@thewakeninq The rapid rise of this mental illness is staggering. How such a large population of society can be brainwashed to believe that a man can be a woman is insane.
Remembering David Almond. Today, on the sixth anniversary of David Almond’s death, court papers were filed seeking approval of a $10 million settlement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. But to me, David has never been just another tragic case or another example of DCF's failures.
David was a 14-year-old boy, one of three triplet brothers who depended on adults to love, nurture and protect them. He deserved the same childhood, the same opportunities and the same safety as every other child.
Instead, David was returned to a father and his girlfriend whose history of long term child abuse and inability to care for him were already known to DCF. Despite repeated warnings, the Department pursued family reunification at the cost of David's life.
David was systematically starved, horrifically beaten and abused. On October 21, 2020, he died in deplorable conditions while still in the legal custody of the Commonwealth. He died slowly after months of starvation right under DCF's nose.
I wrote about David in my book, A Cruel Injustice. I have spoken publicly about his suffering and the Commonwealth's failures because his life mattered, and because I refuse to allow his death to become just another statistic.
The $10 million settlement may provide some measure of justice for his surviving brothers, but it cannot give David back the life that was taken from him.
Today, I want people to remember something more important than the settlement. David Almond was a child. He deserved love, protection, dignity and a future. He deserved to live.
And six years after his death, I remain determined that he will not be forgotten. I'll continue my fight for the creation of a Harmony Commission, a bill killed by Massachusetts lawmakers four times. They want you to forget David. Maybe they think $10 million will accomplish that.
I won't forget you David. The fight continues.
The sad truth is that we will likely never see aggravated statutory rape charges filed by the Norfolk County DA's office against Mathew Farwell. As federal prosecutors question investigators assigned to DA Michael Morrissey's office, the public is learning the shocking extent of the evidence overlooked and the investigative steps never taken in Sandra Birchmore's death.
Yet equally indefensible was the decision not to prosecute Matthew Farwell for statutory rape. Prosecutors publicly, (and unbelievably) justified that decision by publicly claiming the case would be “difficult to prove because the main witness, Birchmore, was dead.”
Think about the enormity of that statement. Dead victims cannot testify in murder trials either. Their deaths do not absolve prosecutors of their responsibility to pursue justice.
Sandra's death should have intensified the search for corroborating evidence, including Farwell's own admissions in text messages, not become the convenient justification for failing to prosecute.
When Michael Morrissey leaves office, his legacy will be forever stained by the death of Sandra Birchmore.
That is the legacy Morrissey will leave behind: an office that failed to protect a sexually exploited child, failed to deliver justice after her death, and failed to hold accountable the very men who had sworn to uphold the law.
Sandra Birchmore deserved justice. Instead, she became the face of an institution that failed her in life and in death.
@BrianEntin Now, imagine being a resident of MA. The corruption runs DEEP, so deep, that there’s no voting our way out of it. Please help expose Governor Healey, the MA State Police, and the Norfolk County DAs Office. That’s a start…