The Debate About Taking Children out of Allegedly Abusive Homes

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 22, 2016

Lauren Shapiro, director of family defense practice at Brooklyn Defender Services, pushes back against Mayor de Blasio and the Administration for Children's Services on their support for separating children from their allegedly abusive and/or neglectful parents.

 

 

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