Anonymous Comment on Cherry Tree Crossing

This comment was a response to my post about Cherry Tree Crossing.

I live in Augusta and grew up in the area where the incident took place and now I reside on the middle class side of town. I work with the youth in this area and talk to them regularly. I ALSO FREQUENT THEIR HANGOUTS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE POORER NEIGHBORHOOD ARE PATROLLED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHERS. I RIDE THROUGH THE POORER NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEE THE KIDS LYING ON THE GROUND BEING SEARCHED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR LOITERING IN THEIR OWN AREA. WHILE THE WHITE KIDS SIT ON THEIR CARS PARKED IN SHOPPING LOTS AT NIGHT SMOKING AND DRINKING AND ONLY GET RAN OFF. BOTH GROUPS FREQUENT THE CHOSEN AREA, HOWEVER THE MINORITIES ARE THE ONLY ONES TO GET CHARGED WITH GIVING FALSE NAMES, LOITERING, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND POSSESSION AS IS THE CASE WITH JUSTIN ELMORE. AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR THESE MINOR CHARGES A NUMBER OF TIMES, NOW YOU ARE CONSIDERED A CAREER CRIMINAL AS WAS JUSTIN ELMORE. THIS GUY NEVER RAN FROM THE POLICE WHILE DRIVING A VEHICLE IN OVER 10 TIMES BEING STOPPED AND ARRESTED FOR ANYTHING FROM DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE. NO INSURANCE TO POSSESSION ALL OCCURRING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. HE ONLY GOT ARRESTED 1 TIME OUTSIDE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE A DRUG DEALER BY OFFICERS BUT HE WAS NEVER CAUGHT SELLING DRUGS. IN GEORGIA IF YOU HAVE OVER 5 GRAMS OF COCAINE THEY CHARGE WITH INTENT TO SELL. THEY CAUGHT HIM WITH A LITTLE OVER ON EACH OF HIS INTENT TO SELL. THEY DID GET A CALL ABOUT GUNS AND DRUGS IN A STOLEN VEHICLE. THE CALL WAS ON ANOTHER GUY AND HIS GIRLFRIEND SAID THAT HE WAS IN A STOLEN VEHICLE WITH DRUGS AND GUNS IN IT. THE POLICE CONSIDERED HIM TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS AND THEY ALMOST CAUGHT HIM A DAY LATER IN A DARK SUV SIMILAR TO MR. ELMORE'S. a OFFICER ON THE SCENE WAS HEARD SAYING THAT THEY HAD THE WRONG TRUCK. EYE WITNESS STORIES DIFFER FROM THE OFFICERS STORY. THE WORD FROM INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT IS THAT IT WAS A BAD KILL BY SOME YOUNG UNDER TRAINED OFFICERS. Let's demand the tapes be shown in this case. Last they say the guy did not ram their car and only had his personal smoking weed in the car. Car was not stolen and no guns found in vehicle. The damaged tape shows that the under trained officers somehow managed to have Mr. Elmore on the ground and put him back in the car and that the officer that fired the kill shots put a gun to the head of the victims family member while throwing him to the ground and stepping on his back witness tell me. This was one scared young cop that never should have been placed in this situation by the Sheriff. Looks like bad news for Richmond County. We came together to fix the country by electing Obama, let's take another step and come together for justice for all people regardless of commits the crime. Let's also judge ourselves when we break God's laws as we judge people for breaking man made laws. I Pledge Allegiance to the flag
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