POLICE complaints have been lodged after a man apprehended over Covid-19 rule breaches and resisting arrest was carried like a human stretcher to a police van after an anti-child abuse group gathering in George Square, Glasgow. The 40-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with an alleged breach of Covid regulations, resisting arrest and a breach of the peace after the group of up to 25 were dispersed on Monday. Members of the Save Our Children group, who gathered to highlight and support those who have been sexually exploited, are furious at the police actions which occurred on Queen Street as they were making their way to the train station and for buses.
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In an unusually harsh and pointed report, a U.S. House subcommittee, responding to a ProPublica investigation, found widespread evidence that the nation’s largest manufacturers of car seats “endangered the lives of millions of American children and misled consumers about the safety of booster seats” in crashes that can kill or paralyze children.
On Friday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy upped the ante, formally requesting that federal highway safety regulators, as well as the Federal Trade Commission, investigate “unfair and deceptive marketing and unreasonable risks to safety” by the makers of booster seats. Separately, the subcommittee urged state attorneys general to look for violations of consumer protection laws by these companies.
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Congressional probe raises safety concerns about booster seats
A congressional investigation is raising new questions about the safety of some popular children s car booster seats. The probe began after a ProPublica investigation aired on CBS This Morning in February which showed how some booster seats got a passing grade, despite disturbing video of crash test dummies being violently tossed around during safety testing. That video was originally obtained by ProPublica.
New videos obtained by CBS This Morning show child-size dummies flailing violently in car booster seats during side-impact crash tests. In each case, the booster seats passed the tests. Because there are no federal standards for such side-impact crash tests, the companies decide what qualifies as passing.