Syesha Mercado, a former talent show finalist American Idol, and her friend Tyron Deener are at their wits’ end. After they had to give up their one and a half year old son Amen’Ra five months ago, almost the same happened to them last Wednesday. This time they had to leave their newborn daughter behind during a police check. ?
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Heartbreaking images of the couple are now circulating around the world. Authorities said the couple had not disclosed that Mercado had given birth to a second child while the legal custody battle for their son was still ongoing. Amen’Ra was placed in foster care earlier this year after a doctor reported that the boy was malnourished.
Meanwhile, Mercado and Deneer continued to convince the police that their daughter was safe and sound. “Don’t you feel anything then?” said a distraught Mercado. “I am a human. This is my baby. My child is barely a few days old and now you are taking it from me.” In addition, they claimed that they have documents that give them the right to keep their child.
Their pleas were to no avail. “This is so wrong,” said the woman, as she returned to the car. A hug from Deener, who was still filming with his smartphone, could hardly offer comfort.
The images also leave no one untouched on social media. Some even accuse the authorities of racism.
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