[mnehring]

Even if the call was fake, the police had zero way of knowing it was fake, they had to investigate. All CPS actions after that were the result of what the Texas Rangers witnessed when investigating the call. Unless someone can prove the Rangers had a time machine to know ahead of time the call was fake, it was their responsibility to investigate the call. If they witnessed a crime (aggravated sexual assault of a minor), they are obligated to act on that, which they did.

Let's take this out of the entire FLDS aspect. If you make a crank call to the police saying your car is being stolen (when it isn't) and they come to investigate. When they are there and see you beating up your wife, you bet they will arrest your a**, even if the call about he car being stolen is fake.

[BGHater]

Dunno about the exact speciics or laws.

The CPS action is a civil action, right?

The police investigating a stolen car is a criminal?

The CPS action is on scale of a health inspector inspecting a property, and using the police to enforce those actions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVACCaVxYEk

[GovernmentShrinker]

Even if the call was fake, the police had zero way of knowing it was fake, they had to investigate.

And given the history of this group, they had every reason to believe it was real (as it may well have been). Merril Jessop, the man in charge of the compound, is the ex-husband of Carolyn Jessop, who wrote a book about her life in the cult and after escaping, and described Merril's activities in horrifying detail. Merril was installed as the Bishop at this compound by "prophet" Warren Jeffs, who is now serving a prison term in Utah for being an accomplice to the rape of a 14 year old, and is also facing charges in Arizona of raping underage girls himself.

[isrul]

"If they witnessed a crime (aggravated sexual assault of a minor), they are obligated to act on that, which they did."

I honestly wasn't aware they witnessed anything of the sort. Can you share what it was they actually witnessed?