St Marys PD Opens An Investigation

ARE THERE BAD COPS IN ST. MARYS?







Yes it is true the SMPD has opened an investigation, not on anything at the courthouse, but on the whole incident investigation. I am saying that the investigation was flawed.

This is what I want to know from the City of St. Mary involving my case:

1. Who called 911?
2. In a dispute, don't you talk to both sides involved?
3. Do you allow an outside agency with no authority to come in and start barking orders at the SMPD?
4. Do walk over the injured to slap handcuffs on someone?
5. Do you document injuries to all parties involved, or just one side?
6. Why did Bob Godley's name come up time and time again?

These are just a few of the questions I hope are answered.

To all out there be careful when you call 911 in St. Marys, You might be the one going to jail.

We all know why I was arrested, and it had nothing to do the the doctors office, and everything to do with one of Bob Godley's friends who thinks he is God since someone was dumb enough to give him a badge.

Election Results

Camden County Races


Georgia State Senate District 3 - Republican

William Ligon 9,768
Terry Carter 7,552
Precincts Reporting - 58 of 58



Georgia House District 180 - Republican

Cecily Hill 2,008
Jason Spencer 1,612 
Rindy Howell 911 

Precincts Reporting - 15 of 15



Camden Co. Commission District 2 - Republican

Katherine Nisi Zell 397
Charles L. Clark Jr. 371 
E.B. Herring Jr. 258

Precincts Reporting - 4 of 4



Camden Co. Commission District 4 - Republican

Gary Blount 636
Royal Weaver 307
Jay Moreno 224

Precincts Reporting - 3 of 3

Kingsland City Council

Grayson Day 559
Scott Alexander 347
Matthew Pettus, Jr. 209
Bobbie Chestnut 149
Precincts Reporting - 4 of 4



Woodbine Special Election Sunday Alcohol Sales

Won Option Votes %

No 94
Yes 82
Precincts Reporting - 1 of 1

Cops Now Arrest You For Video Taping Them! Who Do They Think They Are!

GIVE THEM A BADGE AND A GUN, AND THEY THINK THEY ARE SUPERMAN!

Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes.

Anthony Graber was arrested for posting a video of his traffic stop on YouTube.But it wasn't his daredevil stunt that has the 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard facing the possibility of 16 years in prison. For that, he was issued a speeding ticket. It was the video that Graber posted on YouTube one week later -- taken with his helmet camera -- of a plainclothes state trooper cutting him off and drawing a gun during the traffic stop near Baltimore.
In early April, state police officers raided Graber's parents' home in Abingdon, Md. They confiscated his camera, computers and external hard drives. Graber was indicted for allegedly violating state wiretap laws by recording the trooper without his consent.
Arrests such as Graber's are becoming more common along with the proliferation of portable video cameras and cell-phone recorders. Videos of alleged police misconduct have become hot items on the Internet. YouTube still features Graber's encounter along with numerous other witness videos. "The message is clearly, 'Don't criticize the police,'" said David Rocah, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland who is part of Graber's defense team. "With these charges, anyone who would even think to record the police is now justifiably in fear that they will also be criminally charged."

Carlos Miller, a Miami journalist who runs the blog "Photography Is Not a Crime," said he has documented about 10 arrests since he started keeping track in 2007. Miller himself has been arrested twice for photographing the police. He won one case on appeal, he said, while the other was thrown out after the officer twice failed to appear in court.
"They're just regular citizens with a cell-phone camera who happen to come upon a situation," Miller said. "If cops are doing their jobs, they shouldn't worry."
The ACLU of Florida filed a First Amendment lawsuit last month on behalf of a model who was arrested February 2009 in Boynton Beach. Fla. Her crime: videotaping an encounter between police officers and her teenage son at a movie theater. Prosecutors refused to file charges against Sharron Tasha Ford and her son.

From: http://abcnews.go.com/US/TheLaw/videotaping-cops-arrest/story?id=11179076

St. Marys Continues To Keep Spending A Secret!!!!

Actual leaked emails:

From: Bill DeLoughy [mailto:Bill.DeLoughy@ci.st-marys.ga.us]

Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:46 AM
To: Chuck Trader; Deborah Hase; Sidney Howell; John Morrissey; Greg.Bird@tds.net; Keith Post
Cc: Bill Shanahan
Subject: MMST

To All,
I recently met with Shelia Mc Neil and David Keating with respect to retaining our MMST in St. Marys. The Camden Partnership is planning to go to Washington to lobby for retention of this program. Since this program is vital to the well being of St. Marys they are planning to make several trips to DC for the purpose of retaining this unit. The city was asked to sponsor one trip at a cost of approximately $1,500. We can donate this money to the JDA to act as our consultant on this matter. Bill S. has checked our budget and advised me that there are funds available for this purpose. Both Camden Partnership as well as the JDA has been advised that our sponsorship is to be used only for the MMST program.

Please let me know if you will support this effort ASAP. I will authorize this expenditure if there are no major objections.

From: Greg Bird [mailto:Greg.Bird@ci.st-marys.ga.us]

Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:30 PM
To: Bill DeLoughy; Chuck Trader; Deborah Hase; Sidney Howell; John Morrissey; Greg.Bird@tds.net; Keith Post
Cc: Bill Shanahan; Gary Moore (gmoore@tosclaw.com)
Subject: RE: MMST

Hello Bill
I believe this should be decided before an open meeting of council. We might want a legal opinion as to whether this could be construed as a straw poll and conducting an illegal meeting by using the internet. Better to be safe than sorry. I am not in favor of donating tax dollars to Camden Partnership even though I fully support our MMST. Keith Post has taken the lead for us in this area and has done an excellent job in my opinion. If we want to do more then let us meet before the public on it.
Thanks,
Greg

From: Keith Post

Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:38 AM
To: Bill DeLoughy
Cc: CityCouncilMembers; Bill Shanahan; Gary Moore; sheilamcneill@bellsouth.net
Subject: MSST Lobbing Effort Funding

Mayor –

It is my understanding that you have the authority to authorize this expenditure, with or without our say-so. That being said, I do appreciate you wanting to know the thoughts of Council informally before you make a decision to expend City Funds.

I will defer to our City Attorney the issue Councilman Bird raised as to whether you can ask our opinion on an issue by email about a decision you want to make. I hope that is not wrong, for if it is not allowed, you and I having a conversation in the hallway about something will be the next thing to go. Soon we will have to drive down different roads to avoid being in the same proximity to each other.

I do want to make an important point as to Councilman Bird’s framing of this situation. I do not consider this request for financial support a ‘donation’ to the Camden Partnership. Sheila McNeill, as you know, is President of the Partnership and she has been the lead in this fight to stop the Obama Administration from cutting the USCG Budget which includes closing our MSST (Maritime Safety and Security Team).

I was asked by Council to be the lead man in the City’s effort to stop the closure of the MSST, and I do appreciate Councilman Bird's kind words in that regard to my service in that capacity. I have kept the council informed with periodic updates formally at Council meetings of the goings on both here and in DC. I have provided copies of letters to all of council that our Senators and Congressman have jointly signed with others from other parts of the country. This has not come about due to my efforts, this has come about due to the enormous amount of respect and accessibility Sheila is afforded on Capitol Hill, at the Pentagon and at Coast Guard Headquarters. As I stated to you earlier, at a national meeting of the Navy League In Washington DC the begin of this month, it was Sheila who was singled out and recognized by the new Commandant of the Coast Guard for our efforts. No one else from anywhere else in the country was afforded this recognition.

I consider this expenditure of $1500. a small investment in her efforts on OUR BEHALF on Capitol Hill, compared to the amount she has actually spent, not only in resources but in her time. I can tell you that I cannot afford to make all the trips she is making. I personally paid for my trip to Washington, DC as part of the Chamber Fly-In as the President of the Navy League in April where we visited with the Coast Guard at their HQ, and also had the opportunity to meet with CG Staff at a dinner. I helped write the letter you signed in support of our efforts, and I wrote and signed a letter to the Commandant as President of the Navy League.

This is a fight we must win. To question making a $1500. investment to assist in the expenses of trips to DC that Sheila is making to lobby on our behalf, when we stand to lose $231,000 in rent alone as a city not to mention the 8 Million Dollar impact to our county and area, is almost ludicrous. The partnership has asked Kingsland and Woodbine for support as well, and how embarrassing will it be for us if they make a commitment before we do. This is the right thing for us to do.

I hope you will move forward to assist the Partnership in their efforts to save our MSST.

Keith

Keith F. Post, Councilman






City of St. Marys

418 Osborne Street
St. Marys, Georgia 31558