This is moronic. Blackmailed because a teen daughter had a child out of wedlock? You serious? That sort of shaming behavior was pretty much going out of style by the 70’s or before. (Not that the left isn’t eager for it to return). Moreover, that the child was a downs baby fits perfectly with having an older mother.
Oh good lord. Trust me, I have family experience with out of wedlock teen pregnancies decades before Trig and the crap about it being so shameful it is blackmail worthy is nonsense.
Forced how? And where did you get this story?
I worked with kids in the pipeline along the eastern seaboard, DC area. 15 years ago when I began making home visits into the projects, local police and CPS were having meltdowns about my going without backup because MS-13 was such a menace. The families I visited were also concerned for my safety and that of their kids if MS-13 thought I was an informant and they were working with me. I ALWAYS wore my best suit and looked as official as possible so they’d think I was there in open, official business, like a social worker or something. Always gave the families a heads up I was coming rather than just drop in because walking in on something’s would have been bad for everyone’s safety.
Point being, I thing the gangs existed and doing dirty deeds for the clowns or other bad actors was just a business decision that happened at a certain point.