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By: Reese Linnell-Morton

Reese Linnell-Morton — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:23:19 +0000

This police department needs to understand that you can’t just invent legal standing!It’s beyond stupid,and it makes me wonder why any DA would continue this sham! I am confused as to why her “Lawyer” even allowed her to plead guilty,instead of asking the judge to dismiss all charges?
So,within 48hours this woman has been battered by her spouse,6 weeks after giving birth no less!Reached out to receive help from her local police,only to have “A gigantic bunch of lunacy at her door”.Then arrested for providing her baby food from her breast,do these morons also arrest women for exposing there ankles?On a few occasions after having 4-6 glasses of red wine over a few hours,I breast-fed.How that turns into”Felony Child Neglect”in Grand Forks is making up law as you go.I guess we can call it magic or pretend law?If this judge does not through this out and firmly suggest that the GFPD,DA publicly admit how ignorant and silly there behavior has been.

I live in Canada so there is not much I can do to help,but if I could i would take her case. (PB) I hope someone can help out with proper legal counsel.It’s cases like this that make me embarassed to be part of the justice system!Just awful!

Reese Linnell-Morton, Canada

By: Cate Nelson

Cate Nelson — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:31:48 +0000

JT09:
Sure! There’s much more to this story! In fact, they COULD find the alleged abuser. He was on the witness list to testify against her. He’s Delbert Harrison:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0428091badmom3.html

Did you know that she was given 6 months in jail? Yep:
http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/08/07/drunk-breastfeeder-gets-6-months-in-jail/

She could go get substance abuse treatment, instead. Wait, that is until the police were called to her place again and she had apparently slashed someone’s tires (we should all hope they were Delbert’s) and possibly her own wrists:
http://blog.jakemarcus.com/2009/08/13/another-intoxication-allegation-so-rescind-alcohol-treatment-option/

The whole story is tragic. An utter failure of common sense and the system overall.

By: JT09

JT09 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:57:32 +0000

Who the hell is Dr. Soto, because he/she sounds like a whackjob!! And these investigating officers sound more like Keystone Cops!

Anyway…any decent mother knows, when your baby is hungry, YOU FEED YOUR BABY – whether by bottle or breast, you feed your baby, regardless of what is going on! Geez!! Not complicated at all. If someone if offended, well, that’s their problem, not mom’s and not baby’s.

I guess we should rest assured that these officers are such experts at detecting intoxication that they don’t even require breath or blood analysis to reach such a conclusion. And the jerk that smacked this woman around…are the cops too lazy or too stupid not to find him and charge him with assualt?? They probably just think she deserved it and made jokes about it back at the station.

How sad, that this woman called the police for their “service” and “protection” for her and her baby and ended up in handcuffs herself. Makes me want to throw up!

I am almost hoping there is much more to this story than meets the eye: Otherwise, this tragic outcome sends too many disturbing messages about domestic violence and how atrociously it can be dealt with by the very people we depend on to protect us from it.

By: Former Personal Care Provider

Former Personal Care Provider — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:20:58 +0000

The point about Ms. Anvarinia having obvious head injuries should, it seems to me, be the primary focus in the investigation. Cops aren’t doctors, but they’re required to hold current certification in basic emergency medical care. Mine is expired, but I had to keep it current for a number of years, and I recall the section on head injury always included a caution to suspect brain trauma whenever you see “odd or unusual behavior.” A childhood friend of mine might be alive today if the sheriff who questioned him on a snowy country road late at night hadn’t assumed slurred speech indicated drunkeness rather than a snowmobile crash that caused a head injury (the snowmobile was later found somewhere on a trail in the woods). The recent famous case of that actress who died of brain trauma after signing a refusal of treatment is a similar case. Those of us who want to act in a way to bring about real change should contact the police chief and (CC) the mayor of Grand Forks and your own town to ask if their basic emergency medical care certification includes a rigorous section about head injuries.

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:50:59 +0000

sorry doc, i desided a long time ago that m.d. does not stand for me diety. you are not god so i refuse to feel chastised by you outburst and be quiet like a good little patient, ok? too bad, shut-the-fuck-up, you already broke several laws by releasing private medical information so nothing you say now has any value at all. the issue is the cops wanted this womyn and trumped up a charge to get her and they don’t care about the child. they should be charged with abuse, not her. if she has pleaded to anything it is because she has been threatend with worse charges and probably the loss of her child. the cops hoped the public (thats you and me, folks)would be too stupid to care that this womyn is being abused by the cops so they can make a “bigger and better” arrest. i defy any official on the department to come out here and say that i am wrong in this assessment. come on guys, come out and say hi to your fans! this is more than you tax dollars folks, remember these guys carry guns and we don’t. there is a little known law called “insite police” the punishment can be imediate and final with no appeal cause your dead. it’s scarey out there, take care of each other cause they wont.

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:41:18 +0000

this are ridiculas charges for breastfeeding i think women are neglecting their kids by not breastfeeding

By: DR.J P SOTO PhD.

DR.J P SOTO PhD. — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:19:04 +0000

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS UNFIT AS A MOTHER.
MS.ANVARANIA IS IN NEED OF SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING/TREATMENT! AND THE BUREAU OF CHILD WELFARE SERVICES SHOULD (IF THEY HAVE NOT YET) TAKE CUSTODY OF THE CHILD IMMEDIATELY. THOSE TYPE OF PROBLEMS STEM FROM DEEPER ISSUES (SUCH AS IMPROPER UPBRINGINGS OF MS.ANVARANIA HERSELF). AS FAR AS THE “LAW” GOES IT’S JUST COMMON SENSE! ALCOHOL IS DETRIMENTAL TO ANY ONE ESPECIALLY AN INFANT,WE AS PEOPLE DON’T NEED THE “LAW” TO RECOGNIZE THIS FACT. WE/THE MEDIA/EVERYONE SHOULD STOP CONCENTRATING ON THE “PEAS & CARROTS” AND FOCUS ON THE “STEAK”! THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS IS OVER LOADED WITH ISSUES SUCH AS THIS AND MUCH WORSE! WE AS PEOPLE SEE THESE ISSUES AND DO NOTHING BUT TALK ON THEM …WHERE IS THE ACTION NEEDED TO PREVENT,AVOID,AND FIX THESE ISSUES?!? IT’S RIGHT INFRONT OF US ALL! BUT THE FRIGHTENING FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE ALL NEED THESE ISSUES BECAUSE WHO ARE WE GOING TO POINT FINGERS AT AND SAY “THEIRS THE BAD GUY” WE NEED THESE ISSUES BECAUSE WE CAN’T/WON’T DEAL WITH OUR OWN SO WE NEED “SCAPE GOATS”…