Dave,
You may not believe this, but up above in the post where I asked for someone to fill in the gaps, I wrote that entire note as an email to you. At the last minute, I changed my mind and posted it to the board.
No, from what I've seen, I don't think you are hateful, but the types I mentioned are here on this board—JWs can't do any good, they're mindless and brainwashed... you know what I mean.
As I said/asked, I haven't followed this entire Danni thang from the git-go. I've just checked in, here and there. I understood that she was, as you say, "INVITED to go to the kingdom hall." And? That's all JWs do! Invite people to the Kingdom Hall!! So? Do you think they expect a couple of cops will show up when a nice "Danni" (aka: "interested one") accepts an invitation to visit the Hall? Do you think they will end up in a fistfight in the library when a friend of the interested one shows up acting tough? Has it been THAT long since you've been out in service or to a meeting that you can no longer put yourself in Brother Johnson's shoes?
Personally, I think your coloration of the JW's meetings—a "nice little dog and pony show"—is unfair and reflects a bias on your part. All churches, mosques and synagogues have an atmosphere that they hope will be respected. We ARE talking about a place of worship, whatever our (your and my) personal view of the place is.
Danni (and RoboCop especially) apparently forgot their primary responsibility to serve and pushed their weight around based on some supposed "insider info" she got on a freakin' online db. Friday asked for some personal information about Danni so as to identify her. She did the right thing in not giving it to him because she knows that some serious shit would hit the fan if her superiors found out. Why? Because she was wrong. Period. What does that tell *you*?
Yes, I read the words. Unless you have an account that adds to the one she posted here, I know everything that you know and like I told her, I believe it just the way she wrote it. Some off duty cops and some JW elders got bent out of shape. So what? In the elders' shoes, I can't say that I wouldn't have acted differently.
You keep making the argument that cops get pissed off when they are lied to everyday. (Btw, fyi, regular people get pissed off in those situations, too, not just cops.) Using that as a justification for Danni and Darryl's behavior is what's known as a red herring and is irrelevant. There is no evidence—based on what I read—that the elders were lying, other than Danni's stated perception. Sorry, courts need more evidence than a cops "gut feeling" and we can all be thankful for that. No, nothing blew up in anyone's face, except for Danni's. Notice the title of this thread.
It would be a shame if they knew how to track her down to her job. I guess then we'd see if she either abused her power or acted in accordance w/ legal or ethical laws. I can see the headlines now, "Cops come to blows in search for pedophiles at local church ... no evidence found." News at eleven.
I wonder if Danni's boss would have the same, generous "yeah, you done good, officer!" attitude that YOU seem to have, Dave. I wonder if those headlines would have any effect on the Dateline show. I wonder if silentlambs would be elated at the new developments in Danni's hometown. I wonder if some posters on a discussion board would be all fired up then. Yeah, I wonder.
tj
