Brickbat: They Are Making a List

Anita Belle’s
granddaughter accused her spanking her, prompting an investigation
by Michigan’s Child Protective Services (CPS). The investigation
cleared her of abuse. But CPS placed Belle on astate
registry of child abusers anyway. A Detroit TV station
reports the list includes the names of about 275,000 people. Those
people haven’t necessarily been charged with, much less convicted
of any crimes. And many people aren’t even aware their names are on
the list, since all it takes is one CPS worker to decide they
should be on there to end up on the list.