Omaha, Nebraska - A 2-year-old toddler has been seized by Child Protective Services when a clip surfaced of him using "inappropriate" language in a video posted on the internet. The standard for breaking apart families has become so broad that it now covers politically incorrect speech.

The events began when the Omaha Police Department discovered a YouTube video of a diaper-wearing child using profanity at the encouragement of two adults. OPD posted the video to its website, saying it was an example of the "cycle of violence and thuggery" in the community.

The police union said the clip came from "a local thug's public Facebook page."

After drawing criticism, the department defended its post. "This behavior is going to potentially lead this child down a path that is completely unhealthy," said Sgt. John Wells, president of the Omaha Police Officers' Association.

"Now while we didn't see anything in this video that is blatantly 'illegal,' we sure did see a lot that is flat out immoral and completely unhealthy for this little child from a healthy upbringing standpoint," the union wrote on its website.

Earlier this week, Wells said the video was turned over to the department's child victim unit, which would work with the state on "investigating" the situation, despite the admitted lack of illegal content in the video.

Nebraska's Child Protective Services wasted no time. Within hours, the state had snatched the child, according to CNN.

What is imminently more objectionable than a child being taught naughty words is the government's ability to break up a family without any form of due process or evidence of a crime being committed - let alone a conviction!

In the name of child welfare, the state is asserting the unchecked ability to send its agents to kidnap children without a trial, without a jury, and without allowing the family a legal defense. CPS is truly one of the least accountable agencies, a sad fact being exposed by an upcoming documentary.

Jeebus, I thought only Arizona cps was worthless.

i'm pretty much at the point they all are now...

I can't even comment...I wouldn't know where to start....

i start with liberals...

good,,,

they err on the side of caution when there is an ellegation of sexual assault without needing to have seen anything illegal

there isn't a reason to be encouraging a two year old to emulate thugs and even less reason if they are already surrounded by thugs in their everyday environment


the details of course have been left out of the article,, but IF these are criminals encouraging a two year old to follow in their lifestyle,, Im glad they took the child

Pretty sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On second thought,lets collect all Children and bring them up in Government-Facilities to make them obedient little Government-Slaves!
It has worked so well in Nazi-Germany and the Soviet-Union among others!

i'm sorry, did you forget that it's supposedly a "free" country, to raise your kids within the laws? i didn't see any laws being broken there... maybe you missed the last two paragraphs...

here they are again:
What is imminently more objectionable than a child being taught naughty words is the government's ability to break up a family without any form of due process or evidence of a crime being committed - let alone a conviction!

In the name of child welfare, the state is asserting the unchecked ability to send its agents to kidnap children without a trial, without a jury, and without allowing the family a legal defense. CPS is truly one of the least accountable agencies, a sad fact being exposed by an upcoming documentary.

Personally I would like to see the video to see what these people are talking about. But if they took the kid mostly for what he was saying then that is wrong. I don't condone teaching kids to swear. But it's not something to take a child for.

I agree, IF the only cause was bad words that would be silly

IF there are other factors that imply the prents are thugs raising their kids to follow in dangerous footprints,, it would be a blessing for someone to intervene now

before the kid grows to be some 'feral' whose life is worth nothing and whose death is revered,,,,

At least the kid was talking which means it had human contact unlike the girl from this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnkY2iaKis

they took it because they could... that wouldn't have happened to rich family, because they would have a had good lawyer that would have stopped all that... but poor families don't have that option, and CPS and police know this...

i do have mixed feelings, kids don't need to grow up "gangster", but there are no laws in place that says they can't...

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis, 1953

I do not know what to say so I will say nothing.

but you did...

I do not know all the facts to elaborate or form an opinion.

oh.. now you said two things...

its societies job to look out for the good of 'children',, ,,,,who cant always manage due to physical emotional and intellectual immaturity understand how to do it for themselves,,,and whose parents are sometimes themselves too immature to do so

typical liberal response... liberals always have that "we know better than everyone else" attitude...