OK, let me see if I understand this now.
Texas authorities remove children from their parents because of a call by a female who said she was under aged, forced to marry an older man, has a child, and is pregnant again.
Texas authorities raid the compound, gather the children and the mothers, and take them away. Meanwhile, from the last information I read, the female who made the call is still not able to be identified. [ Update ] See below. It was a hoax.
Now, the Texas authorities are taking DNA samples from the children and some adults to determine who are the real parents.
You will have to forgive me for thinking this is a fishing expedition. You will have to forgive me for thinking the authorities now know the telephone call was a hoax. You will have to forgive me for thinking this is the only way Texas authorities can determine if children are being born to under aged females.
If these people are sexually abusing young girls, then I have no problem with authorities arresting them and trying them and locking them under the jail. However, the basis of what caused this doesn't seem valid and people should be wary.
[ UPDATED ]
Now it appears that this was a hoax.
A Colorado woman with a history of making phony reports to police has been named by Texas Rangers as a "person of interest" who could have made the calls to a women's shelter that sparked the FLDS compound raid.
Police arrested Rozita Estraletta Swinton, 33, at her Colorado Springs apartment Wednesday in connection with a February call to police there in which she pretended to be a young girl being held in a basement, said Colorado Springs police Lt. Skip Arms.
Investigators also executed an evidentiary search warrant at Swinton's home and seized a number of items that indicated a possible connection between her and calls regarding the FLDS compounds in Colorado City, Ariz.; and Eldorado, Texas, the Texas Rangers said Friday in a press release. The items, which were not identified, will be evaluated and analyzed at various crime labs in Texas.
Now, isn't this something. My wife says "we" will be paying these people a lot of money. I'm going to hunt around to see who is upset about this, or because of the possibility of child abuse, people are willing to overlook this abuse of power.
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