Los Angeles, CA - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 yesterday to cut ties with a foster care monitoring agency that was responsible for supervision at a home where 2-year-old Viola Vanclief was beaten with a hammer and died as the result of her injuries on March 4.
Vanclief died of blunt force trauma from a hammer, the coroner’s office determined. Her foster mother, Kiana Barker, 30, told authorities she accidentally hit the child with a hammer while trying to free her from a bed frame in which she was trapped, according to coroner’s records.

A few anti-health reform protesters yelled the N-word at Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a noted civil rights activist, as well as other members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they entered the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. recently. Other legislators were also spat on, including State Representative Emanuel Cleaver and openly gay lawmaker Barney Frank, who was called “faggot.” Police arrested one of the perpetrators, but no charges were filed.