According to a story here, the original request for a warrant was denied due to insufficient evidence. Some quick searching on Judge Johnny Griffin reveals that he has taken a moderate approach towards the FLDS even as his apparent friend, … Continue reading →

Only in Minnesota. Well, unfortunately not. Seems some local cops decided to do some celebrating with their service revolvers. It’s good to know we’re making some strong efforts to hire people with good character to be cops. These neighbors were … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago I met individually with a number of child welfare workers for some research. These are the people who decide if a child should be removed from a home, who write up recommendations for the court … Continue reading →

I’ve found it rather interesting that the topic of polygyny has not been mentioned in any of the service plans or, to the best of my knowledge, in any of the custody hearings. There is certainly the possibility that CPS, … Continue reading →

A quick cursory look through some statutory rape cases in Texas seems to indicate a pattern of going only after racial or religious minorities. Prior to the potential charges of statutory rape against the men in the FLDS compound, the … Continue reading →

The FLDS site now includes a chart of the gender and ages of those taken in the raid. http://www.captivefldschildren.org/Counts.phpSince this represents all of the children (or supposed children) in the YFZ ranch it is interesting to note the relative numbers … Continue reading →

Last Sunday a friend’s parents were in an auto accident and her mom was killed. I don’t usually refer to a crash as an accident, but this one appears to have been. Having researched a number of crashes and talked … Continue reading →

Some things just don’t smell right. Today the FLDS website (http://www.fldstruth.org) began filling in their Q&A section. This included: Q: Are women forced into marriage? A: No. The young girls are taught all their lives that marriage is a sacred … Continue reading →

Teen brides marrying older men isn’t exactly old history for Texas where yesterday the Houston Chronicle noted: ‘State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran became alarmed by reports from Eldorado, former sect members and the Utah attorney general. In 2005 he pushed into … Continue reading →