Liberty Minute April 8 2014

Sherri Watson is a 48-year-old mother of two who lives with her husband and children in the tiny town of Genola, Utah. With great reluctance, Sherri and her family are selling the house her father built and leaving the state. It?s the only way she can protect her family, which faces a constant threat of violence from the local police.

A few years ago, Sherri was targeted for harassment by a police officer named Chad Black, who is employed in the nearby city of Orem. The harassment apparently was punishment for a reckless driving complaint she filed against a friend of Black who is now a member of the Orem PD. Although Sherri has never committed a criminal act or threatened anybody, Black persuaded a judge to issue a protective order treating her as a stalker.

Every time Black or a family member sees Sherri, a police complaint is filed that could lead to imprisonment. Her home has been raided by police several times. Although Black is forbidden to have any contact with Sherri, he goes out of his way to drive by her house every day, as if to taunt and torment the innocent woman he has made a prisoner in her own home.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.