A St. Paul, Minnesota family claims in a lawsuit that police officers who conducted a wrong-door raid on their home shot their dog, and then forced their three handcuffed children to sit near the dead pet while officers ransacked the home. The lawsuit, which names Ramsey County, the Dakota County Drug Task Force, and the DEA, and asks for $30 million in civil rights violations and punitive damages after a wrong-door raid, also claims that the officers kicked the children and deprived one of them of her diabetes medication.

A Texas father caught a man sexually assaulting his 4-year-old daughter and punched him in the head repeatedly, killing him, authorities said. The father was casually acquainted with the alleged abuser, said Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon. Neither has been publicly identified. The girl was left inside the family's house during the social gathering, while other members of her family were tending to horses, the sheriff said. The alleged abuser was known for his horse-grooming abilities, Harmon said.

"I'm going to beat you into submission," the 'honorable' William Adams shouted at his disabled daughter as she attempted to deflect his swings with a leather belt. To his daughter Hillary, this was routine. Suspecting it was wrong, she set up a camera and recorded the 7-minute beating she received from both her parents. This is the sort of human waste that the state puts in charge of settling custody disputes and recommending children to foster care. Is it any wonder the system is so F'ed up?