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To: CondorFlight

FURTHER PROOF OF MY PARANOIA. . .

http://www.newsobserver.com/145/story/483144.html

DURHAM -- "An inmate in the Durham County jail died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.

John Arthur Umstead III, 45, was in a cell on charges of assaulting police officers when he complained of chest pains about 2 p.m., said Capt. Paul Martin of the Durham County Sheriff's Office."

OK, so when, where, and why was he charged with assaulting police officers? Which officers did he assault? (Gottlieb?)

Was he beaten in return? Did he suffer injuries?

Probably there is nothing unusual about all of this. But, OTOH, this is Durham.

Remember Demorris Lee, arrested for "harassment".

If he was related to the famous NC Umstead family (a relative was a governor of the state in the 1940s),
why was he still being kept in jail after 17 days and not out on bail?

Just questions. . . maybe this has nothing to do with anything. . .


372 posted on 09/06/2006 12:25:48 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

Right now, anything is possible....


374 posted on 09/06/2006 12:32:21 PM PDT by old and cranky (You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now!)
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To: CondorFlight

http://www.co.durham.nc.us/departments/elec/votersearch/VoterRecSearchResults.cfm?VRN=000000539410&PA=05

Voter Information:
Voter Registration Number: 000000539410 Party: Democratic
Name: John Arthur Umstead Status: INACTIVE
Residence Address: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Durham, NC 27705 Mailing Address:
Registration Date: May 11, 1982 Precinct: 05
Gender: Male Polling Place: [Currently
Race: Black Or African Ame
Birthplace: NC


375 posted on 09/06/2006 12:36:58 PM PDT by maggief
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To: CondorFlight

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-butner.htm

In 1947, Mr. John Umstead, brother of Governor William B. Umstead, started a move in the North Carolina Legislature for better care of the mentally ill. Camp Butner was purchased by the State of North Carolina from the federal government for one dollar. The state took over the camp and assumed the police and fire services on November 3, 1947. John Umstead Hospital was created out of the abandoned army hospital. The Butner Training School for the mentally retarded open on June 9, 1948 . It was known as "The Colony" and was located on 9th and 10th streets between C and D streets in twelve rows of old army barracks. In 1953, the voters of North Carolina approved a $22,000,000 Bond Issue for Mental Health Projects, part of which was designated to build a new Butner Training School to replace the temporary, military site. Contruction began in mid-1955 as the Butner Training School would see its name changed twice before the era ended. In 1959, shortly after the death of Dr. James Murdoch, the name was changed to Murdoch School and finally in 1963, to the Murdoch Center, a title which better reflected the role and client population of the facility.



Mmmm if he is of these Umsteads (son of a State Rep) DPD might be in deep doo-doo.


377 posted on 09/06/2006 12:40:19 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (quent)
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To: CondorFlight

My guess this is a average everyday police beating. Done by uniformed officers, not detectives.


387 posted on 09/06/2006 1:34:47 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: CondorFlight; Protect the Bill of Rights; maggief; SarahUSC; All

The Durham Police Dept has brought all this speculation upon themselves.

Questioning players without legal counsel.
Asking basic questions of players AFTER indictments
What looks to be false affidavits filed for probable cause
Omitting critical evidence in the presentation to Judge
Line up procedures
Ignoring certain parts of AV's story - like Kim stole her $$
Stating publicly that Crystal had never changed her story
4 months to turn over notes
Magically appearing hyper-detailed notes
Investigator notes that vary wildly on the same subjects
Blinco's
Handling of investigation of Blinco's incident
Cab driver treatment
History of corruption
Past preferential treatment of Gottlieb in police investigations
Addendums to witness statements that benefit the prosecution's case
Delay in interviewing Bissey
Delay in interviewing Cab Driver
Delay in interviewing Jarriel Johnson
DPD's support and endorsement of Nifong
Delay in Drug Testing
Cameras waiting for the players as the show up to provide DNA samples and get photographed.
Patrick Baker's suspicious actions and lies to the press.

In most cases, I avoid speculation that entails cover-ups or institutional corruption, but the partial list above has made that impossible in this case - for me, anyway.

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428 posted on 09/06/2006 7:00:17 PM PDT by Mike Nifong (Somebody Stop Me !)
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