Prof. Shanta Trivedi on a bill that “puts marginalized families on an equal footing with their more privileged counterparts.”

Prof. Shanta Trivedi on a bill that “puts marginalized families on an equal footing with their more privileged counterparts.”

Witnesses testify in favor of the Maryland "Know Before They Knock" bill.You can watch the entire video here.If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have your rights. When impoverished families hear that pounding at the door in the middle of the night from a worker for child protective services, often they don’t know their rights.   A lot of CPS agencies want to keep it that way.  But five states have passed what are commonly known as “family M…