A family defense attorney in Chicago for more than three decades, Diane L. Redleaf co-chairs United Family Advocates, a bi-partisan child welfare policy group, and is legal consultant to Let Grow, a nonprofit promoting childhood independence and resilience. She is the author of They Took the Kids Last Night: How the Child Protection System Puts Families at Risk.
During a Routine Child Services Check, Cops Hog-tied a Mom and Carried Her Out 'Like a Pig Upside Down'
The home wellbeing visit resulted in Vanessa Peoples going to jail with a dislocated shoulder.
