{"id":2555,"date":"2010-12-22T15:12:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T20:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/south-georgia-gbi-roundup-of-blacks-in-quitman.html"},"modified":"2010-12-22T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T20:12:28","slug":"south-georgia-gbi-roundup-of-blacks-in-quitman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/south-georgia-gbi-roundup-of-blacks-in-quitman.html","title":{"rendered":"South Georgia GBI; Roundup of Blacks In Quitman"},"content":{"rendered":"In the appended post about yesterday&#8217;s events in Quitman,\nGeorge Rhynes cites the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/news\/headlines\/Brooks_County_Roundup_Targets_Voter_Fraud_112254164.html\">WCTV<\/a>\nand\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walb.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=3D13719790\">WALB<\/a>\nstories.\nCuriously, the nearest local daily newspaper,\nthe Valdosta Daily Times, seems to have nothing online about this.\n-jsq\n<blockquote>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/PIEN5k1JP20\/1.jpg\">\nAt 8:30 AM, I began receiving phone calls from Quitman, Georgia\nin the County of Brooks where the County\nSheriffs Office was arresting citizens at random concerning the recent\nAbsentee Ballot Problems.\n<p>\nThese arrests reminded me of the alleged problems Black Voters\/Citizens have\nhad with the GBI harassing them during their investigation before and during\nthe last run off election.\nThis included alleged actions by the GBI\nInvestigators that local citizens complained about intimidation before,\nduring and after the election.  However little or no Public Media\nAttention was given to alleged Black Voter intimidation by local media.\nMoreover, little to nothing was published in the\nFREE PRESS surrounding citizen&#8217;s fear from GBI Investigators.  This was a\nmajor point of discussion when I along with a local Pastor from Valdosta,\nGeorgia walked the streets to get a better understanding of what\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kvci.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/brooks-county-election-gbi.html\">\nBrooks County Voters had to go through during the last election.<\/a>\n<p>\nToday&#8217;s arrest will surely end up in the courts.\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nHowever I do not believe\nJUSTICE will or can be served in the Southern Jurisdiction of Georgia.  This\nhistorical and unfair South Georgia Justice System has never been fair to\nBlacks and no change is in sight.  In fact since the election of President\nBarack Obama things have gotten extremely worst at all levels of\ngovernment.  See\n<a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=3930808120854021155#\">\nthe Video concerning South Georgia Justice System and who is in power.<\/a>\n<p>\nThis communication is to inform all Georgia Citizens, American Citizens,\nTelevision, News Papers, Radio stations, Radio Talk Shows, Civil Rights\nOrganizations, and others so this will NOT be buried beneath the rubbish\npile of a WHITEOUT MEDIA.  The people of South Georgia need a real FREE\nPRESS that\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kvci.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/valdosta-city-council-omission-citizen.html\">\nwill report the factual truth<\/a> and not keep it away from the eyes\nand ears of the general public.\n<p>\nI have often addressed the WHITEOUT media in our area and that something\nneeded to be done along the lines of equal access to the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kvci.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/economic-oppression-in-valdosta-georgia.html\">\nECONOMICALLY\nOPRESSED people here in South Georgia that includes Valdosta-Lowndes County<\/a>\nas well.\n<p>\nPlease understand that South Georgia is in severe need of adequate news\ncoverage of what goes on in our beloved community along the great social,\neconomic, and racial divide.  These Brooks County arrests did not come as a\nsurprise to any of us that know the unfair history of this area.\n<p>\nMost noteworthy is that these problems have been presented to the United\nStates Justice Department but the same people that were arrested have lost\nfaith in even them providing any help in their case.  Therefore these sad\nconditions in South Georgia have existed for well over 40 years without hel=\np\nfrom any one.\nhttp:\/\/kvci.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/valdosta-daily-times-cartton-of-spotted.ht=\nml\n<p>\nSo now you know that the United States Justice Department was just here in\nSouth Georgia a few months ago and we thank them for coming.  However local\ncitizens as well as the outside community have been kept ignorant concerning\nthese (BAD) conditions. God bless everybody, and\nit is a shame that we fight in foreign nations for the FREEDOM of others\nwhile our own are quickly diminishing!\n<p>\nNow with just four days before Christmas the GBI have arrested several\ncitizens after a long investigation centered along racial lines.  Moreover\nit is NOT strange that after two decades of citizens dying while custody of\nthe Valdosta-Lowndes County Jail; local citizens still does not know how\nmany deaths of jailed inmates have occurred due to a lack of help from news\nmedia, politicians, and others.\n<p>\nSo why have NOT the GBI done a timely investigation into local jail deaths\nwith the same speed; and in the Christmas spirit.  God Bless those arrested\nand their families.  But unless they carry their court cases OUTSIDE of the\nSouth Georgia Judicial Circuit&#8212;they are destined to be found guilty under\na local unjust justice system.  Therefore regardless of the outcome of this\ncase;\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maryturnergbr.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/mary-turner-lynching-and-names-of.html\">\nthe history of Brooks County has been well documented by historians<\/a>\nand major changes are needed.\n<p>\nGEORGE BOSTON RHYNES\n<p>\nRetired United States Armed Forces Military Veteran (From Active duty)\n<p>\nA concerned citizen and bother of humanity\n<p>\n&#8212;\n<br>\nTwo heads may be better than one, but never forget which one belongs to\nyou.\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the appended post about yesterday&#8217;s events in Quitman, George Rhynes cites the WCTV and WALB stories. 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