Talk About A Long Vacation

The long awaited ruling about the Deauntee Farrow shooting has finally been made public. Much to the surprise of some people, myself not included. Officer Erik Sammis was found innocent of all of the charges against him. The chief of police (Robert Paudert) pointed out that even though the FBI had concluded their investigation, that wasn't the close of the state's case. If you ask me though, that's just for the purpose of "letting the public settle down." I think it was clear right after it happened, exactly what took place that night. First of all a twelve year old boy out at 10 o'clock at night, in a dangerous area without adult supervision. I know some grown-ups who wouldn't be caught in that area at night. Secondly he had a authentic looking play gun hidden in his belt. His cousin (Unseld Nance) said so himself on the news, right after the shooting took place. So those who say it wasn't there, don't know what they're talking about. He is one of the four people most likely to really know what happened. Thirdly the family as well as their advisers wanted the public to rush to judgement. They weren't willing to wait on the final results. That's always a telltale sign somethings wrong. They usually are privy to information that everybody else isn't.

The shooting took place earlier in June of this year. Erik Sammis and his partner Jimmy Evans have been on administrative leave with pay since then. That undoubtedly has cost the West Memphis taxpayers at least $16,000 in pay alone. Not to mention the manhours used for the investigation. Now that the FBI has already ruled on this case. As far as lawsuits go, it's pretty much over. Any civil suit will only be what you can get from Officer Sammis himself. I have often said "the mother will be lucky if she gets out of this without owing a bill." Try getting a million dollars from a civil servant. It's like pulling eyeteeth from a crocodile. Attorney Javier Bailey who filed a $228 million lawsuit against West Memphis, claims to have evidence that hasn't been revealed yet. If he's going to bring it up, he better do it in a hurry. They're about to let the officers come back to work. I bet Officer Sammis's bosses told him, " just take a break and don't worry." What this has amounted to for the officers involved, is paid time off. Talk about a long vacation.