UTAH
God Discussion
By D. Beeksma
On December 7, 2012
CNN’s Gary Tuchman reports that he received a tip that convicted polygamist Warren Jeffs is having children pick pecans at a private ranch instead of attending school.
Tuchman and his team set out to investigate the lead and found that it was true. Hundreds of children, many of them small, were working at the Hurricane, Utah ranch. They were accompanied by a few mothers and some men.
When CNN’s camera crew was spotted, the children and the adults ran away. “The paranoia among FLDS leaders is intense,” Tuchman says. “That’s because they know we are here to ask questions, like why is it okay to pull all their children out of school so that they can toil as free laborers and what’s happening with all the money they’re making.”
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