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The Circle - Mobbing Within a Family Business

by Mari
(Kansas)

I have a very unique workplace bullying and mobbing case. My husband is the owner of the company and his older brother is his partner. Many days the workers are close by my home. The worst one of the bullies is my husband's older brother. His bully attitude is quite contagious. His favorite tactic is telling blatant (often ugly) lies to our employees about me.

At times he has even told our workers that I have made accusations against them that I have not made.

This sort of lying gets our employees to join "brother bully" in his hatred toward me and then his mobbing team grows. There have been times that I can not go outside my home without being subjected to all sorts of harassment.

Sadly, I have been the target of some these men in the recent past who went so far as to plot to take my life. They have failed twice. Unfortunately the second time their mob bully (a paroled murderer) took the life of an innocent woman by mistake.

They have close ties to a well connected attorney who also has a strong dislike for me.

He knows all of the proper maneuvers to keep their activities covered. He has connections in the local law enforcement community.

I have been trying to get law enforcement on all levels to help without much cooperation.

The bullies and their attorney use all sorts of tactics to damage my credibility in case there is ever any sort legal action taken against them.

I believe that if they were not guilty there would be no need to go to such lengths to damage my credibility or to silence me with intimidation tactics or worse... to take my life from me.

There have been many years of this kind of mobbing that has taken place in our company. My sister-in-law was shot to death a few years ago. Her death was ruled a suicide. A more accurate ruling would have been bullycide. This kind of behavior is far beyond mere bullying.

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Feb 15, 2009

Kansas Murderous Bullying
by: Anonymous

Having also been bullied in Kansas for many years, I can truly understand what you are saying and I know how scary it is because it is next to impossible to find help. No one believes that these things happen in "sweet little old Kansas" and yet it is a hotbed of criminal bullying activity that the world does not yet recognize. Please contact the Kansas Attorney General's Criminal Division at once. Also, get written, signed documented statements from witnesses and send your story immediately to national investigative teams such as Sixty Minutes, 20/20. (Their websites tell you how to proceede.)

You must get protection. You are in a very dangerous situation. I implore you, please get protection outside your area NOW.

Feb 19, 2009

The "Circle" is a Real Mob
by: Anonymous

Thank you for your advise. I have been aware of the seriousness of this for a very long time. This has been escalating recently and has become unbearable. The mob people who have been targeting me consists of people from my husband's business, his family, his family's attorney and some so called friends. They simply want to force me out. I won't march to the beat of their drum. What is happening is what I will define as a hate crime. They just will not stop. My quality of life is zero because of their attacks on me. They are on a kind of feeding frenzy. I am not the only person who has been a victimized by them. I have watched this mob focus on others for a time and as soon as they get a victory they come back to targeting me again. I am constantly accused of bringing the attacks on myself and lying about what they are doing. I have recently talked to law enforcement making matters worse. If I contact the media I will without a doubt suffer the consequences. These are not just playground bullies. I am not exaggerating when I say Kansas City has a very real mafia and being "snuffed out" is a very real possibility. It would not be the first time. They are dangerous.

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