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Looks
like the Dekalb sheriff’s office has made the headlines again. Dekalb
sheriff’s department has been under tremendous scrutiny for many
decades as a result of a series of controversies. Did you know......................Sidney Dorsey fought off charges that he used deputy labor for his own benefit and assigned inmate labor to work on houses of supporters of his wife (an Atlanta City Councilwoman). He was elected in November of 1996, despite publicity about his arrests for domestic abuse and that he once was charged with manslaughter. Did you know.......................Bob Morris was elected in a special election for sheriff in March, 1996, to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff Pat Jarvis (a former Atlanta Braves pitcher). While serving as county commissioner, Morris once tried to pull over a police officer who was taking home witnesses in a patrol car. Morris accused the officer of running a taxi service. Did you know......................Pat Jarvis was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $40,000 after pleading guilty to mail fraud, stemming from kickback schemes through bogus consulting fees from food vendors, bonding companies and maintenance firms with contracts at the county jail. Did you know.......................Ray Bonner, 1973-1976, was charged with fatally shooting a teenager outside his home a year after he lost his re-election bid to Jarvis. He was found innocent of the murder of the 16-year old high school student in a 1977 trial in which he said he was protecting his family from a prowler. While still in office, Bonner was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly misrepresenting a fund-raising company. The U.S. Attorneys office dropped the charges due to insufficient evidence. Did you know.......................Lamar Martin, 1965-1972 was convicted of four charges of bribery and fined about $13,000 in Dekalb Superior Court as his term neared re-election against Bonner. He was also convicted of taking checks from a Decatur bondsman, who said the sheriff demanded 5% of every bond he wrote. Did you know.......................that a Coffee County sheriff was about to be apprehended by state and federal agents for drug smuggling charges and he apparently killed himself before he was apprehended. I know that you know ........On August 8th a man of integrity, professionalism and accountability was chosen by the people to be our Sheriff of Dekalb County. The people’s choice was stolen, snatched away in cold blood. Not because of his race, but because of his commitment to truth and justice. It is, quite frankly, an assault on democracy and the electoral process because it’s one more potential deterrent to good people becoming involved in that process. Considering the long history of corruption in the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department, do you, without reservation, trust the objectivity of Dekalb County Officials to pursue the TRUTH in the investigation of the assassination of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown?
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