• NABDad@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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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      5 months ago

      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.