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Friday, January 25, 2008

Give Them An Inch,They'll Want A Mile


Sometimes an idea is so far out in left field. You figure there is no way possible it could get off the ground. If you let it fester long enough and don't shut it down. Sooner or later it might grab hold. Hence the latest episode of the Deaunta Farrow case. Not that anything has really changed, but you've heard it so much it somehow sounds different. You slip and say something new, or they say something they didn't say before. It usually doesn't change anything overall, but it does buy some extra time. Every day this thing drags out. Is a new opportunity for Ms.Farrow and her son's memory to be exploited. Anything is something, for someone who had nothing at all.

The first time I saw H.G. Foster conduct an interview, I felt then he didn't have what it takes. Not that I questioned his abilities as a special prosecutor. But not to be the spokesman for this particular case. I know it was a sad and unfortunate situation, but things just are the way they are. Even though a child was killed. The law must follow it's course. H. G. Foster seemed a little to apologetic for something he had nothing to do with. In his attempt to be fair and unbiased. He has added fuel to the fire. Telling the court of appeals that his case wasn't closed yet. Only gave these protesters unrealistic expectations. Now they think it's on again.

H.G. Foster is not a closer. He can't make a definitive stand for fear as being perceived as a racist. He should have realized by now. He is in a no win situation. Anything short of a guilty verdict for Sammis, won't satisfy this crowd. They need someone like Bill Gibbons to handle this. As he stands there looking across the podium at Javier Bailey. He is probably saying to himself,"give them an inch , they'll want a mile."

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  1. Anonymous2:02 PM

    AR Supreme Court Says No Extra Grand Jury for West Memphis Shooting

    Last Update: 9:29 am

    LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- The Arkansas Supreme Court says a Crittenden County judge does not have the authority to call a special grand jury to investigate the shooting death, by police, of a West Memphis boy.

    Judge Victor Hill wanted a special grand jury to investigate last year's death of DeAunta Farrow.

    Special prosecutors handling the case objected. They said their investigation was still open and that it was inappropriate for the court to conduct its own probe simultaneously. The Supreme Court agreed, leaving the case to the prosecutors.

    Farrow, 12, died after he was shot June 22 by a West Memphis police officer who said he thought the boy was carrying a gun and refused to obey orders to halt. Police were on a stakeout at an apartment complex near where the child was playing.

    (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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