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Franklin Ornelas, aka PedoLibre Audits stopping churchgoers exiting church parking lot in order to film VIN numbers and posting them on two separate channels.

Anti-Religious Harassment For Profit Hits The Santa Clarita Valley

“The cream of the crop rises to the top… but so does the scum” –Anonymous

Franklin Ornelas harassing members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints earlier this year in Westlake Village. Via YouTube.

It’s a beautiful Sunday morning.  Parents arrive early with their children to church while the pastor rehearses his final Sabbath remarks. As smiling Sunday School teachers greet the children, suddenly, masked cameramen dressed in all black arrive in the parking lot and begin taking pictures of the families arriving while hurling insults at the Sunday School teachers.

“F— you Karen,” hollers one cameraman in a black mask as he gives the Sunday School teacher the middle finger and takes a picture of her license plate.  His associate, another cameraman dressed in all black, except a skull-face biker mask, hollers “Allah alyi Akbar” as he stops a car and films the VIN number on the dash through the windshield while waving military signals to others, supposedly hiding in the bushes.  The pastor runs out to see what the commotion is, but the cameramen refuse to identify themselves as they harass and intimidate cars coming into the parking lot, snapping photos of the drivers and their license plates while hurling insults.

Afraid the church is under some attack, or, that some violent protest is about to happen, the pastor calls police and orders the church on lockdown.   Several late-coming church members try and confront the cameramen.  As one of the cameramen tries to take a picture of his children, their father pushes the camera away.  The cameraman sprays him in the face with pepper spray claiming to be the victim of ‘assault’.  By now the police arrive and the father is in handcuffs, while the cameramen gleefully film from the public sidewalk.  They will make about $2,000 from this video.

VIN number posted on SGV First News (blurred)

Congratulations, your church just completed its inaugural “First Amendment Audit” and there is nothing you can do about it.

Or is there?

Last Sunday, several suspicious and intimidating cameramen descended upon three Santa Clarita churches, harassing and intimidating worshippers.  Gathering in front of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on McBean Parkway, and later in north Valencia, the masked cameramen began hurling insults and profanities at church members trying to enter and exit the parking lot, while filming the VIN numbers and license plates numbers on the cars that exited and entered the parking lot.

Jose Gonzalez wearing skull mask during First Amendment Audit. Via YouTube.

“It was really creepy and unnerving,” said one church member.

“I was trying to drive out of the parking lot and this guy approached my vehicle, so I had to stop, and he began draping his camera over my windshield to film my VIN number on my dash,” said another member who wishes to stay anonymous for fear of future harassment from the cameramen.

“They looked like B.L.M. protesters trying to start a fight,” said another church volunteer.

Bishop James Hall commented, “it’s vulgar and it’s crude” in an interaction with the men that they published on YouTube.

The cameramen, dressed in black, refused to identify themselves, but, upon investigation by Los Angeles County Sheriffs and volunteers from the church, were found to be Franklin Jacob Ornelas, of Santa Paula, also known as “PedoLibre Audits” on YouTube, and Jose Armando Gonzalez of La Puente, aka “SGV News First”, also on YouTube.

Jose Gonzalez harassing members in Valencia. Evidence submitted to law enforcement.

Both Frank Ornelas and Jose Gonzalez, in their videos, claim their harassment is constitutionally protected “First Amendment Audits” and they are “educating” the public on the First Amendment, but, to local churchgoers they appear to be at best, chaotic interruptions of worship, and at worst, anti-religious harassment-for-profit.

Ornelas was arrested in Santa Clarita on February 26, 2021, for “disturbing the peace by offensive language.”

First Amendment “auditors” are a community of YouTubers and social media content creators who film their experiences in public areas and their interactions with government and institutional officials to ensure their First Amendment right to free expression and assembly are not being infringed.  The content can range from funny, to serious, to non-sequitur.   Some auditors record humorous interactions as they walk into courthouses dressed like chickens, while others see how far they can go into a police station without having to answer a verbal question before being detained legally, but this new breed of auditor going through the Santa Clarita Valley seems to have crossed the line.

Franklin Ornelas filming in Valencia. Evidence submitted to law enforcement.

“These guys crossed the line from First Amendment auditing to ‘anti-religious-harassment-for-profit’ when they started breaking the law,” said Cardon Ellis, host of Problem Solver Politics on FM98.1, and a witness to the events.  “I have nothing but respect for the First Amendment, and, honestly, some of the content these first Amendment auditors create online can be really funny and start important conversations about our civil rights, but these guys crossed the line from protected free speech into ‘religious-harassment-for-profit’ when they began actively disrupting religious services and blocking traffic in and out of the church’s parking lot… religious minorities have constitutionally protected rights too.”

The Los Angeles County Penal and Vehicle code seems to agree with Ellis’ assessment.

California Vehicle Code 21950(b) states, “no pedestrian may unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while in a marked or unmarked crosswalk” and California Penal Code section 302 states “every person who intentionally disturbs or disquiets any assemblage of people met for religious worship… by profane discourse, rude or indecent behavior, or by any unnecessary noise…is guilty of a misdemeanor.”  And Frank Ornelas and Jose Gonzalez cannot afford any more misdemeanors say watch groups who follow them.

“According to public records, Franklin Ornelas of Santa Paula, is currently out on $75,000 bail in Los Angeles County alone and in Ventura County he would be in jail if it not for their Judicial Diversion program,” says informer Miles Somerset, who follows Frank Ornelas and Jose Gonzalez with a group of online volunteers.

Judicial diversion is another controversial policy championed by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon to “decline prosecution on low-level crimes” and misdemeanors.

“As part of his probation he is not allowed to break any federal, state, or local laws,” warns Somerset.  Unsurprisingly, Jose Gonzalez has live-streamed his support for Gascon and his initiatives.

Ellis points out, “Gascon claims his policy is ‘holistic’… I call it chaotic, and just another reason why people are leaving California.  Gascon literally lets people out of prison to come harass you on your way to church on Sunday and then calls you racist if you complain.”

“That’s the crux of the issue,” continues Ellis, “both the freedom to practice religion freely, and the freedom to express yourself freely, are all protected by the same amendment, so where’s the border between protected freedom of religious assembly, and free expression?  There was a famous case of ‘Fields vs. The City of Philadelphia’ that established filming officers in public is a natural component to free speech and we all remember what happened in 1991 when the Rodney King beating was caught on camera and would never want to restrict the ability of a citizen to ‘police the police’ with a camera, but there’s a difference between holding public figures and servants accountable and harassing private church-goers in a constitutionally protected worship service through tactics of intimidation.”

Fortunately for the churchgoers in Santa Clarita, Frank Ornelas and Jose Gonzalez have amassed just as many enemies as they have online fans, and groups of volunteers and investigators are tracking their harassment of businesses and churches in order to alert targeted organizations ahead of time and providing answers to these questions while also offering support for effected congregations.

Franklin Ornelas auditing police upon arrival to Valencia. Via YouTube.

“Socially, we all know the line between free expression and worship,” says Somerset. He continues, “these guys are scum and are finding a way to profit on clicks and views by harassing common church members.  They speak in a gibberish that is often referred to as “fake Arabic”. They play on stereotypes to evoke fear in their victims.  They also use fake military-like hand gestures to infer they have other people watching and following their commands… Legally, however, as long as they stick to public property and do not stop the function of the public right of way or a religious service they can say whatever vile thing they want to record people’s responses.  But these guys go beyond that sometimes and we are trying to track their misdemeanors and expose their crimes.”

As of the writing of this article, Franklin Ornelas has a court date scheduled for July 28th for his Judicial Diversion and, according to Somerset, “Ventura County doesn’t mess around with this.”

A lot of money is on the line for Jose Gonzalez and Franklin Ornelas.  Socialblade.com, estimates Jose Gonzalez rakes in about $8,600 a month just from his YouTube Channel, not including personal donations and gifts from fans and merchandise sales.  Jose Gonzalez also advertises the equipment he uses to record during his livestreams. Franklin Ornelas and his wife, a Santa Paula School Board member and Santa Paula Police Department Resource Officer, run his YouTube channel “PedoLibre Audits” to the tune of about $500 a month, while simultaneously collecting significant annual income from taxpayer dollars.  Letters of complaint have been submitted to every member of the Santa Paula school board. (See bottom of article)

Social Blade Value of SGV First News. Taken July 17th, 2021

“I actually feel sorry for these guys,” commented Ellis, “Online anti-religiosity, specifically anti-Mormonism is nothing new, because it can be lucrative if you do it right.  We have other anti-Mormons that say just as vile and racist things about us and our church as these ‘auditors’ did but they’re making triple what they do.  John Dehlin, the number one anti-Mormon as of late, got busted this year online for allegations of sexual abuse and racist comments about a popular black Mormon comedian, Kwaku El, and he still managed to make over three-hundred thousand dollars last year in donations…that’s almost triple what these guys pull in!  It’s sad and unfortunate, but there is serious talk in our church about the need for our own version of the Anti-Defamation-League to counter these lies because online defamation always precedes real-world violence and the FBI has been tracking an increase in anti-Mormon hate crimes since 2013. Anti-religious hate broadly, and anti-Mormon rhetoric specifically is getting too common and too profitable…maybe this will be a catalyst for that.”

Volunteers from the church are warning friends in other churches in Santa Clarita and urging any other congregations in the valley to “keep their cool” if confronted by Frank Ornelas, Jose Gonzalez, or any other first amendment auditors that target their churches, because not all audits end so peacefully.  Another “First Amendment Audit” in Los Angeles at a Jewish synagogue, by a cohort of Frank Ornelas and Jose Gonzalez, resulted in gunfire.    They remind congregants harassed by first amendment auditors to:

  1. Always Stay Calm – most auditors profit most off of human reaction for clicks.
  2. Educate Clergy, Volunteers, and Congregants on First Amendment protections and limitations – “Auditors” are allowed to film, and sidewalks and parking lots can be indeed public areas where filming is allowed and protected in some cases, but certain religious activities are also protected.
  3. Audit the Auditors – If the “auditors” violate laws or private property protections, film them and present the evidence to law enforcement.
  4. Preach the Gospel – “Auditors are really uninterested in hearing about Jesus, or hearing you sing hymns. So, killing two birds with one stone by singing them a stirring hymnal or perhaps discussing an inspiring passage from the Book of John seems to be a wildly effective act getting them gone, fast!” declares a church volunteer, laughing.

Last year, a cohort of Frank Ornelas and Jose Gonzalez, a transgender YouTuber who runs a channel called “Furry Potato” with a following of viewers who call themselves “tater-tots,” targeted the Jewish congregation at Beth Shalom in Santa Clarita, as well as Saint Stephen’s in Newhall.  A previous incident with a Marine recruiting office in Valencia led to her arrest and a fine.  Other “audits” by Furry Potato have resulted in gunfire and violence.

If your congregation is harassed by these criminals, please reach out to the KHTS newsroom immediately. Additionally, reach out to YouTube to report any violations of their terms of service in relation to their channels.

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Anti-Religious Harassment For Profit Hits The Santa Clarita Valley

66 comments

  1. I have seen these First Amendment Auditors garbage videos on YouTube,. They are nothing more than lazy cowards that only do this when they are hiding behind a recording video camera. Without their camera, they have no power.

  2. Ridiculous to label these idiots as BLM. They do not represent anything Progressive or Liberal.

  3. While admittedly annoying, as long as they’re staying on public property and not blocking a driveway, what they’re doing is and should remain legal. We should not ever criminalize public photography. That being said, what they’re looking and hoping for is reaction… don’t give it to them. Smile, wave, and move on with your day. This is how you get them to leave.

    • I think standing outside a business, church, or other place, they should be told to leave it be charged with loitering. Also, of they are screaming things at people, stopping their entry or exit, using insulting, nasty, foul language they should be charged with harassment, disorderly conduct, disrupting business, and hindering/obstructing a business.

  4. Maybe they should go bother the Church of Scientology. They love to be filmed… and film.

  5. Christans are a “religious minority”?

  6. They are BLM, just laugh at them so loud and move along. People living in such HATE die on the vine when you laugh at them and ignore them IT DRIVES THEM INSANE!

  7. Franklin Jacob Ornelas – Upcoming Court Dates
    Friday, July 23, 2021 – Ventura
    Wednesday, July 28, 2021 – Ventura
    Wednesday, August 4, 2021 – Ventura
    Wednesday, October 20, 2021 – Los Angeles

  8. The videographers should try this stunt at the UFC Gym, or maybe at the Gracie Jujitsu Academy…..

  9. What a poorly written and researched article. The article makes it seem like these guys just go around targeting religious communities, which couldn’t be further from the truth. The fact is that they don’t break the law (which is why the charges against them continually get dismissed), and their conduct is constitutionally protected.

    Support big government limiting our first amendment rights at your own risk, religious community.

    • What a poorly written and researched comment by Tom (or is this actually Darlie Brewster?). They have plenty of court dates ahead of them for both Felonies and Misdemeanors. Your commentary will not age well.

      • Court dates and convictions are very different things. The two first amendment supporters in this article are far from the first to be targeted by people ignorant of our rights, including the government. Luckily, the attacks rarely stick, and our freedoms are expanded because they fight for them. If you hate freedom, there are plenty of communist countries for you to go to.

        • Felony assault is not a “freedom” the last time I checked.

        • Dude, you’re clearly dealing with the inbred here…if you don’t exercise your rights, you will lose them. What these auditors are doing is God’s work…making sure that corrupt, uneducated and untrained thugs, wearing police uniforms and pieces of tin, don’t violate the rights of the people who pay their salaries through our tax donations. VC, stop sleeping with your brother and do a little research yourself!

          • Hmmm. Churches, businesses, restaurants, neighborhoods, and private citizens are nothing more than bait for these YouTube profiteers to engage the police. They are creating the problem not exposing anything. Sammy, get a dictionary and look up the word sycophant. The definition is you; Sammy. I am exercising my first amendment rights by calling you an uneducated moron with an Oedipus complex. I can tell that because your name is “Sammy”.

            In the meantime, perhaps we tax paying citizens should audit the next Santa Paula School Board Meeting (a government body) and ask Franklin Ornelas’ (“Pedo” Libre) wife Gabriela a few questions. That would be a great 1A audit (use it or lose it as you say). Thanks of the inspiration. I think I will get that set up!

        • Tom’s post did not age well 🙂

          1. 1A YouTuber “Kern County Transparency”: Found guilty in a jury trial last month and sentenced to six months in jail plus one-year probation + Community Service. – Convicted Criminal!

          2. 1A YouTuber “SLO County Observer”: Found guilty in a jury trial last month and sentenced to 45-days in jail plus one-year probation + Community Service. – Convicted Criminal!

          3. 1A YouTuber “PedoLibreAudits”: Found guilty in court last month and sentenced to 1-day in jail plus one-year probation + Community Service. – Convicted Criminal!

  10. Curt is correct. These 1st Amendment Auditors started with filming outside government buildings and defense contractors to advance their cause. Once these institutions understood that they were just looking for a reaction to post on their YouTube channel they realized the solution was to just ignore them. Now they’ve moved on to places of worship to try to get a reaction. Ignore them and they won’t have any video to post. It’s that simple

  11. These church people are a very soft target and these so-called “auditors” know exactly how it’s gonna go down when they show up to harass church moms. And for all their talk about their 1st Amendment rights, why are they choosing to pester random people coming and going from a church meeting? They have a beef with the local minister? No. They’re intentionally and very safely trolling people the way we used to when we were kids, just to get a rise out of people and make $$ on YT. Would be interesting to see what happens if they “audit” a Hells Angels or Mongols MC event. They’re not difficult to find. Prison runs, toy runs, bike shows, Superbowl at the HA clubhouse in Chatsworth – all these are well-publicized. Please go audit them. Maybe go to to Ozone Park in Queens and take pictures and talk trash to some wiseguys outside their social club. Show up with your cameras and talk like a 12 year old brat when they come out to confront you. That’s a video I would pay to see.

  12. Santa Clarita Municipal Code Chapter 11.46. No person shall use any public or private property, public right-of-way, facility or residence for the purpose of motion or still photography without a permit issued

    So… NO, they ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT stand on public property in SCV and make a for-profit video unless they have a permit. That’s a really easy reason for the Sherriff to ask to leave or arrest. Just enforce what’s on the books.

    • The question is: The LA County Sherriff has the video evidence. Will they effect an arrest? Seems like one more arrest and Franklin Ornelas will get his card punched for a free sandwich from Subway. 🙂 –

      Ornelas and Gonzalez – these two are as slimy as they come.

    • Did you actually read the ordinance? The very first exemption in that section is for news media, which is what these auditors fall under. They make money on YouTube incidental to their journalism, much like any news channel or publication makes money from advertising. Your dislike for their stories is not a legal justification for abridging their first amendment rights, just like their dislike for your religion can’t be used to stop you from practicing it. The LA County Sheriffs know this because it has been litigated repeatedly, and their filming has been found to be a clearly established Constitutional right. Arresting these guys touches on one of the few limitations police have on their qualified immunity, and no officer is going to risk his career and salary just because you don’t want your church to be on camera.

      • Having a YouTube channel does not make one a journalist. Washington State Federal Court ruled that fairly recently. These baiters, provokers, harassers are NOT doing any kind of public service to protect rights. They infringe on others rights all day long.
        A REAL “1st amendment auditor” would NOT be harassing, provoking, or baiting. They would be quiet, unobtrusive/non-intrusive, polite and respectful while explaining what their purpose is. They want negative confrontation every time. 😡

  13. Wow,are all your articles this inacurate and full of lies. So pathetic.no services have ever been interrupted, you liars. Such poorly written and selacious garbage, you cowards.

    • Yet the people/perps named in the article are not disputing it; and they have a copy of this article.

      • Faithfully following d lord.

        Actually there disputing it live, and have asked for any reputable news reporting agency to give them equal time to be interviewed, but then you would not be able to piece meal comments from people ( who if they left them the auditors alone and would stop being aggressive with them) believe there rights are the only ones that matters. I have seen all the videos of what they call their sunday fun day and if they had been left alone not bothered, harassed, or have hands put on them specially by clergymen who’s behavior is supposed to be one of love and Christianity. I wouldn’t attend a church that demonstrates a lack of understanding of the teachings of Jesus christ and who behave in a racist manner, make racist comments all while supposedly going in to worship our lord. May the peace of the lord find you and change your heart.

        • Clearly “Faithfully following d lord.” is most likely the creep YouTuber known as Sheep Show; who showed up at the home of a woman and harassed her on camera about her 16-year old daughter and made a wanted sign looking for her 16-year old daughter. CREEPY DUDE! Hide your kids!

          By the way:

          – “there” – you mean they’re?
          – “piece meal” – you mean piecemeal?
          – “them the auditors” – you mean the auditors?
          – “there rights” – you mean their rights?
          – “specially” – you mean especially?
          – “Who’s” – you mean whose?
          – “christ” – you mean “Christ”

          Grammar aside, you clearly have not watched all the Sunday videos. There are now three news stories, one national, that state facts from first hand eye witnesses. You comments lack credibility or foundation. Let’s see what the LA Times comes up with. That story is in the works now.

    • Typical trash from KHTS. It’s why the writers don’t even attach their names. Too embarrassing.

    • You are delusional. Frauditors disrupt businesses disturb the peace, and act like jerks everywhere they go. They don’t give a crap about “rights.” They just want to record a negative confrontation with lots of yelling and acting like the victim. They are babies who never grew up. They are narcissistic sociopaths with anti-social personality disorder, persecution complex, and other MH issues.

  14. 9,174 Views and counting; plus picked up by a myriad of other sites. Not bad! Three other news agencies working on their own stories now (same angle). Definitely interest in exposing these losers. The real Press (not YouTubers using fake Arab gibberish and accents).

  15. Don’t hold you breath on the Judicial Diversion Plan working in the People’s favor. It is a scam to let criminals roam free without punishment. Ventura County Judge Gilbert A. Romero took over Franklin Ornelas Ventura County case from the original judge who approved it (that judge retired). Judge Romero is soft on crime especially for Latinos (his grandmother was a migrant worker and he brags about that in his bio) . he is a Social Justice Warrior and I guarantee he will not care about all the crimes Ornelas has committed since his Judicial Diversion deal. He is a radical Jerry Brown appointed judge backed by George Soros. He will let Ornelas walk free regardless of Diversion program violations. I 100% guarantee it.

    According to public records, luckily Ornelas has 4 other criminal cases ahead of him (one a felony) so hopefully one will stick and he will wind up in jail.

    • Oh boy, you’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel, VC. If that creepy channel and KHTS are where you get your information from, it’s no wonder you’re so misinformed.

      I suppose the part of the video that was supposed to make us weep was the part about “If you are not a citizen, you are hereby advised that conviction of the offense for which you have been charged may have the consequences of deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization pursuant to the laws of the United States (1016.5 PC)”. Since the video has no other discernible content, I assume this is it.

      A quick search of other dockets shows that this is a common advisory given to defendants without assuming anything about their citizenship. If that wasn’t enough for you, you can even see that Ornelas had a conviction for a misdemeanor driving offense in 2017 where the same advisory was issued. Since he wasn’t deported, I suppose that should be evidence that he is, in fact, a citizen.

      Even if he wasn’t, his activism is well within the spirit of Americanism. Based on your comments, you seem more concerned with his ethnicity than his civil rights.

      By the way, the case discussed in the video is for an infraction related to vehicle lighting. People generally don’t get deported for broken taillights, despite what you may wish.

      • Okay Darlie Brewster – I mean Tom. You are delusional if you think what they are doing has anything to do with “Americanism”. Keep trying to convince yourself and your sycophantic followers of that. This is a pure harassment for profit operation. This is about YouTube revenue generation from the “bottom of the barrel” of society who are too lazy to earn an honest living. Arrest and court records for this group clearly show that their actions are not “First Amendment” centric.

        Ornelas has a enough in front of him that something will eventually stick and put him in jail (along with your Ward “Furry Potato) . In the meantime, go back to moderating their harassment videos – I mean First Amendment Audit videos (insert eye roll).

        You are formally dismissed. Yawn.

        • Thanks for not embarrassing yourself by attempting to refute any of the points I made. Instead, you embarrass yourself by calling me by some other name for the second time. When you have no valid arguments to make, this is usually what happens.

          I’m happy to be dismissed from constantly having to correct you. Thanks again.

  16. A YouTuber who is doing a GREAT JOB at exposing these Frauditors is Schrodinger’s Cat (120K Subscribers / Channel link below):

    https://www.youtube.com/c/SchrodingersCatlive/videos

    In fact, the exact two clowns named in this article fought hard to get his channel taken down by filing false copyright claims against him with YouTube because he published a widely watched video exposing them getting arrested (see link below which is now back up). Schrodinger’s Cat won on appeal and he is back to exposing these clowns on a daily basis!

    Title: 1ST Amendment Auditor (SGV News) And His Idiot Friend Got Arrested (74,698 views as of this writing)

    Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGOdC7Z6_hw

  17. When these guys do this, they break several CA laws for which they are never prosecuted:
    California Code, Penal Code – PEN § 415
    California Code, Vehicle Code – VEH § 21970
    California Code, Vehicle Code – VEH § 21950
    Police don’t arrest them, probably because they know the CA district attorneys won’t prosecute.
    VOTE G. SOROS backed DA’s AND JUDGES OUT OF OFFICE. Our future depends upon it.

  18. Regarding Darlie Brewster (formerly David Brewster) of Sherman Oaks, CA, noted in the comments above: She is a trans-woman (assumed pronoun) who is the leader of sorts for this Southern California based ship of fools – all noted in this story (SVG / Jose Armando Gonzalez – Pedo Libre Franklin Ornelas – Furry Potato Steven Perez aka Zhoie Perez, aka Zhoie Smith – and others).

    Her YouTube name is “Mrs Potato” and she is a moderator, fundraiser, propagandist, and agitator for all their respective YouTube channels – she pulls their strings but lacks the courage to come out in the open. She is a desk warrior who raises their funding and by all accounts gives them their orders.

    Interesting she is has been a Disney and WB animator for movies and television that you or your children have likely watched (a few big titles). She was quickly released by Pixar because she could not make the cross-over to digital animation

    • She (pronoun assumed) was recently in the news because Warner Bros deliberately left her name off the credits of Space Jam 2. They later Tweeted her a credit. Warner Bros is aware of Darlie Brewster’s involvement in the Frauditor scam so one might assume that is why they are distancing from her.

  19. Just so you know KHTS , you are going to be sued for defamation. No insults were “hurled” until the auditors were attacked. No one was afraid. No lockdown occurred. No children were filmed. And the skull mask you show was never used at a church. The classic definition of defamation is knowingly publishing false damaging information. Get your lawyers ready.

    • Hilarious.

      – Freedom of the Press (you know, the 1st Amendment) – Oh the irony.
      – You are not a party to a cause of action Candice. You have no standing.
      – You are not an attorney Candice. Attorney’s send letters, they do not post comments in chat.
      – Unless you are a member of that church (which I am 100% confident you are not) you are not a witness.

      At 2:08 AM this must be keeping you up at night. Get a life.

      • The first Amendment doesn’t allow you to lie. You think it does ,but it doesn’t.
        You have multiple parties in this action and they send a letter of demand. All anyone needs to do is to show that you deliberately provided false information to harm or defame. This page has been PDF’ed , the owner researched as right wing media Jeri Seratti-Goldman. It will be established that they have a religiously based hatred towards these people and video that establishes the outrageous religious violence church members committed. Religion doesn’t excuse violence.

  20. KHTS has first amendment rights. I thought you respected that. – Unless you are a party to any action, you are just blowing smoke. Unless you are a first hand witness, you are just blowing smoke. Keep dreaming.

    Freedom of the Press! – Audit the Frauditors!

  21. If you want the truth have a interview with the auditor instead of making bs lies.

    • That would be a futile interview Sam. I doubt the reporter(s) speak fake Arabic or know fake military hand signals so there would be an intellectual communication gap. Plus with the only cogent quotes from these two clowns would likely be “is that down” and “Sick-ass-foo” which would make for a repetitive point of view for the readers.

      I think that the fact based story is good as is. In addition, the Epoch Times and the Acorn, which link to this original story, has reported many of the same facts.

      • A very special thank you to YouTuber Tatonka Peach (Jennifer) who has been an incredible source of information (check out her channel and support her by subscribing). Jennifer’s intel on these clowns (Pedo Libre and SVG) has been invaluable (Great undercover work).

        Jennifer, the San Diego Union Tribune may be in contact with you soon for a story. Appreciate your cooperation and bravery. With your husband being an attorney, perhaps he can also participate in the interview from a legal perspective.

        Thanks for speaking up!

  22. All these 2 guys do is harass people with their cameras. One of these days they are going to harass the wrong person and things will not turn out so good.

    • Yep. Sooner rather than later. They actually harassed fire stations this past weekend (along with two new churches). They are all mouth and several videos show them cowering when confronted by people not taking their verbal abuse and standing up to them. The short guy, Franklin Ornelas, is 100% mouth (he is in the USA on a Green Card by the way). Get this, he has a wife and three daughters yet spends almost every waking moment of his time with SVG News First (Jose Armando Gonzalez). On weekends he is up all night and into the day harrasing people. Father of the year material he is not (Remember, his moniker is “Pedo” Libre). A scumbag that has abandoned his daughters to rampage the streets, high on weed, to harass churches and children (while tattooed with the face of the devil on his left arm). Homeland Security: DEPORT Franklin Ornelas please.

  23. YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvy5M9_lDCs

    This is a good YouTube video made by another 1A Auditor covering this KHTS News Story. He and the majority of his followers/commenters clearly are against the harassment of churches and citizens perpetrated by Franklin Jacob Ornelas and Jose Armando Gonzalez. I encourage anyone to watch.

    • More YouTube lawyers who think they know more than the police and prosecutors. Get back to us when SGV or PLA gets convicted for a crime. Until then, keep crying. It’s fun to watch.

      • Getting back to you. Your comments did not age well Tom! 🙂

        Update: “Pedo Libre” (aka Franklin Jacob Ornelas) was convicted on Friday August 5 in LA Superior Criminal Court for crimes centered around the harassment of another church. His sentence is as follows (LA Superior Criminal Court Case Number: 1VW00149):

        1. SUMMARY PROBATION 1 YEAR(S)
        2. 1 DAY(S) IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAIL
        3. COMMUNITY LABOR 5 DAY(S) – Freeway Trash Pickup? 🙂

  24. hahaha sgv is based. Exposing the corrupt churches. Stop trying to make this into some sort of anti religion thing

  25. Update: The super short one (“Pedo Libre” aka Franklin Jacob Ornelas) was convicted on Friday August 5 in LA Superior Criminal Court for crimes centered around the harassment of another church. His sentence is as follows (LA Superior Criminal Court Case Number: 1VW00149):

    1. SUMMARY PROBATION 1 YEAR(S)
    2. 1 DAY(S) IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAIL
    3. COMMUNITY LABOR 5 DAY(S) – Freeway Trash Pickup? 🙂

    The larger sasquatch looking guy with the long beard is: Jose Armando Gonzales (aka: “SGV News First”. He is currently out on $70,000 bail for Felony Assault of a citizen he was filming last month (which he posted on YouTube). He posted a long YouTube video BEGGING his followers to pay for his bail.

  26. What kind of station is KHTS? Obviously a religious one. Has to be to write an article like this so biased. Seems this station is against the 1st Amendment. Nothing these auditors do is against the law. They are doing something that is protected under the Constitution so if you think this is a bad thing, you are truly unAmerican and need to move to N Korea. The cops hate these guys because they are making sure they don’t violate anyone’s rights, so they freely arrest and charge them with some frivolous “crime.” The cops know nothing will happen to them personally so making an arrest is easy for them. The charges are always dropped but by arresting them they are actually doing them a favor because it increases their YouTube views and pay check and sometimes costs the taxpayers in paying out a few grand in a lawsuit.

    You quoted some bonehead who said “They looked like B.L.M. protesters trying to start a fight.” Why would you even post such a racist comment? Seems like posting that quote and this article is just to get views; just like you claim the auditors are doing this for.

    If you don’t support people standing up for the 1st Amendment then you too should take your station to N Korea.

    • Blah, blah, blah… You just encapsulated the same old tired talking points all ‘Frauditors’ and their supporters use. How is your Kool-Aid? There is no “education” of 1A taking place ever with these morons! Show me one time these morons have ever “educated” anyone. This crew of SoCal ‘Frauditors’ are all criminals / scammers – Full Stop:

      1. 1A YouTuber “Kern County Transparency”: Found guilty in a jury trial last month and sentenced to six months in jail plus one-year probation + Community Service. – Convicted Criminal!
      2. 1A YouTuber “SLO County Observer”: Found guilty in a jury trial last month and sentenced to 45-days in jail plus one-year probation + Community Service. – Convicted Criminal!
      3. 1A YouTuber “PedoLibreAudits”: Found guilty in court last month and sentenced to 1-day in jail plus one-year probation + Community Service. – Convicted Criminal!

      Pending:

      4. 1A YouTuber “SGV News First”: Four trials pending now.
      5. 1A YouTuber “Downey Transparent Eye”: One trial pending now.

      + Too many others to name who are in the same position.

      The only 1A “Education” happening is in the courtroom where these morons are learning that they have no idea what the law means. DAs, Judges, and Juries are “educating” them.

      Read the news stories on these two particular morons in the following Newspapers (same stories and summations):
      1. Agoura Acorn Press
      2. Epoch Times

      KHTS got it right.

      Drink up!

  27. Very few people here understand 1A audits and the purpose. We need more of them. Furry was the best.

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