https://reason.com/2019/04/25/adam-lowth...ice-abuse/

Scary case of a false accusation by a known shoplifter with financial trouble resulting in the arrest of a Dad and Mom and separation from their children. Couple, not surprisingly, left New Mexico and moved to Texas.

"...Little did Adam know that he was about to be forcibly separated from his children for half a year, and would spend more than $300,000 in legal bills trying to reunite his family after it was torn apart by the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) on the basis of a false sexual abuse accusation. Now Adam and his wife are suing the police and child services officials for violating their rights, misleading other authorities about the merits of the case against them, and traumatizing their children.

They are suing, not just in hopes that they might recover some of their financial losses, but also to bring about institutional change. The experience has opened up the Lowthers' eyes to the inequities of the criminal justice system—and they don't want anyone to go through what they did...."