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Fulton County Sheriff Jackie Barrett said Monday she is investigating whether her second-in-command allowed a rapper to shoot a promotional video in a maximum security wing of the jail last week.On Monday, the sheriff expanded her investigation of jail personnel to include Chief Deputy Caudell Jones, said spokesman Lt. Clarence Huber. Five other deputies face dismissal for allowing Clifford Harris, also known as rapper "T.I.," to make the video, which also featured eight prisoners and a few guards.Caudell said he never approved the filming of a promotional video.Lt. Dwayne Turner acknowledged arranging the 23-year-old hip-hop star's use of the maximum-security...

An armed man who tried to carjack a motorist at a DeKalb County gas station Sunday was killed when the motorist shot at him, police said.DeKalb police said the would-be carjacker, Banarrek Von Clayton, 28, was shot in the leg and later died at Grady Memorial Hospital.The motorist, Brian Dean, 24, told police he was at a gas station in the 4300 block of Glenwood Road at about 3 a.m. when Clayton approached him and threatened him with a gun.Dean then took out his gun and shot Clayton in the leg, said Sgt. Willie Durrett.Clayton was able to drive off...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00078.htm   Bald-Faced Lies About Black Box Voting Machines Thursday, 10 July 2003, 9:56 am Article: Bev Harris Bald-Faced Lies About Black Box Voting Machines and The Truth About the Rob-Georgia File By Bev Harris ** Bev Harris is the Author of the soon to be published book " Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering In The 21st Century "Pre order at… http://www.blackboxvoting.com Scoop.co.nz has now revealed for the first time the location of a complete online copy of the original data set. As we anticipate attempts to prevent the distribution of this information we encourage supporters of democracy to make...

Fighting the good fight ONE HAS TO ADMIRE the sheer gumption and staying power of Wayne Parker, the candidate for Congress in the 11th District who is 99.9 percent sure not to be on the ballot and whom most folks probably wouldn't vote for anyway. His fight is the people's fight, whether they know it or not. Parker, who is from Carroll County, is the treasurer of the state Libertarian Party. He's been beating his head out for months collecting signatures and fighting court battles against stacked odds (stacked by Georgia's two traditional major parties) trying to give voters a...

ELECTION 2002Libertarian loses ballot ruling, will try again in U.S. court Monday By BRYAN LONGAtlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer The Libertarians have one last chance to put Wayne Parker's name on the 11th Congressional District ballot. On Friday, Parker lost his case in Fulton Superior Court, but he will try again Monday morning in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Parker turned in roughly 18,000 signatures --- almost twice the number needed for third-party candidates to get on the ballot. In mid-September the Secretary of State's office said more than 8,400 signatures were not valid and Parker would not be a candidate....

[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 9/30/02 ]ELECTION 2002 SPOTLIGHT: 3rd parties need not apply Georgia sets high bar on ballot access By BRYAN LONGAtlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer More than 18,000 people signed petitions seeking to place Libertarian Wayne Parker's name on the 11th Congressional District ballot. But as of now, voters won't have an opportunity to choose him. Meanwhile, fewer people voted in the Republican primary runoff last month --- 15,622 people. Republican Phil Gingrey won with just over 9,900 supporters and is now raising money and making stump speeches. Parker, despite all his signatures, files court motions in an effort...

September 12, 200211th CIRCUIT UPHOLDS GEORGIA LAWPANEL RUSHES DECISION IN 6 DAYS; IGNORES ALL EVIDENCE On September 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th circuit, released its decision in Cartwright v Barnes, 02-10670, upholding Georgia ballot access for minor party candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.The decision was released six days after the oral argument. There was no reason for the rush; usually decisions take from two to six months, unless there is an emergency.The decision is only two pages. However, even two pages is enough to show that the panel didn't even know what the Georgia law is....

Yes, it's here. TGIED. But there's still time to check the mailbox, fax machine and TV for those late sucker punches that began flying last Friday afternoon.The big one, of course, was Gov. Roy Barnes' burst of TV ads aimed at Sonny Perdue, accusing him of helping "a coldblooded cop killer."Perdue said Barnes was trying to hurt him because he's the front-runner in today's GOP vote for governor. Linda Schrenko and Bill Byrne said Barnes was actually trying to help Perdue by improving the state senator's standing among undecideds. That may be over-thinking the situation.But if not, imagine the possibilities...

LP candidate is poised to make ballot access history in Georgia Wayne R. Parker: May make history.  Libertarian Wayne R. Parker is poised to make history in Georgia, after filing what should be enough signatures to qualify him as the first third-party candidate for U.S. House to appear on the state ballot in 59 years. On August 7, just 20 minutes before the noon deadline, Parker submitted 17,558 ballot access signatures to the secretary of state's office in Atlanta. If at least 9,558 of those signatures are valid, Parker will be the first third-party U.S. House candidate since 1943 to...

BUSH'S DRUG CZAR DINOSAUR IS NO BARNEY You would think that a man with George W.  Bush's, er, familiarity with illegal substances might be sympathetic to calling a cease-fire in America's $50-billion-a-year drug war. But, in Bush's parlance, that would be a "misunderstandimation" of the president. The man who still refuses to discuss exactly how much cocaine he snorted in the 1970s is drawing fire for his nomination of "do-drugs, do-time" extremist John P.  Walters to serve as the nation's drug czar. "Walters is another white male from the conservative Washington, D.C., think tank crowd who supports the 'shoot-first-ask-questions-later' ...

GOVERNOR CLARIFIES DRUG VIEW Johnson: N.M.  Shouldn't Move Alone on Policy SANTA FE -- Gov.  Gary Johnson is unfazed by sharp criticism from fellow Republicans and law officials of his call for a public dialogue on the nation's drug policies. But Johnson said he agrees with some Republicans that New Mexico cannot, on its own, consider decriminalizing or legalizing drugs because the state would risk becoming a haven for addicts. "I would agree with that," Johnson said in an interview.  "We are talking about federal law, and I see this as a national issue." In June, Johnson said the ...