OAKLAND: ALAMEDA COUNTY AGREES TO SETTLE FOSTER HOME SEX ABUSE SUIT

OAKLAND: ALAMEDA COUNTY AGREES TO SETTLE FOSTER HOME SEX ABUSE SUIT

09/18/07 6:50 PDT

OAKLAND (BCN)

http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/09/18/n/HeadlineNews/SEX-ABUSE-SETTLEMENT/resources_bcn_html

Alameda County has agreed to pay $188,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by

three women who said former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey

sexually assaulted and abused them as minors after the county placed

them in his home, their attorney said today.

The three women were foster children or wards of the court from 1978 and

were placed in the care of Bey's wife, Nora Bey, by county social

workers. The women were ages 10, 12 and 13 when first placed with the Beys.

In a suit filed in Alameda County Superior Court on July 7, 2003, the

women said Yusuf Bey routinely raped them, forced them to drink his

urine and semen and threatened them with harm if they ever told anyone.

In addition, two of the women, who are sisters, were impregnated by Bey,

according to their attorney, David Washington.

Washington said one of those women is the mother of Joshua Bey, 20, who

is one of three Your Black Muslim Bakery members currently facing

kidnapping, torture and false imprisonment charges stemming from an

incident involving two women in Oakland on May 17.

Also charged in that case is Yusuf Bey IV, 21, Joshua's half- brother

and another son of Yusuf Bey, who founded the bakery in 1967 and died of

colon cancer at the age of 67 in September of 2003 while awaiting trial

on criminal charges of raping a minor. Yusuf Bey IV is the current

leader of the bakery, which currently is in the hands of a bankruptcy

trustee and is for sale.

Washington said Joshua Bey's mother attended several of his court

hearings after he and the other defendants were charged on Aug. 7 but is

now back at her home in Florida.

In a strange twist, Washington is representing Joshua Bey in the

kidnapping case, which had a brief court hearing today.

The lawsuit alleges that Alameda County social workers missed glaring

problems with the girls while they were under the care of Nora Bey,

including when they became pregnant and had babies.

The suit claims that county officials were aware that the three women

were minors while they worked at Your Black Muslim Bakery and "were

brutally being raped and otherwise sexually abused at the hands of Yusuf

Bey."

The suit says the county failed to protect the women by investigating

the situation at the bakery and/or removing them from the bakery.

In a claim he filed before the lawsuit was filed, Washington alleged

that, "The public image of political connections between the County of

Alameda and Mr. Bey aided him in concealing a life of sexual assault

against minors and vulnerable women."

The claim, which was filed while Bey was still alive, says he "flaunts

his power and his visible contacts with county officials including

several county supervisors."

The claim said, "The county embraced Mr. Bey and never questioned his

alternative lifestyle even while his 40-plus children were receiving

welfare and he was receiving grants for his non-profit organizations."

The lawsuit sought $10 million in damages, but the women agreed to

settle it out of court for $188,000 in February, Washington said.

The settlement was made public late last week after the Bay Area News

Group filed a public records request.

Alameda County Counsel Richard Winnie declined to comment on the

settlement, as did other county officials.

CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A

DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA

WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...

It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even

killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from

connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US

These numbers come from The National Center on

Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)

Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

Perpetrators of Maltreatment

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59

Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13

Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241

Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12

Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that

are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per

100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse

and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the

citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold

parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY

government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and

death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more

human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which

they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that

they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when

children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a

bunch of social workers.

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT

FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF

REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES

TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY

ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...