Posted on 11/30/2024 3:24:49 AM PST by Libloather
The mayor of a South Carolina town where the entire police force resigned in anger at local officials has died in a car crash — while being “pursued” and investigated by other law enforcement, according to reports.
McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed when his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe plowed head-on into an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon — just five days after police Chief Bob Hale and his five officers stunned the small town by resigning.
When he crashed, the newly elected mayor “was being pursued” by a Marlboro County sheriff’s deputy, the investigating coroner said.
“The pursuit not related to any laws being broken. The pursuit was taking place in an effort to protect the well-being of Mr. Garner,” the coroner said, without elaborating on what it would be needed. More info on exactly how he died will be released soon, the coroner said.
After his death, it emerged that the mayor was also connected to an active investigation from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division [SLED], sources told WBTW, without detailing what the investigation involved. SLED did not immediately respond to requests for information Friday.
Garner had recently won re-election in the town of about 2,000 residents.
However, his administration was mired in a local crisis when the entire police force quit on Thursday last week, with Chief Hale blaming harassment by an unidentified council member for creating a “hostile work environment.”
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Could be suicide, too. That’s what I thought.
Unless someone messed with his car and he lost control.
“What do you think? Not a strategy for evading arrest. Perhaps a strategy for ending his life?”
Except he wasn’t evading arrest. It’s even stranger. From the article:
“The pursuit not related to any laws being broken. The pursuit was taking place in an effort to protect the well-being of Mr. Garner,” the coroner said”
Sounds like protecting his well being didn’t go so good.
The coroner said....
Well that didn't turn out to good did it? On the other hand Mr. Garner no longer has to worry about his well being any more.
Well that didn't turn out to good did it? On the other hand Mr. Garner no longer has to worry about his well being any more.
What? No SWAT Team?
That seems to be either the norm or the deliberate goal of modern journalism.
https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-mayor-dies-head-on-crash/63033238
The death comes days after the entire police force in McColl resigned.
One officer who resigned said the following, “At the end of the day, I have a family and when my job’s constantly getting threatened and certain things are getting said, I’m not going to stay somewhere and tolerate that.”
THERE IS MORE TO THIS THAN WE ARE BEING TOLD.
Depending on the acreage of the ‘town’-—you have 24 hours X 7 days a week to enforce laws.
No, America has too many journalists who are nothing but 12 year old little girls who journal fantasies in their diaries. What America needs are reporters who report the who, what, where, when, why and how.
And they certainly do not need bored police officers causing trouble.
Generally there is dispatcher coverage 24 hours and they alert who ever is needed if something happens.
"The pursuit not related to any laws being broken. The pursuit was taking place in an effort to protect the well-being of Mr. Garner," the coroner said, without elaborating on what it would be needed. More info on exactly how he died will be released soon, the coroner said... the mayor was also connected to an active investigation from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division [SLED], sources told WBTW, without detailing what the investigation involved... his administration was mired in a local crisis when the entire police force quit on Thursday last week, with Chief Hale blaming harassment by an unidentified council member for creating a "hostile work environment."
Sounds like he was a crook. The harassment & resignations -- sounds like some push was on for some brain-dead DEI policies.
Well...that ought to do it. They were chasing him to try to protect him. Not, apparently, from 18-wheelers.
Sounds like he was suicidal and they were trying to stop him and he ran.
And who know that it’s NOT about them
Now he’s mayornaisse all over the highway.
I think you need a head cop and one deputy
“reporters who report the who, what, where, when, why and how.”
My biggest gripe is that most articles are too long.
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