Watch Amish Mafia Season 1 Episode 5 Fall From Grace Online free and Download Amish Mafia Season 1 Episode 5 Fall From Grace Episode show Untrusting of outside law enforcement, some Amish
in Lancaster County, PA have for many years regularly turned to a small
organized group of men for protection and justice. The series provides a
first-ever look at the men who protect and maintain peace and order
within the Amish community in Lancaster. The 2006 School shootings in
Lancaster County during which five young Amish girls were killed and
five more seriously injured by a non-Amish milk truck driver brought to
the nation's attention the vulnerabilities of the Amish community, and
their need for continued protection.
Untrusting of outside law enforcement, some Amish in Lancaster County, PA have for many years regularly turned to a small organized group of men for protection and justice. The series provides a first-ever look at the men who protect and maintain peace and order within the Amish community in Lancaster. The 2006 School shootings in Lancaster County during which five young Amish girls were killed and five more seriously injured by a non-Amish milk truck driver brought to the nation's attention the vulnerabilities of the Amish community, and their need for continued protection.
The veracity of the events depicted on the show has been widely questioned, with The New York Times noting that "[a]n early credit warns of 'select re-enactments'", however the show does not clarify whether scenes are real or staged. The show's closing credits state that "re-creations are based on eyewitness accounts, testimonials and the legend of the Amish Mafia."[1] The show has also been strongly criticized by Amish scholars. Donald Kraybill, an Elizabethtown College professor and prominent researcher of the Anabaptist lifestyle, states that "To call these shows documentaries is a fraudulent lie", and that "(the show) is just sort of an example of the foolishness and stupidity and lies - misrepresentations I should say - that are promoted [about the Amish] in television...These production crews should be ashamed of trying to say that represents Amish life." [16][17] This view is echoed by Donald Weaver-Zercher, Messiah College Professor and Amish expert, who stated that upon initially seeing the trailer for the show, "I thought maybe it was a ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit on reality television because it was so [far-fetched]. My sense is this Amish mafia is about as real as the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in The Office. Several sources agree that the Amish community will not respond as to the credibility of the show's plot due to the fact they are in general a private group that does not get involved with the media.
Untrusting of outside law enforcement, some Amish in Lancaster County, PA have for many years regularly turned to a small organized group of men for protection and justice. The series provides a first-ever look at the men who protect and maintain peace and order within the Amish community in Lancaster. The 2006 School shootings in Lancaster County during which five young Amish girls were killed and five more seriously injured by a non-Amish milk truck driver brought to the nation's attention the vulnerabilities of the Amish community, and their need for continued protection.
The veracity of the events depicted on the show has been widely questioned, with The New York Times noting that "[a]n early credit warns of 'select re-enactments'", however the show does not clarify whether scenes are real or staged. The show's closing credits state that "re-creations are based on eyewitness accounts, testimonials and the legend of the Amish Mafia."[1] The show has also been strongly criticized by Amish scholars. Donald Kraybill, an Elizabethtown College professor and prominent researcher of the Anabaptist lifestyle, states that "To call these shows documentaries is a fraudulent lie", and that "(the show) is just sort of an example of the foolishness and stupidity and lies - misrepresentations I should say - that are promoted [about the Amish] in television...These production crews should be ashamed of trying to say that represents Amish life." [16][17] This view is echoed by Donald Weaver-Zercher, Messiah College Professor and Amish expert, who stated that upon initially seeing the trailer for the show, "I thought maybe it was a ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit on reality television because it was so [far-fetched]. My sense is this Amish mafia is about as real as the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in The Office. Several sources agree that the Amish community will not respond as to the credibility of the show's plot due to the fact they are in general a private group that does not get involved with the media.
