If me and readers of the Salt Lake City Tribune knew this two weeks ago, why did it take Texas authorities so long to figure it out? Two words explain it: Willful neglect.
The man named in the search warrant, Dale Barlow, actually lived in Arizona. He contacted authorities immediately after the Texas raid occurred to say they were after the wrong man, but Texas Rangers took their own sweet time investigating the bogus call. Why? I think it’s because they didn’t want it proven fake before the 14-day CPS hearing.
Reported the Standard Times, “In a media briefing immediately after the two-day custody hearing Friday, CPS spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner used Sarah more as a symbol than as a person.” Usually “symbols,” especially phony ones, aren’t enough probable cause in court to justify house to house searches and seizing hundreds of kids.
Without the fiction of rescuing a sixteen year old rape victim to justify their military-style entry into the YFZ Ranch, everything that’s happened begins to look like a modern day witch hunt. I’ve argued repeatedly that any real sexual predators would go free because the raid has been mishandled, and this shows why. It was quite foreseeable nearly from the beginning, which I can confidently say, having publicly foreseen it.
“Moreover, prior to executing the initial warrant, (Schleicher County Sheriff David Doran) was advised that Dale Barlow was in Arizona and not on the premises sought to be searched. In fact, prior to entering the premises Sheriff Doran actually spoke to Dale Barlow in Arizona by cell phone, confirming his driver license number and the fact that he was in Arizona.”
Barlow advised the sheriff that he did not know Sarah Jessop, he had not been to Texas in over 20 years, nor had he ever been to Yearning For Zion Ranch, according to the filing. Thus, Goldstein argues, law enforcement had been advised and verified that the only person suspected of posing an immediate risk to children was not located at the polygamist compound.
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