The ACLU is grasping at straws and looking for any little thing they can find that would show the MMP in a bad light.
One thing I need to point out is that cell phones do not work in most of this area, it may not have been possible for him to call someone from where he was. As far as what I understand there were no other MM with him, he was in his own vehicle and I think had gone somewhere for supplies and was returning when he found the woman and child. The MM are using radios here mostly- but since he was not really on patrol when this happened he did not have access to a radio at that time. He should have left them & called it in asap- I guess he either just couldn't bring himself to leave them out like that or he was a plant.