Police Seize 10 Children From ‘Off-Grid’ Homeschool Family
Authorities targeting Americans with traditional, rural lifestyles
by Paul
Joseph Watson | May 8,
2015
Police seized ten children from an “off grid”
homeschool family in Kentucky on Wednesday after receiving an anonymous tip
about the family’s traditional lifestyle.
The nightmare story began when sheriff’s officers set up a
blockade around Joe and Nicole Naugler’s rural property before entering the
premises. Eight of the kids were out with their father but Nicole and two of her
oldest children were at home. Nicole attempted to drive away but was
subsequently stopped and arrested for resisting (attempting to prevent officers
from taking her two boys away).
The sheriff then demanded Joe Naugler turn over the other eight
children by 10am the next day or face felony charges, an order with which he
complied.
“They are an extremely happy family,” said family friend Pace
Ellsworth, who asserts that the Nauglers were targeted because of their “back to
basics life” and their decision to homeschool their children.
Friends reported no concerns about how the children were being
treated by the parents, who follow an educational model called “unschooling”
where the children decide their own curriculum based on the subjects that
interest them and what their strengths are.
“This is the natural way to live,” said Ellsworth. “It’s
actually a growing movement. They want to have a personal education and not a
factory education. They are completely open about their life. Everyone is
learning by living. They are all extremely intelligent.”
The family’s Facebook page – entitled “My Blessed
Little Homestead,” is a charming testament to their way of life. The Naugler
children are obviously living a blissful “free range” lifestyle amongst 26 acres
of land in Breckinridge County.
“They frequently post pictures and videos of their children,
animals and their off-grid life,” reports Off the Grid News. “A May 5
post showed a video of a toddler, Mosiah, learning to walk. An April 24 post
showed a happy family, gathering around a campfire, roasting
marshmallows.”
A website for the family spells out their
plight with the heart-wrenching words; “This Kentucky family of 12 people, 6
dogs, 2 farm cats and a few random farm animals was just torn apart. Their
crime: Living a simple, back to basics life.”
This shocking story once
again illustrates how families attempting to simply get on with their lives in a
traditional manner are being treated as extremists by other Americans, snitched
on, and targeted by authorities.
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.
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