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FBI Examines Civil Rights Case (Death of Shirley Sherrod's Father)
The Albany Herald ^
| Saturday, July 31, 2010
| J.D. Sumner
Posted on 07/31/2010 7:33:06 AM PDT by kristinn
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:33:11 AM PDT
by
kristinn
To: kristinn
Bleep the "civil rights" case.If they think they have the one who committed the murder then,by all means,convict him in state court and hang him.It's that simple.It ain't rocket science.
Although I guess they could hang him *twice* for having committed a "hate crime".
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:37:55 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
To: kristinn
Hall is long since departed so what’s the point?
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:39:44 AM PDT
by
muddler
(Diligentia, Vis and Celeritas)
To: kristinn
They have tried and tried to persecute this man and every time a jury or grand jury found for him. Now he has been dead for nearly 35 years and they are still trying to get mileage out of the case.
Nothing to be gained except try to stir up racial strife.
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:40:50 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: kristinn
Let me guess -
Mr Hall went to Hosie’s pasture to retrieve Mt Hall’s stolen cows .....
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:41:21 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: kristinn
Well, while the FBI is at it, they ought to investigate the rampant fraud going on in the Pigsford Suit and shakedown. (eye roll)
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:44:11 AM PDT
by
penelopesire
(FOX NEWS TRIBAL PRINCESS)
To: Gay State Conservative
Bleep the "civil rights" case.If they think they have the one who committed the murder then,by all means,convict him in state court and hang him.It's that simple.It ain't rocket science. Read the whole article before you post.
Both the shooter and the shootee are long since dead. There are not going to be any arrests, ever.
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:45:12 AM PDT
by
CurlyDave
To: kristinn
I wish the DoJ, FBI, and Washington D.C. would simply implode in upon itself already. =.=
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:47:04 AM PDT
by
cranked
To: kristinn
Hall was charged at least three different times in connection with Miller's killing and each time the grand jury declined to prosecute.
So, the prosecution could not even get an indictment.
In his answer to Grace Miller's original complaint [in 1966], Hall's attorney stated "the Defendant says that he is not indebted to the Plaintiff for any sum or amount for the reason that the killing by him of Plaintiff's husband was in self-defense."
We have been told that Sherrod's father was killed by a white man who was never charged. That was untrue. He was charged three times criminally and there was not enough evidence to even indict, much less convict. He was also sued in civil court and won.
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:47:48 AM PDT
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
To: muddler
Hall is long since departed so whats the point? There is no point other than to stir up racial hatred.
It happened a long time ago.
.....It was one man against another, both of whom are dead.
.....Was it racism?
.....Was it self defense?
.....Was it outright murder (you know, the nonracial therefore less severe kind < / sarc >)?
Who knows. But it has been tried and tried again with no result. By now it would be impossible to obtain any trustworthy evidence that had not been already discovered.
The only point is to stir up the race issue.
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:49:30 AM PDT
by
SteamShovel
(UTOPIA...Isn't)
To: yarddog
Interesting that Grace Miller's wrongful death suit alleges Hosie Miller was shot in the chest. Current telling of the story is that Hosie Miller was shot in the back.
I was also not previously aware that there had been a trial. In the wrongful death suit, sufficiency of proof is preponderance of the evidence, not beyond a reasonable doubt, and even with that lower threshold, no finding of liability.
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:50:39 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: kristinn
Despite King's efforts to have the Baker County Board of Jury Commissioners redraw the jury lists after he said that the jury panel was comprised of a disproportionate number of white jurors given the fact during the 1960's census the majority of Baker County's 2,000-plus residents were black, Judge Emeritus Carl E. Crow went forward with the proceeding and on Sept.12, 1966, the jury found in favor of Hall. Since they are making this a racial event, I assume that Hall was Caucasian, if so, that would have made that a jury of his peers.
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:50:43 AM PDT
by
farmguy
To: advance_copy
Oh, you mean Charred lied?
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:51:05 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Real faith is always increased by opposition, false confidence is damaged & discouraged by it)
To: SteamShovel
Or to shut up shirley. I wonder if she threatened the Whte House etc?
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:53:38 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
To: farmguy
“I assume that Hall was Caucasian, if so, that would have made that a jury of his peers.”
Very good point!!!
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posted on
07/31/2010 8:02:41 AM PDT
by
ebersole
To: kristinn
I wonder what race-angry high official in the White House told the FBI to reopen the case? Anybody got any ideas who that might be?
To: SteamShovel; All
The “justice” department may be wanting to sue the county for its failure to re-draw the jury to make it allegedly less racially “biased”. Holder is not past anything. Snake. Race baiter.
To: kristinn
We know Shirley’s version but exactly how did Hall explain what happened? If Miller really was shot in the back, how could it be self defense? Was there an autopsy report? On the surface it sounds like Shirley has a reason to be bitter. I would like to hope that with 3 Grand Juries, justice could be found.
To: advance_copy
We have been told that Sherrod's father was killed by a white man who was never charged. That was untrue. He was charged three times criminally and there was not enough evidence to even indict, much less convict. He was also sued in civil court and won. She has also claimed that her father was murdered by the KKK. But repeated news stories on what happened say nothing about the Klan.
Hard to believe the RAT media would leave that out if it were true.
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posted on
07/31/2010 8:08:06 AM PDT
by
freespirited
(There are a lot of bad Republicans but there are no good Democrats.--Ann Coulter)
To: silverleaf
--
Let me guess -
Mr Hall went to Hosie's pasture to retrieve Mt Hall's stolen cows ... --
This is the most detail I have seen, as to what lead up to the shooting. I will say that "shot in the back" is a prominent feature in all the recently published stories -- sometimes set off with em-dashes.
If Hosie Miller was shot in the back, why would the wrongful death lawsuit allege he was shot in the chest? Talk about changing a significant and material part of the story!
Shirley Sherrod shaped by father's slaying
By Rhonda Cook and Marcus K. Garner
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
8:50 a.m. Friday, July 23, 2010
Sherrod's father, Hosie Miller, had a dispute with a man over cows that had come into his pasture. The neighbor insisted that three of Miller's cows were his. Miller said he would call the "law" to settle the dispute. As Hosie Miller was closing the gate, he was shot in the back, the family says.
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posted on
07/31/2010 8:13:22 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
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