(NaturalNews) Just how out-of-control does our "system" have to be to kill a father trying to protect his son from being forcibly removed from his home - all on the word of an anonymous person? Pretty out-of-control, I'd say, and I'm betting you agree.According to a post on the website, 32-year-old Michigan father William Reddie was recently shot and killed by police when local Child Protective Services and officers showed up at his house to essentially kidnap his child.As the website reported:The report stated that a cop who said he followed up on that anonymous tip claimed to smell pot emanating from Reddie's home. That said, possession of marijuana there, according to reports, is a misdemeanor - that is, unless police find large quantities and the person possessing it has an intent to sell it."Michigan Child Protective Services staffers did not have any indication of any type of child abuse or neglect inside the home and felt the drug possession was justification enough to remove the toddler," the website reported.Admittedly, the report says, Reddie's own actions when cops attempted to remove his child most assuredly played a role in his death. But, the whole incident may have been one of tremendous overreaction and could have been avoided if only CPS and the investigators had not freaked out about the(and unproven, up to that point) pot-smoking, say Reddie's friends and family.Here's how it went down:Grayling Police Officer Alan Somero went over to Reddie's home for an alleged domestic disturbance earlier on the day of the shooting, but he did not make any arrests. Reddie did, however, become somewhat agitated, reports said, when he was accused of smoking pot in front of his son.Reports said he was in a heated conversation on the phone with a woman when cops and CPS later arrived. Reddie, who was fighting for custody of his son, obviously did not agree with what was happening.An excerpt from the court order allowing the removal of the child reads:Wouldn't it make some sense, at this point, to perhapsthe man's blood and see if he had any trace of marijuana in his system - before you take the incredible step of? Apparently not, but that did come later - after it was too late.More fromIn the end, of course, police spokesmen justified the killing - despite a state police investigator's call to charge the deputy involved in the shooting.One odd twist: When cops arrived for the first time, they say Reddie told them he had smoked pot earlier in the day - an admission which set off the deadly chain of events leading to CPS' involvement and the forced removal of Reddie's son.But a post-mortem blood test revealed that Reddie hadof either alcohol or pot in his system. Was he crazy or are the cops lying? What's going on, really?Ah, who cares, right? What's another orphan growing up without his father, victimized by the insane war on drugs?