#operationundergroundrailroad — Public Fediverse posts

The organization says it has cut ties with its disgraced founder and CEO. Jeff Frazier, charged with ushering in a new era, has a long and complex relationship with Ballard.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3p99/ballard-friend-now-running-operation-underground-railroad-jeff-frazier?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#News #operationundergroundrailroad #timballard #JeffFrazier #soundoffreedom #humantrafficking #SexTrafficking

As allies abandon him, the anti-trafficking star’s disgrace appears to have prematurely ended the career of Utah’s attorney general, a close friend.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjk8x/tim-ballards-most-powerful-friends-are-all-denouncing-him?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#TimothyBallard #operationundergroundrailroad #Utah #AttorneyGeneral #spencercox #utahpolitics #ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints #katherineballard #MORMONS

“OUR only focused on allowing its celebrity founder, defendant Tim Ballard, to live the lavish lifestyle of a wealthy sex tourist and sexually manipulate and abuse employees, contractors, and volunteers,” the suit reads.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjbz5/veteran-marine-sues-tim-ballard-and-our-over-sexual-assault-claims-injuries-suffered-in-training?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#operationundergroundrailroad #timballard #lawsuits #breerighter #Utah #seanreyes #investigations #our #troyrawlings #mattcooper

A broken orbital bone, a ‘Couple’s Ruse,’ and Bin Laden as Ted Kaczynski
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k8qv/what-happens-when-an-anti-sex-trafficking-operation-goes-wrong?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#Tech #CYBER #Podcast #operationundergroundrailroad #timballard

A female operator who worked with the controversial anti-trafficking group knew someone was going to get seriously hurt. She just didn't expect that it would be her.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ekzx/tim-ballard-sound-of-freedom-grooming-sexual-abuse-undercover-couples-ruse-operation-underground-railroad?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#operationundergroundrailroad #timballard #soundoffreedom #humantrafficking #SexTrafficking #couplesruse

The founder of the anti-trafficking group OUR has been sued by several accusers, who say he used their faith and visions from a psychic to sexually coerce them.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a378p/five-of-tim-ballards-alleged-victims-have-filed-a-lawsuit-against-him?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#timballard #operationundergroundrailroad #Trafficking #sexualmisconduct #Utah #SuzetteRasmussen #janetrusson #LDSfaith #MormonChurch #ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints #psychics #soundoffreedom

An attorney representing employees and contractors of Operation Underground Railroad has issued a statement about what they say the “Sound of Freedom” hero did.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zpbz/women-accuse-tim-ballard-of-spiritual-manipulation-grooming-and-sexual-misconduct
#timballard #operationundergroundrailroad #sexualmisconduct #spearfund #LDSchurch #anti-trafficking

Whistleblowers told investigators, and tried to raise concerns internally, about “cowboy” behavior and misappropriation of donor funds.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5y8pm/operation-underground-railroad-investigation-misled-donors-lied
#operationundergroundrailroad #timballard #fundraising #Utah #nonprofits #JonLines #DavidLopez #Trafficking #anti-trafficking #SexTrafficking

CYBER: Operation Underground Railroad, Psychic Intelligence, and ‘The Sound of Freedom’
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a37gg/cyber-operation-underground-railroad-psychic-intelligence-and-the-sound-of-freedom
#Tech #CYBER #Podcast #operationundergroundrailroad #soundoffreedom #LDS

Mormon Church vs Tim Ballard: Cancelling Ballard: https://wasmormon.org/mormon-church-vs-tim-ballard-cancelling-ballard/ #timballard #operationundergroundrailroad #ldschurch #SoundOfFreedom #MRussellBallard #elderballard

@VICENews reports that the rescue missions of Operation Underground Railroad — the focus of action movie "The Sound of Freedom" — were sometimes based on "intelligence" from a psychic medium. Here's more.

https://flip.it/nararF

#SoundOfFreedom #Movies #OperationUndergroundRailroad

Janet Russon, a psychic medium from Utah, was a central source of “intelligence” for OUR, leading to at least one failed mission and no evident rescues of missing children.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bpda/operation-underground-railroad-child-rescue-missions-were-based-on-psychic-intelligence
#operationundergroundrailroad #timballard #psychics #janetrusson #anti-trafficking #Trafficking #gardymardy #guesnomardy

Files from a joint local and federal criminal investigation released to VICE News describe video evidence of the incident, which took place in Mexico on an Operation Underground Railroad mission.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mq5w/sound-of-freedom-producer-underage-trafficking-victim
#operationundergroundrailroad #soundoffreedom #timballard #paulhutchinson #anti-trafficking #humantrafficking #publicrecords #Utah

“O.U.R. is dedicated to combatting sexual abuse, and does not tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination by anyone in its organization,” the organization tells VICE News.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkaqvn/tim-ballards-departure-from-operation-underground-railroad-followed-sexual-misconduct-investigation
#operationundergroundrailroad #timballard #Utah #anti-trafficking #humantrafficking #TheChurchofJesusChristofLatter-DaySaints #LDSchurch #soundoffreedom

On July 30, Deming saw a local caravan associated with the “Sound of Freedom” movie. The mayor attended. The main speaker dipped into #QAnon terrain. We found that locally some were not aware of the Q stuff, so we unpacked that a bit for this story. https://www.demingheadlight.com/2023/08/04/locals-organize-sound-freedom-caravan/

#SoundofFreedom #OperationUndergroundRailroad #DemingNM #NewMexico

The Sound of Freedom: thinking of the children shouldn’t stop us thinking rationally
by Gabriel Andrade

Our modern concern for children has been exploited by activists and politicians, like the QAnon-adjacent makers of The Sound of Freedom

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/the-sound-of-freedom-thinking-of-the-children-shouldnt-stop-us-thinking-rationally/

#ConspiracyTheories #Media #MoralPanics #QAnon #SoundOfFreedom #OperationUndergroundRailroad

"Sound of Freedom" has been feted by Mel Gibson and Tony Robbins, is getting enthusiastic write-ups from faith-based publications, and has done better than expected at the box office. Vice News reports on the murky history of Operation Underground Railroad, the group mythologized in the movie.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3apm/anti-trafficking-group-with-long-history-of-false-claims-gets-its-hollywood-moment

#Movies #Entertainment #SoundOfFreedom #OperationUndergroundRailroad

As the line between the fringe and the mainstream blurs, conspiracy peddlers are influencing—and in turn being influenced by-- the national panic targeting trans people.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ky48/americas-most-influential-conspiracy-theorists-are-going-all-in-on-transphobia
#operationundergroundrailroad #transphobia #conspiracytheories #qanon #DRAG #anti-dragbills