Defendants, from left, Jany Leveille, Lucas Morton, Siraj Wahhaj and Subbannah Wahhaj enter district court in Taos, N.M., for a detention hearing, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Several defendants have been charged with child abuse stemming from the alleged neglect of 11 children found living on a squalid compound on the outskirts of tiny Amalia, New Mexico. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool)

Last week, police raided a compound near Taos, NM. They found eleven children in various states of physical deprivation and five adults. They also found the body of what is believed to be the son of one of the adults who is believed to have kidnapped the child from his custodial parent, the mother, in Jonesboro, GA. Not only were the children severely neglected, the sheriff reported that there was evidence that the children were being trained to carry out school shootings. The main guy in the compound, Siraj Wahhaj, is the son of a prominent New York Muslim preacher/mullah/imam who is the mentor of leftwing nutter Linda Sarsour and whose mosque was under investigation by NYPD for involvement in terrorism.

THREAD: This week we were given rare access inside the NM compound where authorities think children were getting weapons training to carry out school shootings. This is part of the tunnel that extends out from the property. @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/1tuGlkeHzX

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) August 11, 2018

This is video provided to us showing a side chamber where children were believed to have stayed – off to the right is a small escape opening. pic.twitter.com/3N2UVykx1e

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) August 11, 2018

This is the view from the end of the tunnel with a ladder leading up into the desert about 150 feet away from the compound pic.twitter.com/Mec15XfIvs

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) August 11, 2018

(some of this video looks a lot like Katie Couric’s colonoscopy

but that is a differenct story.)

This is the view from above: the compound appears to have been an attempt at an “earthship” This is where 18 people were living with no access to running water or electricity in the New Mexico desert. pic.twitter.com/CwRpa4lPv6

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) August 11, 2018

The innermost part of the compound is a buried RV. The stench is overwhelming. There are gun boxes, ammo and other signs of the several fire arms taken by authorities. 2 rooms. Hard to imagine small children in here. pic.twitter.com/cv5ItGfONI

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) August 11, 2018

Here’s a quick walk through of the compound and some context from our observations. https://t.co/E3wWiZWg2t

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) August 11, 2018

Recap. Five adults. Eleven cases of child neglect/abuse. A dead body. A possible parental kidnapping. Allegations of the kids being trained to be school shooters.

A state District Court judge ruled Monday that prosecutors in the case against five adults found living on a makeshift compound with 11 malnourished children failed to make the case for keeping the defendants in custody while they await trial.

Judge Sarah Backus said the state, despite assertions by prosecutors that one of the defendants was training the children to attack various institutions with guns, didn’t prove the group was a danger to the community.

After hearing nearly four hours of testimony Monday afternoon, Backus set bond for each of the five defendants at $20,000. It’s a “signature bond,” meaning no money is required up front and would be due only if the defendants violate conditions of release.

I am neither a judge nor a lawyer, but from a layman’s perspective, this is nucking futs. This involves a homicide of some type (apparently the dead boy was killed during the course of an exorcism rite); it involves kidnapping across state lines; it possibly involves domestic terrorism and they are freed on what is essentially their own recognizance.