Surveilled, Silenced, and Smeared: How Parents Became ‘Domestic Terrorists’ | Kelly Walker and Sam Sorbo

American Thought Leaders

The Epoch Times

Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kelly Walker, a local coffee shop owner in Tucson, Arizona, never imagined how his world would be turned upside down when he started speaking out publicly against COVID-19 mandates and the harm to children.

He and Sam Sorbo are cofounders of the Parents Demanding Justice Alliance. They have put together a report detailing alleged actions taken by local authorities to censor, surveil, and pressure parents who protested policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editor’s Note: Kelly Walker previously has done work for The Epoch Times as a freelance marketing writer. Sam Sorbo previously hosted a show on EpochTV called School’s Out with Sam Sorbo.

Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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0:00.0	We're getting death threats, threats to kill my children.
0:03.0	We're getting doxed.
0:04.0	Our employees were terrified.
0:06.0	Kelly Walker, a local coffee shop owner in Tucson, Arizona,
0:10.0	never imagined how his world would turn upside down
0:13.0	when he started speaking publicly against the COVID-19 mandates
0:17.0	and the harm to children.
0:19.0	It is astonishing to me that our governments would prioritize targeting parents over border
0:26.2	crossings, for instance, fentanyl abuse.
0:28.6	In this episode, we're sitting down with Kelly Walker and Sam Sorbo, co-founders of the
0:33.6	Parents Demanding Justice Alliance, BDJA. They have put together a dossier detailing actions taken by local authorities to censor,
0:41.1	surveil, and pressure parents who protested policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:46.4	They claimed that three large fathers had stormed the school.
0:49.4	They made us out to be the worst kind of terrorists.
0:51.5	I got sentenced to 100 days in jail.
0:53.7	And $10,000 in fines.
0:55.0	I was told I had to scrub my social media and be quiet.
0:59.0	This is American Thought Leaders and I'm Yanya Kellick.
1:02.0	Sam Sorbo, Kelly Walker, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.
1:09.0	Thanks for having us.
1:10.0	Great to see you, Yon.
1:12.3	Quite an astonishing story, Kelly.
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