{"id":1196,"date":"2011-12-27T15:11:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T20:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/from-macon-patrick-davis-provides-insight-into-the-quitman-10-case.html"},"modified":"2011-12-27T15:11:50","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T20:11:50","slug":"from-macon-patrick-davis-provides-insight-into-the-quitman-10-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/from-macon-patrick-davis-provides-insight-into-the-quitman-10-case.html","title":{"rendered":"From Macon, Patrick Davis provides insight into the Quitman 10 case"},"content":{"rendered":"While the Valdosta Daily Times, WCTV, and WALB remain silent\nabout the Quitman 10,\nand all you hear on local TV is\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/12\/da-joe-mulholland-on-fox-news-on-the-quitman-10.html\">\nthe D.A. giving his opinion of the case<\/a>,\nin faraway Macon Patrick Davis digs into more things we should be hearing.\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/12\/da-joe-mulholland-on-fox-news-on-the-quitman-10.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/cdn2-b.examiner.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/profile_large\/hash\/fb\/84\/fb844c90188e6d11da4aad87cccf0212.JPG\"><\/a>\nPatrick Davis wrote yesterday for the Macon Political Buzz Examiner,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/political-buzz-in-macon\/jim-crow-politics-on-display-as-brooks-county-absentee-case-proceeds\">\nJim Crow politics on display as Brooks County absentee case proceeds<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nBrad Shealy, who had been the long-time chairman of the Brooks Board\nof Education faced the prospect of being voted out as chairman and\nwitnessing a majority-black Brooks County Board of Education for the\nfirst time ever.\n<p>\nShealy lost his position when new leadership was elected in January\n2011.\n<p>\nShealy&#8217;s day job is the assistant district attorney under J. David\nMiller who originally started the investigation back in the late\nsummer of 2010.\n<\/blockquote>\nExcuse me?\nThe former Brooks County school board chairman works for the D.A.&#8217;s office?\nAnd the D.A. is going on TV for pre-trial propaganda in the case?\n<p>\nPatrick Davis asks the obvious question:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nIs this classic retribution politics and prosecutorial misconduct?\n<p>\nThis connection between Shealy and Miller deserves more scrutiny from\nthe public and possibly federal authorities, but local media in Valdosta\nand Albany have stayed away for now.\n<p>\nHowever, Shealy is poised to reclaim his former chairman seat in early\n2012 with the help of the Mullholland&#8217;s indictment and the power of\nGovernor Nathan Deal to remove officials who are under indictment.\n<\/blockquote>\nWhat could possibly go wrong?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Valdosta Daily Times, WCTV, and WALB remain silent about the Quitman 10, and all you hear on local TV is the D.A. giving his opinion of the case, in faraway Macon Patrick Davis digs into more things we should be hearing. 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