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Police Defend Inaction at Polygamist Ranch

Bare dramatic details of raid

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 11, 2008 6:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Law enforcement authorities yesterday released dramatic details of the police raid that rescued children suspected of abuse at a polygamist ranch—and countered complaints that the action was too late. Some 60 men surrounded the ranch temple, weeping and praying, in the last day of... Read full story »

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