As I said..they have to check it out. Our Rangers are kind of in a bad spot right now. No matter what they do some will be unhappy. Just praying it ends peacefully.
It’s nothing they haven’t had to do before.
That said, I fully expect the Rangers to act in accordance with the law and their own best traditions.
I am thrilled to death that they are checking it out, and if the allegations are founded, I hope the leaders of the sect are busted to the maximum allowed by law.
But doing STUPID things, like involving any other religious denomination, however peripherally it may be, only helps the defense.
I don’t know about you, but I prefer authorities, when they bust someone, to do it in a manner which does not give the people they bust a good defense and let them get off.
Here is exactly the strategy the defense attorneys are going to use, if charges should be brought.
1. Citing the use of buses owned by a Baptist Church, the defense will contend that authorities are in collusion with the Baptist Church.
2. True or Not, this defense will provide the defense with grounds to exclude ALL Baptists from the jury pool.
3. If ONE person on that jury pool is anti-baptist, or atheist, or simpy gullible, the case will result in, at least, a hung jury, and the perps will walk free.
Making a bust which does not result in a CONVICTION is a waste of time and taxpayers money.