Creators of PP videos indicted

[nolanvt]

A grand jury that has extensively reviewed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood has decided not to press charges against the group – and will instead take action against the creators of the videos.

Jurors in Houston, Texas announced Monday that they are indicting a pair of anti-abortion activists, David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, for their role in creating a series of now-viral videos attacking Planned Parenthood, according to multiple local reports.

Daleiden, who has taken credit for the videos, has claimed that his footage shows Planned Parenthood officials haggling over the price of aborted fetal organs as part of the organization's fetal tissue donation program in some states.

Jurors said they did not find evidence of illegal activity on behalf of Planned Parenthood.

Instead, Daleiden was indicted for the “purchase and sale of human organs" – a charge that appears to stem from Daleiden's undercover attempts to purchase fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood as he sought to record the encounter for his sting videos.

He and Merritt were both indicted for “tampering with a governmental record.”

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/26 ... d-in-texas

[RiverguyVT]

Two sets of laws in this nation.

[BigDave]

That seems rather absurd.

I assumed when I saw the headline that it was going to be for invasion of privacy or trespassing or something similar. No serious person can make a case that the videographers were making an actual attempt to procure human organs.

[HokieJoe]

This indictment will ultimately go no where. But, lawyers will get paid and government litigators will give press conferences galore...Andy Warhol, 15 minutes, fame and all that.

[awesome guy]

Is that from the onion?