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[–] 194 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Found the article.

It's so incredibly stupid how he takes himself so seriously; he's like if Poirot had a satchel of lead beads he would stick up his nose occasionally.

And then like a coward he won't elaborate on his master plan of making education and edification punishable by law.

He wasted important people's time and then just fucked off, pretending it never happened.

What a dunce; no wonder he became a cop.

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  • [+] 126 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    I was reading another article about this same town (Granbury, Texas), discussing a massive bitcoin mining operation literally giving the people & animals there sonic damage. Anyhow, the cop there trying to make things better is also noted as a former Oathkeeper. So... I guess that's part of the local 'culture' 🤦‍♀️

    Also, if you want to hear more in-depth coverage of Texas school district fuckery, one of the authors of the above articles, Mike Hixenbaum, has two podcasts and a book about it: Southlake (2021-2022), Grapevine (2023), and They Came for the Schools (2024). I wouldn't hesitate to recommend any of them.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So this guy went around reading books found in a children's library that he thought were disgusting. Then he looked up the names of the children who checked them out?

    That sounds like something a pervert would do.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    The targets of the investigation? Three school librarians in Granbury, Texas. The allegation? They had allowed children to access literature — such as “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison — that the officer, Scott London, a chief deputy constable, had deemed obscene.

    Summary of The Bluest Eye from Wikipedia:

    The novel takes place in Lorain, Ohio (Morrison's hometown), and tells the story of a young African-American girl named Pecola who grew up following the Great Depression. Set in 1941, the story is about how she is consistently regarded as "ugly" due to her mannerisms and dark skin. As a result, she develops an inferiority complex, which fuels her desire for the blue eyes she equates with "whiteness".

    The novel is told mostly from Claudia MacTeer's point of view. Claudia is the daughter of Pecola's temporary foster parents. There is also some omniscient third-person narration. The book's controversial topics of racism, incest, and child molestation have led to numerous attempts to ban the novel from schools and libraries in the United States.[1]

    Now, if he read the book, like he claims to have read it, he would know that the only obscene thing in the book is that it shows why things like racism and incest are, themselves, obscene. And that sounds like something kids should learn.

    Unless, of course, this cop doesn't find one or both of those things obscene and rather finds the obscene thing to be telling people racism and/or incest is wrong...

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    [–] 151 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    From the article:

    Paul Hyde, a Granbury attorney who served on the volunteer committee tasked with reviewing dozens of school library books, said he informally advised two of the accused librarians early in London’s investigation and saw the toll it has taken on them.

    “These women, that are amazing educators and librarians, have been terrified for over two years now that they’re going to get arrested, hauled off to jail on a felony charge of providing pornography to minors,” Hyde said, noting that one of the librarians left the district as a result.

    “We lost a great librarian,” he said.

    Anyone who thinks it's a non-issue because charges weren't filed should understand that intimidation is the point. It looks like the intimidation worked.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Drive out enough librarians and eventually youʼll find yourself needing to drive 4 hours to get a tool pulled or a melanoma whacked off since good dentists and doctors usually want decent schools with libraries for their kids.

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  • [–] 142 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You know who else did this shit?

    Nazis.

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  • [–] 106 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The five year investigation concluded when he finished reading the three books.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    “Green eggs? Implausible. AND ham? Elitist!

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    PURPLE FISH ARE AN ABOMINATION NO MATTER HOW MANY

    RED FISH & BLUE FISH DO NOT MIX

    KEEP ICHTHYOLOGY PURE

    LORAXES ARE FOR WIPING YOUR BUM & DO NOT GET TO NAME OUR TREES

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  • [+] 92 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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    [–] 91 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Let me guess, he's a "christian"?

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Dream job lol. Do whatever you want, no strings attached, no requerements, no responsibility, and you are entitled to a higher position in any dispute with civilians. They aren't a part of the working class, they are a class of their own, lapdogs of the ones in power. How could this happen?

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago

    These fascist snowflakes need to be marginalized in a strong way

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  • [+] 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They didn't distribute them to him either, he fucking took pictures then went home and found PDFs or used police funds to purchase eBook copies.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago

    Dead Uvalde children hate this one trick

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    All these books he's read but I guess he still didn't pick up Fahrenheit 451 or 1984

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    This is a MUCH BETTER use of Taxpayer Dollars then LITERALLY FEEDING STARVING CHILDREN IN AMERICA (which Republican States opted OUT OF because then they wouldn't have Tax Dollars to do THIS!)!

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    The police are so absurdly radicalized in this country.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why don’t stores that sell books get the same amount of scrutiny? I see A Court of Thorns and Roses books everywhere.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    The minor these materials were distributed to? The officer that was investigating the library. Cuz he's obviously a big fuckin' baby.

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Say it with me now,

    All cops are bastards!

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    This reminds me of the Chickenfucker South Park episode.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    As if pigs can read.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago*

    Cop: these books made me horny, you should be ashamed of yourself for allowing me to get turned on by a book, in fact I'm going to confiscate all of them so no one else has to be turned on by this filth.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    cops will only read a book if it means they can put someone in jail

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Really going out of his way there to be offended.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Oink oink! What a scumpig.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    did all the idiots just discover books??

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    They've been doing stuff like this for years. In 1990, a Florida judge ruled that an album by 2 Live Crew was obscene, and police officers went into stores and threatened to arrest anyone who sold copies of the album. The obscenity law specifically requires a "lack of serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" and they were able to get it appealed.

    Reading the article it's actually more insane than it first appears. He's been doing it for two years. This wasn't an investigation ordered by a court, it was evidence he himself was compiling for his own legal complaint, which was dismissed when finally brought to the DA.

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