Tag Archives: Georgia Bureau of Investigation

A jail death at Pelham Pre-Release Center

Megan Matteucci wrote in the AJC Sunday

South Ga. jail under scrutiny after Fulton inmate found dead:

Investigators from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia Bureau
of Investigation will travel to southwest Georgia Monday to survey jail
conditions after the death of a local inmate.

Fabian Avery III, 17, was found dead Friday in his cell at the Pelham
Pre-Release Center, located about an hour north of Tallahassee, Fla.

An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, GBI spokesman John Bankhead told
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Avery was one of several Fulton County inmates being held in Pelham to
alleviate overcrowding in the Rice Street jail. Inmates from Gwinnett,
Johns Creek and Sandy Springs are also housed there.

Agents from the Thomasville regional office of the GBI are investigating
the death, Bankhead said.

Hm, so GBI can investigate jail deaths!

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South Georgia GBI; Roundup of Blacks In Quitman

In the appended post about yesterday’s events in Quitman,
George Rhynes cites the
WCTV
and
WALB
stories.
Curiously, the nearest local daily newspaper,
the Valdosta Daily Times, seems to have nothing online about this.
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At 8:30 AM, I began receiving phone calls from Quitman, Georgia
in the County of Brooks where the County
Sheriffs Office was arresting citizens at random concerning the recent
Absentee Ballot Problems.

These arrests reminded me of the alleged problems Black Voters/Citizens have
had with the GBI harassing them during their investigation before and during
the last run off election.
This included alleged actions by the GBI
Investigators that local citizens complained about intimidation before,
during and after the election. However little or no Public Media
Attention was given to alleged Black Voter intimidation by local media.
Moreover, little to nothing was published in the
FREE PRESS surrounding citizen’s fear from GBI Investigators. This was a
major point of discussion when I along with a local Pastor from Valdosta,
Georgia walked the streets to get a better understanding of what

Brooks County Voters had to go through during the last election.

Today’s arrest will surely end up in the courts.

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