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In 2015, Terrell Musser had been back in Short Creek for less than a year.

This was before the DOJ case, back when FLDS discrimination against ex-pleavers was rampant.

Terrell was especially angry about the local police who were still under church control.

So he decided to organize a protest against police discrimination.

Terrell wanted to get an official permit, so he went to Colorado City Town Hall.

At the time, he was dealing with a lot of pain from his chronic illness.

So all the way over there, I'm not doing well already, so I'm just shaking.

I'm like, I gotta do this, you know.

So we get over there and my wife helps me out of the car, puts me in my wheelchair,

and she wheeled me up the door and it was locked.

Terrell looked in through the window.

You could see an empty waiting room.

Nobody had come out.

It was so weird and quiet.

I mean there's 10 cars in the parking lot.

You know there's people in there, but you don't see anybody.

Terrell ring the buzzer next to the door.

The receptionist answered.

And I asked, can I come in?

I said, no, we just don't let anybody into the city offices.

I said, well, this is a city office, it's a public building.

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