A lot of stories have made headlines this week, from the tragedy in Suffolk of a young mum feeling so depressed she not only took her own life but that of three children, onto the news that television favourite, Rolf Harris, had been arrested in relation to sexual abuse allegations.
I was horrified when I heard about the Lowestoft suicide, not least because I used to live there, but also because I did know the family involved even if it was just through passing.
Needless to say it was not long before "friends" of the victim were talking to the Media to condemn social services and the police for not acting sooner. One quote from a member of the public even suggested that the police had seen Fiona Anderson walking into the city centre gripping a teddy bear and demanded to know why they had done nothing.
It all sounds very horrifying, but due to the deaths of the children being treated as suspicious - The truth will take a while to be heard.
Then on Thursday came the news about Rolf Harris, Once again an arrest not related to but stemming from Operation: Yewtree - The Jimmy Saville investigation.
And already there are many calls across the internet for the 86 year old entertainer to be strung up...
I find for once I am in a very strange position, especially with regards to the Suicide in Lowestoft - As I am actually DEFENDING Social Services! How did I come to this position?
If you do not live in the Suffolk area, you may not have seen the local media reports nor the people who claim to have been the victims friends, but I do know them well - And though I am not saying they are lying, I am a little concerned as to how quickly they shot forward to get their views across when even the father of the victims had maintained a dignified silence.
More or less just 12 hours after Miss Anderson had died, Suffolk County Council were under "Trial by Media" and the children were forgotten as the public tried to find someone to blame.
While I do have very serious concerns and can and will pick issues with Suffolk County Council, I feel this is just abysmal behavior, but it is not limited there...
From Michael Le Vell of Coronation Street to Dave Lee Travis, and now Rolf Harris, there seems to be an all out effort to become the "Executioners" for our country.
This beahvior is getting very worrying to me, we seem to be striding towards an anarchic state and that is not the kind of world I want my children to be growing up in. Yes, we should be worried as there is clear evidence now that there were people at the Bleeding Bodge-Up Company (BBC) that KNEW for YEARS what Saville was up to... This is indefensible.
But that does NOT give us the right to become Judge and Jury until all the information is heard.
Le Vell, Travis and Harris should be presumed "innocent until proven guilty" - We must stop these wretched hate campaigns that are polluting the internet until we know otherwise. Why? Because if we do not stop this - Then we have NO CAMPAIGN!
I have already been approached by families who claim to have lost their children to the state because of false information or misrepresentation by social services, and we treat each case with that merit of "evidence" - I am more than willing to work with my team of experts to ensure every case has been investigated correctly.
We have had people come forward who have had children taken from them because they are considered to be a "High Potential risk" who protest their innocence over and over and shout that they have been unfairly treated.
And for many, we do agree... But then these same people go online and start demanding that men/women who have not actually been convicted of any crime be "dealt with" - Excuse me? IF YOU WANT THE WORLD TO SEE YOU HAVE BEEN TREATED UNJUST - THEN STAND FOR JUSTICE YOURSELVES!
If we allow ourselves to become "Trail by Media" then we become as corrupt as the system we are standing against... Think about it!
Until the truth is heard, we must keep our opinions in a safe place...
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