FlintTalk.com

Political Talk :: RE: Another "justice for trayvon incident perhaps"?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 1:47 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

I DON'T SEE THE CONNECTION TO TRAYVON MARTIN. DON'T EXPECT ME TO REPRINT EVERY STORY OF A WHITE PERSON VICTIMIZING A BLACK PERSON.

Political Talk :: Another "justice for trayvon incident perhaps"?

Author: twotap
Subject: Another "justice for trayvon incident perhaps"?
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:42 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) � Police have arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings in Mississippi that prompted warnings a fake officer might be pulling over victims.

Authorities said early Friday that the fears of an impostor turned out to be unfounded. Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain told The Associated Press that the suspect, James D. Willie, 28, had not been posing as a police officer in the shootings.

Willie was being held on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and rape and would be formally charged with two counts of capital murder, Strain said. He was being held at the Tunica County jail in north Mississippi.

Willie was arrested Tuesday morning when authorities responded to a disturbance at an apartment. Tunica police found Willie with a woman who claimed he had raped her, a news release said. When Willie was arrested, authorities found a 9mm Ruger in his possession. Ballistic testing later found that it was the same gun used in the two highway shootings, authorities said.

Strain said Willie is a convicted felon, but he did not have details about his previous arrests.

Thomas Schlender, 74, of Raymond, Neb., was found dead in his car on Interstate 55 in Panola County on May 8 around 1:30 a.m. Lori Anne Carswell, 48, of Hernando, Miss. was found dead near her car on Mississippi Highway 713 in nearby Tunica County about 2:15 a.m. on May 11.

[/img] [img][/img]
_________________
Who put liberals in
charge, making them the final authority on what is right and acceptable?

Nukes are our friend! Brought my Dad back from the Pacific alive

Political Talk :: RE: POLICE NOW ON GARCIA CYCLE

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 7:21 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 4

Will police start refusing overtime? What happens when mandatory overtime is created?

Officers using vacation and annual time or even a day will not get overtime unless they work an inordinate amount of hours in that pay cycle (2 week).

the gangs have stressed to residents to stay out of harms way as this summer will be a bad one.

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 7:12 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

This case is related and another part of the allegations of false arrest by the Mt Morris Township police and the prosecution by Leyton that was dismissed.

This case is a going to a hot topic for Genesee County in the future.

Case number: FYO1000288

Plantiff: STATE OF MICHIGAN , VS Defendant: TYLER , GEMALE MONDEZ
Attorney: P35086 LEYTON ,DAVID S Attorney: P NOT ON ATTORNEY FILE

Judge/Magistrate: CHRISTOPHER ODETTE
Circuit Judge: ARCHIE L HAYMAN

FELONY CRIMINAL Page 01 of 03
Case Register of Actions
04/06/2010 COMPLAINT SWORN - WARRANT AUTHORIZED
04/06/2010 ORIGINATING AGENCY MI2584500
04/06/2010 DATE OF OFFENSE 04-01-2010
04/06/2010 PLACE OF OCCURRENCE MT MORRIS TWP
04/06/2010 COMPLAINT NUMBER 10-1301
04/06/2010 FELONY CT I ASSAULT WITH DANGEROUS
04/06/2010 WEAPON (FELONIOUW ASSAULT) 750.82
04/06/2010 INVESTIGATING OFFICER-DEPT OFC MCCURDY , MT MORRIS TWP

04/06/2010 RACE/SEX B,M
04/06/2010 WARRANT CHARGE 1399
04/06/2010 TRANSACTION CONTROL NO. EO10102542M
04/03/2010 ARRAIGNED BY JUDGE ODETTE
04/03/2010 RETAIN ATTY.
04/03/2010 PRE-TRIAL 04-09-2010 08:30 FEL ASSLT
04/03/2010 PRELIMINARY EXAM 04-13-2010 08:30 FEL ASSLT
04/03/2010 BOND SET 10,$2000
04/03/2010 NO CONTACT WITH VICTIM
04/07/2010 PAID CASH BOND 10% R# 018123136, $ 200.00

04/09/2010 PRE-TRIAL 04-23-2010 @ 8:30
04/09/2010 PRELIMINARY EXAM 04-27-2010 @ 8:30
04/23/2010 LEAVE ON EXAM 04-27-2010 09;00 -----
04/27/2010 CASE DISMISSED CT I/W/OUT PREJUDICE
04/27/2010 NO OUTSTANDING BONDS
04/27/2010 NO OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
04/27/2010 DISPOSITION TO LANSING CT I
04/28/2010 CHECK ISSUED $ 200.00 0148866 TYLER /K2
04/29/2010 CASE CLOSED

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 6:53 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

THERE IS SPECULATION BY SOME INVOLVED IN THE CASE THAT THE AGGRESSIVENESS OF THE PROSECUTION IS IN PART RELATED TO THIS CASE WHERE A PASTOR ALLEGES EXCESSIVE FORCE, AND FALSE ARREST.

OPEN CASE REGISTER OF ACTIONS 05/18/12 PAGE 1

12-097918-CZ JUDGE FARAH FILE 03/30/12

GENESEE COUNTY

P 001 TYLER,GEMALE, VS D 001 TOWNSHIP OF MT MORRIS,,

5447 BICENTENNIAL DRIVE

MT MORRIS MI 48458

ATY:LUBKIN,F. ANTHO

P-32740 248-496-5222

P 002 TYLER,GENERAL, VS D 002 ASHLEY,ALBERT,

C/O-MT MORRIS TWP POLICE,,

5447 BICENTENNIAL

MT MORRIS MI 48458

ATY:LUBKIN,F. ANTHONY

P-32740 248-496-5222

P 003 TYLER,NAPOLEON, VS D 003 HITE,DOUGLAS,

C/O-MT MORRIS TWP POLICE,,

5447 BICENTENNIAL

MT MORRIS MI 48458

ATY:LUBKIN,F. ANTHO

P-32740 248-496-5222

P 004 TRUE TEMPLE OF GOD,, VS D 004 JOHNSON,DAVID,

C/O-MT MORRIS TWP POLICE,,

5447 BICENTENNIAL

MT MORRIS MI 48458

ATY:LUBKIN,F. ANTHO

P-32740 248-496-5222

D 005 BRECKENRIDGE,DIANE,

C/O-GENESEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPT,,

420 W FIFTH ST

FLINT MI 48503

D 006 CENTERS,RODNEY,

4760 N JENNINGS

MT MORRIS MI 48458

D 007 MC CURDY,PAUL,

C/O-MT MORRIS TWP POLICE,,

5447 BICENTENNIAL

MT MORRIS MI 48458

D 008 GENESEE COUNTY DEPT OF,,

420 W FIFTH AVE

FLINT MI 48503

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 6:40 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

Judicial Tenure Commission investigates Judge Kenneth Post
.

By PEG MCNICHOL

The Holland Sentinel

Posted May 11, 2012

Holland �

The fallout from 58th District Judge Kenneth Post�s decision to jail a Stanton lawyer in December continues .

Stanton attorney Scott Millard and 58th District Chief Judge Bradley Knoll formally have asked Michigan�s Judicial Tenure Commission to investigate the incident.

Knoll said his request was �the only real vehicle I would have for passing along facts that I had that perhaps attorney Millard did not have, so that the Judicial Tenure Commission would get the full story and give them a basis for proceeding with their investigation.�

Knoll mentioned the investigation request during a court hearing to review whether Post, judge at the Hudsonville district court, should continue to recuse himself from hearing Millard�s cases. Knoll told Post not to preside over any of Millard�s cases until the commission�s investigation is done.

Knoll said his investigation request is the first in his career.

�As chief judge and after consulting with other judges, I thought that it would be appropriate to pass along information that I had to the Judicial Tenure Commission in the form of a request for an investigation,� Knoll said Friday.

Millard landed in jail on a contempt of court charge after he and Post tangled in court over whether Post�s questions to Millard�s client violated Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights � the right to remain silent so as not to incriminate oneself and the right to have proper legal representation .

Miriam Aukerman, a Grand Rapids-based ACLU attorney who in December filed a legal brief supporting Millard, said criminal defense lawyers are very interested in the outcome of the commission�s investigation of Post because �it�s a real dangerous precedent if defense attorneys are worried about getting thrown in jail for doing their jobs.�

She said the Judicial Tenure Commission exists as part of �a system to make sure judges are accountable to the public for their conduct.�

Those who request commission investigations are barred from discussing the details, but Knoll said the reason for his filing was �the incident itself and the notoriety associated with it. I thought it was appropriate that the Judicial Tenure Commission receive the knowledge I have regarding it so they would have the full story, in fairness to Judge Post and the other parties involved.�

Calls and an email to Millard�s attorney, Josh Blanchard, were not returned as of press time.

� Follow this reporter on Facebook and on Twitter @SentinelPeg.

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 6:30 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

The judge has placed himself in a precarious position. By refusing to recuse himself when the courtroom proceedings revealed his role as such an active one in the case has placed him in a possible situation for a Judicial Tenure Commission complaint.

This will not be the first time Judge Hayman has been in a confrontational situation. There were complaints filed against him over the Flint District Court magistrate issue and whether or not he violated the law when he appointed a non Flint resident to be magistrate.

The issue has been discussed all over the city and faxes were distributed, allegedly by someone in the prosecutors office, that gave details of the allegations.

Hayman was dismayed theat newspaper owner Mike Killbreath had read the complaint to the Atorney Grievance Commission and called MacMillan a liar. The testimony of Collison also tended to dispute any allegations that an entire table had continuously used the guilty word. Hayman was also surprised when he was told the Flint Journal was present.

Political Talk :: RE: BROWN-WILLIAMSON NOT INDEMNIFIED

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:36 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 2

Flint emergency manager reaffirms demand of $4.5 million from former Mayor Don Williamson in Citizens Service Bureau case

Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 2:01 PM Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 3:03 PM

By Kristin Longley | klongley1@mlive.com

FLINT, MI -- Flint emergency manager Michael Brown has reinforced the city's demand that former Mayor Don Williamson pay a $4.5-million judgment in the Citizens Service Bureau lawsuit.

Brown signed a resolution Tuesday denying Williamson immunity for his actions related to the case and renewed a push for the city's legal department to pursue collection of the legal judgment.

The money was awarded in 2011 to 48 police officers who successfully sued the city for discrimination under Williamson's administration. A panel of arbitrators ruled that race was a factor when Williamson promoted four black men and one white woman to a special police unit called the Citizens Service Bureau in 2006.

The question is: Will the courts agree with the city's position that Williamson is personally responsible for his actions related to this case while he was mayor?

A local ordinance requires the city to indemnify, or hold harmless, its public officials for their actions �while acting within the scope of (their) authority."

Brown's resolution says that, based on the findings of the arbitrators assigned to the case, Williamson "was not acting in good faith or within the scope of his employment."

Williamson referred all questions to his attorney, George Peck, who could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

Williamson has said he will fight the demand.

In the meantime, the city and the police officers reached an agreement for payment of the judgment as the city pursues its collection attempt.

The city already made a first payment of $1 million out of an insurance policy the city has for legal judgments. The officers are supposed to get another $1 million this year and the rest of the award in 2013.

Political Talk :: RE: Will Flint face a long violent summer?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:31 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 65

32 Flint firefighters pink-slipped as city awaits word on federal SAFER grant

Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 4:28 PM

By Kristin Longley | klongley1@mlive.com

View full sizeRyan Garza | MLive.com file photoA Firefighter's coat sits on a chair next to a firetruck at Flint station 5 on the city's east side.
FLINT, MI -- Thirty-two of the city's 83 Flint firefighters received layoff notices this week as the city's federal grant for the fire department nears its end.

If the pink slips go into effect, the firefighters will be off the job June 9 -- the same day the Staffing For Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) grant expires.

If the grant is renewed, some or all of the layoff notices would be rescinded, said Jason Lorenz, public information officer under emergency manager Michael Brown.

An application for renewal is pending with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but the city doesn't expect to hear anything before the end of June, he said.

"We're at their mercy," said Trent Farnsworth, president of the Flint firefighters union. "We really believe we have a favorable application that should be looked upon as such, but it's anyone's guess."

City officials said the staff reduction would lead to a fire department reorganization that could include closing or cutting back hours at two fire stations in a city with one of the nation's highest arson rates, according to FBI statistics.

As of the beginning of May, Flint already had more than 260 structure fires, officials said.

If the layoffs go into effect, the department would have about 50 personnel, a number Farnsworth said is not up to national standards for fire suppression.

"We'll go ahead and put these fires out anyway," he said. "There will be adverse results from that. Injuries or worse."

Lorenz said the layoff notices only went out because the grant is expiring.

"If we get word about the grant before then, some or all could be rescinded," Lorenz said.

Brown has said the city tried to preserve public safety as much as possible in the 2013 budget cuts. The grant actually pays for 39 officers but only 32 received pink slips.

Still, Farnsworth said the firefighters union agreed to 20 percent concessions with Brown's bargaining team in April, and he feels "hoodwinked." He said the firefighters are proposing ways to boost revenue for the department, including a new fee schedule for billing insurance companies.

As for the federal grant renewal, Farnsworth said he's optimistic.

"We have high hopes," he said, "but you never know."

Political Talk :: RE: Will Flint face a long violent summer?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:28 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 65

Flint police identify Thursday's homicide victim as 47-year-old Harold Darwin Geary

Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 7:46 PM Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 9:21 PM

By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com

FLINT, MI -- A man found dead this morning in a Jeep Cherokee on Dewey Street has been identified as 47-year-old Harold Darwin Geary, according to a press release.

Police were called to Dewey, between Industrial Avenue and North Street, around 8 a.m. in reference to a body slumped over inside the vehicle.

Officers discovered Geary dead at the scene with a gunshot wound.

Flint police Lt. Marcus Mahan said the victim had been discovered by a City of Flint Department of Public Works employee.

Police have made no arrest at this time, and no information of what may have lead to the shooting was made available. The investigation is ongoing, according to police.

Anyone with information on the incident has been asked to call Sgt. Brett Small at 810-237-6917, Flint police at 810-237-6800 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-5245.

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:05 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

Order in the Court - Michigan Courts

courts.michigan.gov/lc-gallery/order-in-court.htm

The judge must see that the trial is conducted in an orderly manner and according to prescribed rules and laws. ... The clerk is an officer of the court and records a summary of what happens in a case as well ... The bailiff opens and closes the court each day and attends to the jury by sitting ...

COURTROOM CLERK

The clerk sits to one side of the judge. The clerk is an officer of the court and records a summary of what happens in a case as well as orders made by the court during the trial and the verdict at the end of the trial. The clerk also administers the oath or affirmation to jurors and all witnesses before they testify and marks all exhibits when they are received in evidence.

BAILIFF

A bailiff is a police officer who is charged with keeping order in the courtroom during a trial. The bailiff opens and closes the court each day and attends to the jury by sitting outside the jury room while the jury is deliberating on a verdict. Jurors should comply with requests of the bailiff while in the bailiff's charge.

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:48 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

In the past the court hired retired police and sheriff deputies to be bailiffs. Since that position has been cut for budget reasons, the Judicial Advisory Assistants (law clerks) are being deputized as sheriff deputies and allowed to do bailiff duties without much training. Under questioning from Hayman, it appeared that Hayman did not believe his bailiff/law clerk understood his bailiff responsibilities completely.

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:43 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

One concern that I had during the proceeding was that Judge Hayman refused to recuse himself from the case. MacMillan indicated he spoke to Hayman when he returned from the restaurant, but Yuille's law clerk indicated MacMillan called from the court. There was an in camera review when the jury returned and some jurors were questioned.

PARDON ME JUDGE, BUT YOUR BIAS IS SHOWING!

Hayman insisted he could remain impartial, however he questioned the witnesses in a far more demanding fashion than the prosecutor assigned to the case. Also formerly assistant prosecutor Gwinn was assigned to the case, but in todays proceedings the Prosecutor sen his number 2 guy, Randy Petrides. at oe point the judge seemed to be reading a comment that I don't believe was discussed in today's proceedings.

Another judge should have heard the case. In the court of public opinion, Hayman did not fare well in the courtroom today.

One question is why were we even there? Also, did Brian MacMillin really sign affidavits that he waited two weeks to file a complaint because he had discussed the case with a number of attorneys and been advised to pursue the issue?

Political Talk :: RE: DISHONOR IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, DYSFUNCTIONAL JUSTICE?

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:30 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 13

It appears the incident took place in Tommy Z's and not the Halo Burger.
Attorneys all over town have been discussing the incident and some attorneys received faxes that detailed the allegations.

Flint attorney facing criminal contempt charge after alleged incident at Flint Original Coney Island

Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 7:00 PM

By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com

FLINT, MI -- A Flint attorney is facing criminal contempt of court charges after a Genesee Circuit Court law clerk accused him of making improper comments in front of a jury at Tom Z's Flint Original Coney Island restaurant.

Testimony was heard today in Genesee Circuit Judge Archie L. Hayman's courtroom on charges that attorney Anthony Lubkin made improper comments in front of a seated jury that was at the restaurant eating lunch.

A number of other Flint attorneys observed Thursday's proceeding, with some commenting on the rarity of an attorney facing criminal contempt charges.

Hayman's law clerk and bailiff, Brian MacMillan, informed Hayman that he heard who he believed to be Lubkin say "guilty" in front of the jury at the restaurant on April 12.

The jury was hearing the murder trial of Thomas Lee Jones in Hayman's courtroom. The jury convicted Jones in the murder of Amanda Lamson on April 18.

Executive Director of the Flint Area Chamber of Commerce Lydia Simon, who was at the restaurant with Lubkin at the time of the alleged incident, testified that Lubkin said, "She's guilty," in reference to a legal discussion she was having with him.

She denied that Lubkin directed the comment toward the jury.

MacMillan testified that he confronted Lubkin in the restaurant after he heard the "guilty" remark.

"I made it clear to him that he should not be speaking to the jurors," MacMillan testified.

"What, I can't say the word guilty?" Lubkin responded according to MacMillan. "What if I say the word innocent?"

When she was questioned by Hayman today, Simon testified she could not recall Lubkin responding in such a way to MacMillan.

The hearing is expected to continue Friday morning with Lubkin's attorney, Robert Fleming, saying his client could possibly take the witness stand.

Political Talk :: RE: POLICE NOW ON GARCIA CYCLE

Author: untanglingwebs
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:15 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 4

There may be no cuts in police. Does that mean more cuts in Local 1600 when their layoffs are announced next week?