Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,
If the government does not like the way that you are raising your kids, they will come in and grab them at any time without giving any warning whatsoever. Of course this is completely and totally unlawful, but it has been happening all over America. The most recent example of this that has made national headlines is particularly egregious. Joe and Nicole Naugler of Breckinridge County, Kentucky just had their 10 children brutally ripped away from them just because the government does not approve of how they are living their lives and how they are educating their young ones.
Let’s be very clear about this – Joe and Nicole had done nothing to violate the law whatsoever. All of their kids were happy, healthy and very intelligent. But because the control freaks running things in Kentucky got wind of their “off the grid lifestyle”, they have now had all of their children unlawfully abducted from them.
A lot of readers also lead “off the grid” lifestyles similar to what the Nauglers had been enjoying. The Nauglers own 26 acres in a remote area of Breckinridge County, and their family has been described as “extremely happy”. But despite never giving them a single warning or a single indication that anything was ever wrong, Kentucky police raided their home on May 6th. The following is how the raid was described on a website dedicated to this case…
On May 6th, 2015, Breckinridge Co. Sheriff’s officers came to their home, acting on an anonymous tip, and entered their property and home without a warrant and without probable cause. Nicole was at home with the two oldest children, while Joe was away with the others. When the officers left the home, they attempted to block the access road to the family property. Nicole and the two boys got in their car to leave the family property. The got only a short way down the road before the officers pulled Nicole over.
During this stop, sheriffs deputies took their two oldest boys from Nicole’s custody, providing her no justification or documentation to support their action. Nicole was able to contact Joe briefly by telephone, but only for a short period of time, because she needed to use her phone to record the events.
At that point, Nicole had been taken into custody for disorderly conduct (for not passively allowing the Sheriff to take her boys) and resisting arrest. Even though she is 5 months pregnant, she was slammed belly first into the cop car and bruised and scraped on both arms.
And people wonder why there is such an uproar about police brutality in this country…
How in the world can a police officer ever justify treating a pregnant woman like that? The police officer that treated Nicole like that should immediately resign. Talk about an utter disgrace. You do not ever treat a pregnant woman like that.
But this is America, where we are turning a little bit more into Nazi Germany every single day.
You can listen to audio of Nicole’s shocking arrest right here.
When Joe arrived on the scene, the police continued to act like Gestapo thugs…
Joe was able to arrange transportation to meet his wife where the stop had taken place. Joe attempted to get out of the car to speak with the officers and his wife, and to recover the vehicle Nicole had been driving. The Sheriff, with his hand on his sidearm, ordered Joe back into the car. Joe complied with that request. The sheriff informed Joe that he had every intention of making this as difficult as possible for them and that their car would be impounded, despite the fact that Joe was there onsite to recover it.
A friend, who had driven Joe to the location, got out of the car to speak with the Sheriff. She was able to convince the Sheriff to let Joe recover the vehicle. Joe also recovered Nicole’s cell phone, which had been recording audio the entire time.
The Sheriff ordered Joe to turn the remaining eight children over to Breckinridge County Sheriff’s deputies by 10:00 a.m., and threatened him with felony charges if he does not comply.
Joe did comply with the Sheriff’s order, and now their kids have been scattered by CPS among families in four separate counties…
As of now, officials have placed the children with four families in four different counties, and as of Friday morning, the parents had not spoken with them. The four families are families that CPS chose – families the Nauglers don’t know.
Shame on you Kentucky. You are supposed to be better than this.
One of the most disturbing elements of this entire incident is that Child Protective Services never visited the Nauglers a single time and never gave them any indication that anything was wrong. The following comes from Off The Grid News…
Child Protective Services never visited the home, said Ellsworth, who believes the arrests took place because of the parents’ choice of “unschooling” for their children, and because of their simple way of life that some would call backwards. The family’s Facebook page calls it a “back to basics life.” They have a garden and raise animals. Deputies apparently were concerned about whether the children’s needs were being met, but friends say they personally have no concerns — and that the children are blessed to have Joe and Nicole as their parents.
How would you like it if government thugs raided your home and took your children away because they considered your lifestyle to be “backwards”?
What in the world is happening to this country?
Like I said earlier, what happened to the Nauglers is not an isolated incident. These kinds of things are happening all over the nation. For example, just consider the abuse that one homeschooling family received in New Jersey…
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, a WND report highlights how parents were interrogated by a CPS caseworker who questioned Christopher Zimmer and his wife Nicole, “on everything from their son’s homeschool education to questions about vaccines and guns in the house.”
Michelle Marchese aggressively demanded to enter the property after asserting Christopher Zimmer Jr. was not getting a “proper education.” Police subsequently arrived and allowed Marchese to enter the home before conducting a warrantless search.
The Zimmers are now suing the CPS for $60 million in a case before the U.S. District Court in Trenton.
I very much hope that the Zimmers win that case and collect a huge monetary award.
All over the nation, CPS officials are running around acting like little dictators and trampling the law. They need the courts to send them a clear message that this is a nation where the rule of law still applies.
If we do not stand with families like the Nauglers, control freak bureaucrats will continue to harass families that have chosen to live a “basic” lifestyle all over the nation. So let’s stand with them and make this case viral all over the Internet.
And Kentucky, get your act together and send those kids back home. You are supposed to be so much better than this.
God, I hate social services people.
How many times have we heard of cases like this, in every locale, where children are taken from perfectly decent homes because some power-tripping busybody – teacher, social worker, cop, school administrator, interfering relative, or busybody neighbor- did not “approve” of how they were raising their kids or conducting their personal lives? Divorcees raising their kids alone are particularly vulnerable- my mother used to live in fear of having us taken from her because, say, she was dating someone, or the house wasn’t kept up to biological-warfare-research-facility standards, or whatever.
It wouldn’t be so infuriating if it weren’t happening while hundreds of thousands of children in this country are living in appalling conditions, or are being viciously abused, or dumped into the streets by people unfit to tend livestock. In Illinois alone, there are over 25,000 children in the foster care system whose parents can’t or won’t take care of them on any level, and let’s not talk about the conditions in many of the foster homes these hapless kids are placed in. While some busybody is wrecking a perfectly nice family and subjecting its children to the trauma of separation from a loving parent or parents, somewhere across town, there is a kid living in a house that is a garbage dump with drug-addict parents who haven’t gotten out of bed in three days, or worse, locked in a cage in a trailer court and being starved and beaten to death (this happened in Cook County about 10 years back) practically under the nose of the DCFS.
Most people posting here aren’t the busybody type, but if you are, keep something in mind if you are tempted to get a kid removed from his parents for ‘neglect’- or an unconventional upbringing that YOU don’t approve of. If that kid is adequately sheltered, fed, and not being abused, he or she is OK and could be a lot worse off- and likely would be in a foster home, so just leave well enough alone and mind your own goddam business.
spent my day along with many others assisting a man running for sherriff a most important position, he will be informed of this case as he is a firewall against such abuse, he happens to be a minority and i think is is most pleasantly surprised conservative are not what could be considered conventional wisdom. the enforcement of the law goes beyond party, so this rural county reflects a positive direction, and since we have many home schoolers and off gird folks i think the outrage would bring everyone to gether, excluding the buyreau class . , yet they live in the community, never bite the hand that feeds you. a great reason for a recall he is showing his disdain for the constitution. a subject we have discussed with our candidate a former marine, super background, super family. another black man running, liked by all, came and chatted with us all, those two of the four running had a most agreeable pleasant chat, wouldn’t running for office be much more pleasant when issues and civility are the unwritten rules. it is most refreshing at my age to see anything positive, i do hope more people get involved on the local level where a vote still is hard earned and truly counts. almost sounds as if the good ole boy and lackey to a party will reflect poorly on the state and particularly on that county, the back lash could become a tidal wave, somewhere a galvinizing moment will occur. the record speaks for itself, the flight from our shores is growing. can this county afford a lawsuit that has the potential to be huge, lawyers may be lining up as i write, to challenge on civil rights issue, i will do my small part to bring this to the attention of all i know. the outcome will clearly state our fate. germany 1934 last train leaving. is that where we are? i appreciate this site and all those who make if possible, thank you
ya see……..the reason why I believe this whole shittin’ mess ends in violence and bloodshed is because some of the shit our owners and their enforcers do is absolutely UNFORGIVABLE.
I’d do most anything to prevent that outcome but THEY won’t.
Best thing to do about kids if you live in murica is to get an abortion.
I’m sure these kids are going to grow up to respect authority and the government. Each time the government forces compliance,more people lose faith in that same government. They will ultimately be their own ruin, but in the end what will it cost those of us who just want to be left alone.
Bob.
When was the last time they raided an Amish family for doing the exact same thing?
“If the government does not like the way that you are raising your kids, they will come in and grab them at any time without giving any warning whatsoever.”
True, true. Might this be a reason to think twice about having kids? This family sure is finding out the hard way.
Pirate Jo, I chose not to be a mother because I was simply not interested in taking on a 20 year obligation amidst the uncertainties and rapidly-changing economic landscape of the past 30 years- and had things to do I found more interesting in any case.
However, if I were, I would still do it…. but I would be that much more motivated to insulate my family from state interference. That means having plenty of money, usually. Unfortunately, the only way to to that is a member of the powerful classes, which means either having a great deal of money, or being a member of the ruling bureaucracy. Trust me, people who make $200K a year or more, and live in expensive neighborhoods, do not have to put up with this kind of interference, and they don’t. Teachers and administrators who viciously bully and intimidate middle and lower-middle class parents, or divorced moms, approach upper-class parents with their arms at their sides, lowered voices, and submissive smiles. Upper-class parents dictate the direction and terms of their children’s education, while the peasantry has to submit to the state.
It is interesting to note that, as a Kentuckian, I have heard and seen exactly nothing concerning this case whatsoever on the local news. Total blackout.
I am ashamed that’s happening here.
Fucking Nazi bastards… this is some Sturmabteilung shit…