The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the twin cities in Short Creek, alleging police misconduct.  Anyone who has been there knows the town Marshall's are simply the enforcement arm of the church and referring to the Marshall's as "police officers" is a disgrace to the profession.  Of all the stories on the DOJ's action that have come up, I think Brent Hunsaker on ABC4 gave the most passionate and certainly the most accurate as far as the Utah Attorney General's involvement. It becomes tedious to hear Mark Shurtleff, the Utah AG, jump on the band wagon everytime something like this comes up.  As the chief law enforcement officer in the state, the Utah Attorney General should be ashamed of the way he has handled the abuses taking place in Short Creek, and for his shameless way of taking credit for the hard work and tenacity of others, as if he had something to do with it.  In fact, in most instances involving real progress in cleaning up the criminal activity within the FLDS church, Shurtleff's efforts have been counterproductive.  Take for instance, the closed door meetings he set up with Willie Jessop, Wendell Neilsen, and Merril Jessop, in order to place the UEP trust back into the hands of Warren Jeffs, a pedophile who was wanted in Utah, Arizona and Texas.  The terms of the back door sweetheart deal included compelling all the non-FLDS citizens of Short Creek to move to an undeveloped plot of land on the otherside of the higyway, so that the twin cities would stay a pure priesthood town.  I was incredulous when I heard the story, and that the AG would condone what would be in essence a refugee camp just outside of town.  Mark Shurtleff is one of those guys that is kind of hard not to like; however, he is also a politician whose loyalties are negotiable.