Police Seize 10 Children From Homeschool Family

[JohnyMac]

"An off-grid homeschool family of 12 in rural Kentucky was raided, the mother arrested, and the 10 children seized simply because the government disagrees with their lifestyle and their educational choices, family members and friends say.

Until Wednesday, Joe and Nicole Naugler lived with their 10 kids in a cabin on 26 acres in Breckinridge County, about an hour southwest of Louisville.

“They are an extremely happy family,” family friend Pace Ellsworth told Off The Grid News.
Police Seize 10 Children From Off-Grid Family Because They’re Homeschooled

Acting on an anonymous tip about the family’s off-grid lifestyle, sheriff’s officers entered the property and home Wednesday, and even blocked the access road to the family property, the family says. Joe and eight of the children were away, but Nicole – who is five-months pregnant – was home with the two oldest kids. Sheriff deputies then seemingly allowed Nicole and the two children to drive away but they got only a short distance before deputies pulled them over and took the two children away from the mom, who was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. (She says the arrest took place after she did not passively allow deputies to take the children.) Nicole was able to contact her husband and have a brief conversation..."

I always worry about the validity of stories like this. My first thought come back to, Why? If any of you live in or near SW Kentucky maybe you can share some light on this arrest.

BREAKING:Police Seize 10 Children From Homeschool Family Because They’re Off-Grid Lifestyle .

[Nemo]

Why, because the social services agency did not feel the kids were safe.  Just like the Court of Appeals in Illinois permitting banning of assault rifles because people in the area did not feel safe if they were allowed.

I am confident there is more to the case than OGN reports but I suspect there is about a 10% chance there is anything most of us would seize kids over.

Copies of the basis for the seizure were posted on the families facebook with a fair amount of pics.

Nemo


https://www.facebook.com/MyBlessedLittleHomestead

[JohnyMac]

Thx for the link Nemo.

The thing that does not sound right; there appears to have been NO investigation done before the seizure of the kids by .gov. 

[rah45]

Well, that's now a huge concern for me. As most of you know, I homeschool my kids, and the number of other homeschooling families in Georgia is not inconsequential.