EXCEPT the police. Addicts know that they do this stuff. They KNOW it. They can't believe it themselves, in hindsight.

If LEO's want to humiliate those parents, go ahead - I guess. It was dangerous. But that baby also has rights. THey don't need themselves out in the public. They don't need to see their parents online when they are 10 or 15 or 20.

I might be alone in saying this, but this is a disgrace.

But even if it was, that's not my point.

That child will grow up and know it's roots. They do not need to find a video of themselves and their biological family (if you will) online.

That couple is a danger to themselves and the child. No way they should have custody until they're legal cases and rehab are resolved.

They'll have to deal with explaining it to their kid when the time comes if it ever does.

That certainly is not what's important now.

TPR a child. They may lose custody temporarily, but not necessarily permanently (though they might). The latter is what I thought you were implying (though I see now you weren't).

I don't like any process that neglects a child's rights and privacy. Children don't need to be exposed by this 'shaming' (which, to my mind is more about making the cops look powerful, anyway).

In this case, I'd rather that their kid didn't need - someday - to have to explain to their friends why they and their parents are on youtube (that's my interest).

Who does this help?

The parents deserved to be embarrassed, but the child will grow up with a video out there on the internet of her parents being arrested with her sitting in soiled diapers in the back seat. People who don't get it that addicts need help will just assume they were trash to begin with and "shouldn't be coddled." The video will not help anyone.