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High Plains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-11-08 01:05 PM
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3. More horseshit flung by the Texas authorities.
You'd think they would learn...

Some guy in Florida--not the FLDS, not an FLDS member--posted the judge's address and phone number.

From the article in the OP:

"Have they ever seen an act of intimidation or violence against law enforcement from the FLDS community at all, ever?" told the newspaper. "Before they start spreading those kinds of rumors, they ought to be able to ID an example of them ever doing that in the past."

Willie Jessop, a group member who was a spokesman during the Texas case, agreed. "Washington County officials do not let the facts get in the way of a good story," Jessop said. "These are the types of paranoid allegations that can hurt a lot of innocent people if they are allowed to go unchecked."

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The newspaper reported that law enforcement has been on alert since an FLDS-related Web site published Walther's home address and telephone numbers.

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A Web site that talks of a threat to "pay Ms. Walther's home a visit" is not sanctioned by the FLDS Church, Parker said. The site is run by Bill Medvecky, a Florida man who has donated to the fund for captive FLDS children, Parker said. Parker told church leaders the post could be construed as a threat, according to the newspaper. They contacted Medvecky and had him remove the judge's address, he said. But her telephone numbers remain on the site, which describes Walther as the "leader of the Gestapo" and includes a link to a petition to impeach the judge. Medvecky noted Walther's address is in the phone book.

"They are not confrontational whatsoever. I am," Medvecky told the Deseret News. "They are not me, and they have nothing to do with the site. We support them 100 percent."

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