'American Idol' Contestant Sobs As Authorities Take Away Newborn Baby

Play video content @syesha / InstagramThis video features Syesha Mercado, a former finalist on "American Idol", in tears as she watches law enforcement take her baby after a child protection services investigation... it is a stirring outrage.Syesha cried as she reluctantly gave her baby girl to Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday, Florida. Cops demanded that she hand over the child to them during a welfare check.Syesha begs the deputies to not take her baby... then pumps breast milk into a container to send off with her little girl, who was finally taken away in a van.We are waiting for your permission to load Instagram Media.According to reports, the newborn is the second child Syesha has taken this year. After a visit to the hospital, a doctor raised alarm and declared that her toddler boy was malnourished.Syesha questions law enforcement about why they are taking her baby girl. She says it is because she did not tell authorities that she had given birth during the legal battle to get custody of her son.Syesha claims her newborn is healthy and happy. She also claimed she has all the paperwork necessary to keep the child. However, cops should have contacted her attorney.