Posted on 05/20/2002 4:00:34 PM PDT by Shermy
It is amazing how corrupt TN has become and is as you noted. I'm glad that all of my ancestors left TN in the late 1800's and moved west.
Thanks for the feedback. Do you live there?
The good news was that the voters of TN voted against the criminal Goron in Nov. 2000.
Yea 45 years now. Bad politicans are nothing new here. If they weren't crooks before they got elected give them a term and they will be then. I've lived all my life under the Gore's being in Washington. Were in a bad mess now we have a senate canidate being pushed upon us by Washington with historically zero chance of winning. This is for Fred Thompsons seat another disappointment himself. A man who helped bring down the most corrupt administration in our states history turned to Jello in the Committee hearings then disgraced it more with a Not Guilty Vote for Slick Willy in the senate trial.
If the GOP would stop trying to be Democrats we wouldn't be in most of the mess we are in now both on a state and national level. It's not going to change till the people get mad enough to say no more of it and stop settling for second best canidates with less than desirable records on issues.
Works for me -- if they can make a simple assault or robbery carry a longer term because is is classified as a "hate" crime, they could do the same for crimes designed to aid terrorists.
I checked google's news search (don't know how far back it goes) and found nothing when I included "Tennessee" in the search.
All of the google web searches appear to tie closely to the original incident (early last year).
No. Shame on me, I was going to go down to the Shelby County Coroners office and armtwist a look at the report, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's still an open investigation.
But I'm now writing for a new outlet, so I may use that venue to shake the tree a bit. It'd make an interesting teaser for our website, at least.
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Well, sort of. It's really news about O.C. Smith, the Shelby County medical examiner. More after the grand jury indictments all come in, and their term expires, perhaps.
Yep. Per following:
Among his recent cases was the death of Harvard University biologist Don Wiley, whose accidental fall from a Memphis bridge in December fueled fears of terrorist kidnappings. The medical examiner also helped identify the body of Katherine Smith, 49, a state driver's license examiner who was found burned beyond recognition in February the day before a hearing on federal charges of helping five Middle Eastern men obtain fake driver's licenses. No one has been charged in her death.
There's a very real possibility that it wasn't Workman's bullet that killed that cop, and that the attempts to have him executed constitute a deprivation of his civil rights *under color of law.* That could make for some real interesting problems for witnesses who've perjured themselves or concealed exculpatory evidence, or worse. And it's interesting to note where Steve Parker, one of the other cops involved in the Workman case has ended up.
United States Code, U.S. Criminal Code, Section 242. -
Deprivation of rights under color of law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
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