Summary Of The Documentary 'Failure To Protect'

The gest of the documentary Failure to Protect, is that it talks about how Logan Marr was taken from her mother’s home on multiple occasions and put in different foster homes. After the first foster home, she was returned to her mother. However, there was an incident at her second foster home and she was killed at her third. From what the documentary shows, the case workers seamed to slightly overreact, whereas they were quick to remove Logan and her sister from their mother, but they put them in a worst situation. This situation is slightly dismaying, because there were many signs of abuse that were unheeded. As well as, there were many regulations that were ignored, considering nepotism was involved, and thus people were more relaxed. Also,
the way that the birth mother was portrayed was slightly unsettling. At several times throughout the documentary, the different speakers made comments, about subjects such as, she had another child or that she was “up to her old tricks”. Even when she tried to tell the case workers about the abuse, they would not listen. On the other hand, in regards to the mother, it was like she wanted her children back, yet she thought the world was against her and therefore, she gave up for a while. Lastly, the most alarming thing about the documentary was Susan. It was as if she took no responsibility for the death of Logan and in a way, she blamed the child, by excessively speaking about her rages. However, Logan’s rages might have been the way that she expressed herself, due to possibly having attachment issues, since she had been in multiple foster homes in such a short time. The only time that Susan showed any emotion was when she spoke about how her own children were taken away from her. The case manager was so quick to place Logan and her sister with Susan that they missed all the signs and therefore, they and Susan are responsible for Logan’s death.