Mother tells how she lost her house, job and nearly her kids when she was arrested in Kamala Harris' 'war on truancy' after disabled 11-year-old daughter missed school

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Posted on 09/25/2024 9:17:55 AM PDT by algore

When police pounded on Cheree Peoples's door and placed her in handcuffs she tried to explain that it was all a misunderstanding.

Her 11-year-old daughter was disabled and had only missed school because she was in severe pain and needed hospital treatment.

'Go talk to Kamala Harris,' an officer growled back at the woman in pajamas. 'Place your hands behind your back.'

Single mom Cheree, 45, was perp-walked, taken to jail and afforded the level of news coverage one might expect in a high-profile murder case.

As San Francisco district attorney and later state attorney general, Harris backed a statewide truancy bill threatening parents with a criminal misdemeanor punishable by a year in jail and a $2,500 fine if their kids skipped 10 percent of classes.

Cheree, one of the first to face arrest, was far from a deadbeat mom

Her daughter was born with sickle cell anemia, a chronic blood disorder which left the little girl struggling to walk and prone to bouts of excruciating pain.

Shayla required powerful pain medication and blood transfusions every three weeks along with countless doctors' visits and trips to the hospital.

Cheree believed she would be set free as soon as she had a chance to explain Shayla's medical condition.

Instead, she was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

For more than two years, Cheree protested her innocence, declining a plea deal that offered her parenting classes instead of a prison sentence.

She lost her job, her home, and was forced to live between motels, struggling to pay her legal bills and worrying that her kids would be taken into care.

But every time Cheree's case went to trial, she says the attorneys would huddle in the judge's chambers and decide to push it back without explanation.

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1 posted on 09/25/2024 9:17:55 AM PDT by algore

To: algore

“Your children will attend government indoctrination camps or we break you. Your children belong to the government.”

2 posted on 09/25/2024 9:20:29 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)

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