Expat Texan

But if spring won’t come to Calgary, I’m off looking for spring.  Currently driving around Sonoma, California looking for wines to taste.

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Because of a prank call by a disturbed woman?

The document released today shows Swinton had an extensive record in Colorado Springs of posing as a troubled teen and making false claims. The affidavit connects Swinton to several reports that alerted Colorado Springs officials.

The document links Swinton to calls made throughout October from a “Dana Anderson.” The caller claimed to be a young woman being abused by her pastor at Colorado Springs’ New Life Church, and later as a 13-year-old student at Liberty High School who said she was being drugged and sexually abused by her father.

Now, not trying to be an advocate for a polygamist sect in the Great State of Texas (yes, it’s all capitalized) - but to yank those kids away raid style without any due process is a bit disturbing.  I suppose we should just be happy that Janet Reno wasn’t involved in this Texas compound raid.

On April 19, 1993, Attorney General Janet Reno gave the FBI permission to flush the Davidians out of their residence. FBI agents used tanks to smash holes in the walls of the building and then sprayed tear gas into the residence. Agents also used hand-held grenade launchers to fire more than 350 “ferret” rounds into the windows of the building, but none of the Davidians obeyed the FBI’s command to exit the residence. A fire then broke out, and 76 Davidians, including 27 children, perished.