at the post office and Winn-Dixie grocery that I had ran errand. That I was a innocent mom who got caught up in somebody's trap. Jury would have wanted to know why my children was taken when my child's feet was burned. Through this whole ordeal the Bainbridge Welfare Department treat my other children like crap, because they took them while we was being question by the police concerning Joshua death. During the time my two children was foster care. Case worker Ginger Harrison and GBI Michael Walsingham would go get my daughter from her foster grandmother take her to the welfare office. Mind you this is three year old. They would try to drill her into saying her momma, Daddy or uncle killed Joshua. They did this repeatedly. I would be on the phone with the foster grandma as they taking my child out the house. This foster mother Anna try to coerce my daughter into saying we did it. My daughter say Ginger Harrison and Michael Walsingham would tell her your mom, dad or uncle will never see daylight again. They're going to rot in prison. I always taught my children their different body parts. If someone touch you, you tell momma. I said if someone try to get you to lie or be involved in something you don't agree with tell me. So every time I came to visit them at the Bainbridge Department of Family Children Service they would tell everything on the case worker Ginger Harrison and GBI Michael Walsingham. So one day my daughter and son says unison, "We are tired of them trying to make us say you, Dad and Uncle Michael killed Joshua." They said it in front of the man over the Welfare Department and case worker Mrs. Harrison. So they grasp attitude. The man yelled at my son. I don't yell at my own child. So who are you to yell at me? During the duration of my children being in Mrs. Anna house she was trying to get my daughter to lie on me, my husband and brother Michael. Mrs. Anna was beating my son with anything she can get her hand on. Phone cords, etc. Till this day my son has scars. Also my son supposedly falled off a bicycle skinned his chin up. When I questioned about it I was told oh he just falled off a bicycle. I told them if he did the same thing in my custody it would have been child abuse. There was many time I came to visit my children at the Welfare office when me and mother in law got there Mrs. Ginger, "Oh I forgot to tell you that your children is not going to be able to make." We would be sitting out in the waiting area for a 1 hour sometime 2 hours. But what the welfare was doing was building up deception so they could on up to they be that I was neglecting my children when I never have. All these time end up being counted when I went to Juvenile court. The detective told the judge I missed several of my visit with my children when that wasn't true. They missed several visit when they was in Anna custody because she failed to bring them. I have the paperwork where they lied. My mother in law is not fortunate. She would scrape money up so we would be able to get the gas to go see my children. For them to lie like that was low down and dirty. My children end up in another foster home with a husband and wife. They was good people. Eventually my mother in law end up with all my children and raised them. Because I been in prison from all this deception. Child protection agency always say we do what is in the best interest of child. That is straight cop out from the pits of hell. Why I put back in home with the molester and abuser? Why wasn't my child death prevented? I don't care if that meant putting me in jail when I came to the hospital till you got to the bottom of it. If I though I didn't know who burned his feet. Do you really care about the mother and their children? Why is that my children was being harassed and abused in your foster care custody? I was a good mother. You strip my children of being raised by a good mother. My children think I chose a man over them. They got ridicule at school because of this situation. I was never neglectful or abusive towards my children. Nor let anyone abused them in front of me. My reputation was demolished by your lack of doing your job. I was robbed of raising my own children. I was robbed of my freedom. I have experience the deception of the DFCS. I know without a shadow of doubt you do not care about the mothers nor children. As a mother I suppose to take your child to hospital when something wrong. As a mother when you find your child in crib not breathing you suppose to send someone to call the ambulance. I didn't know it's unlawful to be in your own house. Just because you find your baby not breathing, that you had to commit the crime or know what happened. In life we don't know everything going on. Do that mean we are neglectful to our own children just because we turn our back in our children get into something? Do that mean we are neglectful just because we was unaware? My mother did not know my stepdad was molesting me from the age 9 to 13 years old until I told her. As a parent you're not going to always know everything going on with your children. Did I say that to throw the heat on my husband or brother? No. I say this to say some of this neglect of DFCS is throwing on these parents are innocent. You cannot catch everything. I will no longer let the Welfare or anybody make me feel guilty about something I had no clue about. People in society is so gullible about what is brought them in the newspapers and news on TV. But today I am here to expose the Department of Family and Children Service. They operate in a lot deception. I care about my children. My son Joshua that died was my angel. He had the cutest smile and dimples. I go through when it's birthday and holidays. This is my child. I didn't carry him 9 months for nothing. As a mother I deserve justice and to know who did this to my child. I don't deserve to be in prison for something I don't know about. I cannot prevent any incident if I don't know who doing it. But the welfare and the hospital could have prevented my child's death, prevented me from being in prison life possible parole and I could have raised my other children. I am here today to tell the Department of family and children today you do not care about the mothers nor the children. Stop lying that you do what's in best interest of the child. 'Cause if that was the case, you would have done what was in the best interest of my son Joshua Johnson. All these lies the Bainbridge DFCS and law enforcement has told on me is coming to a complete stop. My whole case was based on deception. This year I am willing to face every situation head on because people will deceive others just to get what they want. That's what Bainbridge Georgia Judicial system and Bainbridge DFCS deceived the people so they could get a conviction, promotion because at the time it was election year. Is that important to send people to prison? I guess so in Georgia.

Written by Jennifer Johnson.

P.S. See Joshua Johnson hospital records where the Bainbridge Department of family/children and hospital could have prevented his death.

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Ashke Posted 8 years, 5 months ago. ✓ Mailed 8 years, 5 months ago   Favorite
Thanks for writing! I worked on the transcription for your post. I am sorry I couldn't finish it tonight. I have vision problems and have reached my limit for now. From what I have read thus far my heart goes out to you. It's horrible for any mom and/or kid to go through what you have experienced.

Jennifer Johnson Posted 8 years, 4 months ago.   Favorite
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