Politics Pete Buttigieg Didn’t Have to Let Those CPS Officers In Here’s what he could have done instead. July 07, 202610:30 AM Spencer Platt/Getty Images Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. A few weeks ago, child protective services separated Pete Buttigieg’s 4-year-old twins from him after an anonymous caller made unsupported allegations in an apparent swatting incident. People of all political persuasions should be outraged that this happened—and plenty were—but they should not be surprised. Weaponizing CPS by making false allegations is all too common. And that’s because CPS enables harassment by throwing common sense—and the law—out the window when someone makes accusations involving a child. Curre