FLDS Raid - The Leaky APC

April 22, 2008

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Photo released by Rod Parker, credit unknown.

A new front in the battle for public opinion over the Texas Polygamy Raid opened up last week after FLDS spokesman Rod Parker released photographs of law enforcement taken during the raid by the people of the YFZ ranch. Parker told the Deseret News that officials confiscated most of the photographs and video that FLDS members took of the law enforcement operation.

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Photo as it appears at The Eldorado Success, credit unknown.

To counter the images of helmeted, machine gun-carrying officers sitting in an armored vehicle, photos were released by the other side (I assume by members of law enforcement) to The Eldorado Success newspaper. These photographs were obviously intended to show you the lighter side of the raid, showing officers conducting a show-and-tell of the armored vehicle with a group of young FLDS boys.

Amazing how these images, both released to shape public opinion, tell such an opposite story of the armored personnel vehicle used in the raid. One side is telling me this was a military assault on a group of unarmed farm folk. The other side is saying that it was nothing like that, more like a carnival with free APC rides.

What a shame there wasn’t an objective photographer present to document the events. When the government undertakes such a large operation against a group they accuse of such insidious acts, we deserve a little more transparency.

Posted by Trent | Filed Under Notebook, Polygamy, Trent 

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2 Comments to “FLDS Raid - The Leaky APC”

  1. Truth on April 22nd, 2008 11:15 am

    Any one who is interested in joining the resistance against the texas nazi judge should contact returnthosekids@yahoo.com to get hooked up with the patriotic resistance.

  2. Mike Singletary on August 14th, 2008 11:13 am

    Hey Trent ! !
    I know a few of these people, and they had hundreds of cell phones and cameras, along with picture cards, laptops and ipods. Why don’t you and the “freedom of the press” people kick up one hell of a fuss about confiscation of things, not necessarily key to their investigation.
    You know as well as anyone that the Gov’t “Fox is in charge of the Hen House”.
    They are not releasing illegally seized items because they are criminally implicated and are trying to justify their behavior by getting indictments and trials to vindicate themselves.
    They took the bitter Fischer-Carolyn-Flora bait.
    They know they have done wrong, but refuse to make their apologies and let this people go about their business of living the Gospel and belief of personal purification and exaltation.
    It’s well known, Texas is proud of their Waco victory, and wished for another one in this case, but The Man Upstairs had other things in mind this time!
    Come On! Put the heat on them! You worked your butt off trying to get your own photos so you can earn a dollar. Take the hint here and go after the thousands of photos and the videos that the victims took.
    Take courage in doing only the good-As the FLDS say it!!
    Thanks
    Mike

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