Posted on 07/14/2014 4:11:20 PM PDT by Hostage
Read:
http://jenkuznicki.com/2014/07/a-life-ruined-the-corrupt-players-of-the-mississippi-senate-race/
written by one our own Freepers. Read also thecomments to get a sense of the loss of this life. Hell I'll just post one of the comments from 'Claire' that brings it home:
Mark Mayfield was a close family friend. My family still lives in Jackson, where I grew up. When I've spoken to my parents recently they've said Jackson is a powder keg right now.
While they both voted for McDaniel, many of their upperclass Northeast Jackson & Madison friends did not. It's obvious why--their only syllogization for voting for Thad was his legacy; and by legacy, I mean years occupying a seat in the Senate; not actually accomplishing anything in the way of progress for our infamously superlative state. That and the #RebelsForThad hashtag trending on Twitter. Actually, no -- the hashtag was clearly the dominant persuading factor.
My dad shares Mr. Mayfield's deep commitment to the Tea Party ideology, particularly economic & immigration reform. He told me many times before Mr. Mayfield's death how much he respected the work he was doing. He noted how brave he was & how much conviction he must have to oppose an institution so deeply ingrained in Mississippi & Jackson society. My dad told me on many occasions there's nothing those corrupt, establishment good ole' boys wouldn't do to protect their money.
This incident reminded me of another from when I was younger. My parents were also acquaintances with Dickie Scruggs--one of the richest men in Mississippi who was just released from prison after being convicted of bribing a judge with $40K for a favorable ruling in a minor fee dispute.
Again, like my dad has always said--you never know someone until you come between them & their money.
The Tea Party in Mississippi (and nationally) is destabilizing the establishment's long-standing racquet. We are exposing the corruption that has gone on for years & in-so doing, disturbing their honey pot.
Mark Mayfield was so committed to the ideals for which the Tea Party stands because he SO sincerely believed they would improve the state of things for everyone in our state & in our country. He was the lease extreme, political man you could imagine. Instead, he was enormously kind, humble... he was, as Jen described, a true Southern Gentleman. In combination with being a truly good man, he also happened to be one with tremendous strength of conviction. His conviction compelled him to take action where many of us fall short, lacking strength to fight this evil system.
I cannot imagine how they must have tortured him to push him to this. He loved his family SO much, as much as any man I know. He was very close with his two sons & also very active in his church. They must have bullied him relentlessly; they must have been so cruel & deliberate, to push him to this.
Mr. Mayfield's death has shaken up so many of us. I've vacillated between a range of emotions from enormous grief, as the loss of a great man & friend; terror, at the prospect that this is what happens when the most courageous among us stand up to this system; anger, at the depraved men, including Brad Dayspring who have blood on their hands and are surely going to the hell they proclaim to fear so much for the sick pleasure they took in leading this witch hunt.
I'm trying to get beyond feeling vindictive: no other family should have to suffer like the Mayfields, as a results of the dangerous game of politics. However, this corrupt institution needs to be completely uprooted.
I can't imagine it getting any uglier than this; but I fear it will. We all need to band together & be strong. As Mr. Mayfield's sons posted following his death, "We will persevere and stay the course." In his honor, we will prevail.
Thank you Jen for this beautifully & poignantly written article exposing the deep-rooted evil & dangers inherent in politics today.
Yes, I don’t want to appear callous about Mark Mayfield, I have friends who have met him on occasion and this was indeed a tragedy. The burglary being kept quite for three weeks and then being pursued as Cochran was falling in the polls says something. I believe Mr. Mayfield was brought into it only to drag the Tea Party and a friend of senator McDaniel into the conflict and the high bond was to exaggerate the seriousness of the crime and Mark Mayfied’s involvement and importance in the plot, whether he had anything to do with it or not.
The evidence that the Madison PD had on him was from a Facebook discussion which he had no part in. The discussion between others raised his name up and said he declined to have a part in making a photo or video of Cochran’s wife but maybe someone else could be found and maybe Mark could help find someone else.
That’s all the Madison PD had on him and yet they brutally barged into his office in Madison like a swat team, scared his staff and took him away in cuffs. Then they booked him and gave the photos of him in cuffs to Cochran’s people who then ran a campaign ad that falsely accused him of being a felon tied to the tea party and Chris McDaniel.
It was dirty beyond the pale.
He lost everything. His clients dumped him, his standing in the community was demolished and why? Because some dimwits raised his name up in a Facebook chat.
And now he’s dead and his wife and children have pain that will never heal.
And to top it off, the Madison PD with 4 officers ventured out of Madison out of their jurisdiction into the township of Ridgeland where Mayfield lived to ‘confirm’ Mayfield was dead. They could have called the Ridgeland PD, but they chose not to. They chose to trespass on the Mayfield family property to confirm his death. Everyone of them and the Madison PD police chief should be brought to justice.
Cochran needs to pay for this, demented or not, he needs to be brought to real justice along with all his cronies and gang members in DC and in Mississippi.
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