Someone in your neighborhood puts a basinet in their window with the sign "Watch the baby starve". You can't see in the basinet, and tell for certain there's a baby in there, but you can see movement. How long does this go on before you're authorized to use force to save the baby?
What if it's a box full of kittens with the sign "Watch the kittens starve". Can you use force to save the kittens?
Why?
what the f??? do you really need authorization on this? break the fucking window now for either kids or kittens... worry about consequences later.. hell.. i'll whip up media support for your cause if you get arrested.. we'll have a free maurice reeves the baby saver foundation funddrive ..complete with a celebrity hosted telethon!!! ( hey don't laugh.. my sis knows peeps!!)