Latter that day they admitted the trial could have gone much worse and told their lawyer Elohim big time. Story out of Salt Lake City, Utah:
Federal prosecutors plan to bring a mix of law enforcement leaders and ex-sect members to a hearing in which they’ll ask a judge to disband the police department in a polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border.
The disintegration of the town marshals is a proposed remedy after a jury concluded the sister towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, violated the constitutional rights of nonbelievers by denying them basic government services such as police protection, building permits and water hookups.
The towns fiercely oppose the idea, saying problems at the agency don’t require such a drastic step.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s list of 17 possible witnesses for a four-day hearing set to begin Oct. 24 hearing in Phoenix, submitted this week, include four high-ranking leaders in the counties in Utah and Arizona that would assume policing duties under the proposal. Cont.
Two polygamous towns on the Utah-Arizona border violated the constitutional rights of nonbelievers by denying them basic services such as police protection, building permits and water hookups.
The civil rights trial marks one of boldest efforts by the government to confront what critics have long said was a corrupt regime in Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah. The seven-week trial provided a rare glimpse into the communities that for years have been shrouded in secrecy and are distrustful of government and outsiders. Cont.
Story from - Global News
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