Unmasking “Domestic Terrorism”

Hold my Drink Podcast Blog, Episode 54

In September of 2021, two fathers were arrested for disrupting a school board meeting in Round Rock, Texas. Sensational headlines tied their story to the mask mandate, making these two fathers out to be the face of “domestic terrorism”. Unmasking the full story, we find a tale of school board malfeasance and even an assault that was covered up with the arrest of Dustin Clark and Jeremy Story.

On August 16, Jeremy spoke up at a school board meeting to protest the hiring of a superintendent who had a protective order on him due to an assault charge. The police forcefully escorted him out of this meeting.

On September 14, Dustin spoke up at a school board meeting that had limited public engagement to 18 people (citing COVID restrictions that weren’t applied elsewhere in the schools), when they proposed a tax increase. Such a huge proposal needed public approval, which was impossible as most attendees were barred from the proceedings with police manning the doors. Dustin’s outcry at such a violation of the Open Meetings Act also resulted in a police escort out of the building.

On September 17, sheriffs arrested Jeremy and Dustin for disrupting school board meetings. The attempt to silence these two fathers and make them out to be criminals has only amplified their resolve to…