Georgia homicide sparks scandal (They Drew Straws to Murder Patriot AntiCorruptionSheriff)

Baltimore Sun ^ | December 16, 2001 | AP Staff

[MeekOneGOP]

I'll see your bump and I raise you a BUMP!

[Victoria Delsoul]

"Ain't no way in the world they can convict him," said the Rev. Carl Dorsey, Dorsey's first cousin. "First of all, it's not true. If we're going to believe in truth, justice and the American way, he's free."

Amazing… with all the evidence they have against him.

[Fiddlstix]

Thanks for the Ping

[verboten]

I think the "black clergy" is comprised of some of the most corrupt people in our country. They use religion to dictate what their congregation should do. And they will literally sell votes. Blacks are being held back more by their "Concerned Black Clergy" than any other group in this country.

[archy]

This was NOT a case of an old redneck sheriff murdering his replacement. I doubt if there was a racial motivation but the old sheriff who put out the "contract" was black so that erases the old stereotypes.

Not necessarily. Though both the former sheriff and his challenger were black, it should be remembered that Derwin Brown enjoyed support from both the white and black communities, and that the corruption that has flourished under sheriff Sidney Dorsey includes both black and white criminals feeding the Dorsey payoff machine as well. The factions cross colour and family lines, as might be expected when money and power were the motivating factors. But there were those in both the white and black communities who wanted the status quo to remain unchanged so that their own pyramids of power in their respective subcultures would remain unchanged or at least enhanced.

The idea that an honest cop would come along to change all that really terrified some folks who saw their sand castles washed away in the tide of change that Derwin might have brought fourth. Whether those factions took an active role in the murder or not, their tacit support made the reformer's murder do-able in the political climate present in DeKalb County.

[dansangel]

t-shirt: thanks for the flag.

IL: The response of the black community to back Dorsey came as no surprise. The government is so corrupt that blacks are always guaranteed contracts for jobs, even for jobs that are not necessary.

If there is no outpouring of support and the government here in ATL becomes "clean" (whatever that is), all of the freeloaders will not have a meal-ticket anymore.

It was an eggregious insult to the Widow Brown and her family.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I doubt if there was a racial motivation but the old sheriff who put out the "contract" was black so that erases the old stereotypes.

Quite simply, it was a case of a corrupt ex-sheriff trying to keep his butt out of prison. And he knew the new sheriff would be the one to do it. I will wait for events to unfold, but if all is as presented, metro-Atlanta lost a dynamic force when Derwin Brown was murdered.