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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 04:18 PM Oct 2013

Maryville Sheriff White about Anonymous:"They are a bunch of cowards." (And more)

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White, meanwhile, had his own criticism for the hacker group Anonymous, saying that authorities had detected a "pretty credible threat" that someone had attempted to infiltrate the Sheriff's Department's computer server, forcing the department to temporarily take it down.

"They are truly a bunch of cowards, hiding behind--even their name, 'Anonymous.' What do you do with people like that?" he said. "They all need to get jobs and quit living with their parents."
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77808699/

Dear Sheriff White,
YOU don't DO anything with Anonymous.
However, you are going to find out what they can do with you.
Hope you enjoy the ride.

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Maryville Sheriff White about Anonymous:"They are a bunch of cowards." (And more) (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 OP
Poke that beehive, Sheriff. Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2013 #1
I don't care that much for Anonymous but Sheriff White is a loon. randome Oct 2013 #2
You might want to unhook your computer from the internet for awhile, sheriff. n/t Downtown Hound Oct 2013 #3
Yeah, I hope he enjoys the ride too. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #4
cowards like you were unwilling to press charges against a local political power? hobbit709 Oct 2013 #5
Exactly! get the red out Oct 2013 #6
Project much, White!!!These losers are legend in certain communities. Tikki Oct 2013 #11
The sheriff's office presented the evidence; the prosecutors chose not to charge. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #8
her mom says the sheriff is lying about the investigation. noiretextatique Oct 2013 #12
Hmmm get the red out Oct 2013 #13
Agreed. The girls are willing to tell their story on national teevee riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #21
It sure looks that way noiretextatique Oct 2013 #23
grumpy. you work so vera vera hard to shut womens voice out especially with rape ect..... seabeyond Oct 2013 #18
this idiot is practically begging to be d0xxed frylock Oct 2013 #7
Looks like a lot of fans of internet vigilantism here. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #9
The rapists did rape. They confessed to it. They lied and said it was "consensual". riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #19
The Victims mother was fired from her job. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #22
Sherrif, you may want to rewatch Rambo and Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #10
Good idea! Put more blood in the water... Dash87 Oct 2013 #14
Uh oh. ellie Oct 2013 #15
And he'll 'get it' for what reason? randome Oct 2013 #16
So the girls "refused" to testify but go on national teevee to tell their story?? riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #20
except mama taped her conversation with DA and it tends to discount what was said. so yea, mom. nt seabeyond Oct 2013 #24
I believe the sheriff's department did their job in this case but -- IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #17
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
2. I don't care that much for Anonymous but Sheriff White is a loon.
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 04:20 PM
Oct 2013

He's probably concerned about his role in the cover-up.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,296 posts)
4. Yeah, I hope he enjoys the ride too.
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 04:21 PM
Oct 2013

Disgusting how this case was "handled" before Anonymous got involved.

The whole community of Maryville just makes me sick.

Tikki

(14,537 posts)
11. Project much, White!!!These losers are legend in certain communities.
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 06:02 PM
Oct 2013

This will go forward because of groups like Anonymous.


Tikki

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
12. her mom says the sheriff is lying about the investigation.
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 06:05 PM
Oct 2013

The Coleman family has denied that anyone ever invoked their right not to testify or refused to answer questions, but County Sheriff Darren White also said witnesses' failure to cooperate had hampered the investigation.

“The prosecutor went after this with a fervor," White told The Times. "It was only when the victims refused to cooperate and assist in this case that he ultimately had to drop the case."

Before the charges were dropped, White said, Daisy twice invoked her 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions about the alleged rape. A 13-year-old girl who also was allegedly raped during the same incident "never showed up any time," White said.

Daisy Coleman appeared Tuesday on CNN with her mother, who denied any refusal to cooperate. “We did not refuse to testify with the felony case, we were not given any information about it, and we were not asked to testify," she said.

get the red out

(13,458 posts)
13. Hmmm
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:24 AM
Oct 2013

I would bet he threatened to throw the book at poor Daisy for underage drinking or something if she didn't drop the charges then said she was "uncooperative". Just pure conjecture on my part, but it appears that the primary motive for any "investigation" was to find a way to get the boy off the hook because of his preferred athlete status and his Grandfather's power in the community.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
21. Agreed. The girls are willing to tell their story on national teevee
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:21 AM
Oct 2013

And yet we're supposed to believe they wouldn't testify in court?



 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
9. Looks like a lot of fans of internet vigilantism here.
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 05:58 PM
Oct 2013

Maybe we can run the accused rapist's parents out of business while we're at it.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
19. The rapists did rape. They confessed to it. They lied and said it was "consensual".
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:18 AM
Oct 2013

The Sheriff and DA said the girls wouldn't go forward with the case, but their decision to go public at such a breathtakingly young age, indicates to me that they were more than willing to proceed.

The situation in Marysville needed exposure. That's not vigilantism. Its called getting information out to the public to resolve the impasse.

 

Savannahmann

(3,891 posts)
22. The Victims mother was fired from her job.
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:22 AM
Oct 2013

The Victim and family were essentially run out of town, and then the house they had for sale in town was burned, the fire marshal said the instability of the structure made it impossible to conduct an investigation, the official cause is "undertermined".

Personally, If I was half as rich as the Rethugs, I'd buy billboards just outside of town, and post the information on them to let the motorists know to buy their gas in another town. With a little luck, the entire town would join Dodge City as a Ghost Town in a couple years.

 

Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts)
10. Sherrif, you may want to rewatch Rambo and
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 06:01 PM
Oct 2013

See what happens when a 2 bit sherrif takes on an enemy only to find out he is hopelessly outwitted and outgunned.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
16. And he'll 'get it' for what reason?
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 09:28 AM
Oct 2013

For all we know, everything occurred the way the Sheriff says it did -witnesses refused to testify. Anonymous is not the possessor of 'secret knowledge' the rest of the world cannot obtain.

It could also be a cover-up. But no one outside that town knows a damned thing. It's all conjecture.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
20. So the girls "refused" to testify but go on national teevee to tell their story??
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:19 AM
Oct 2013

And you believe the Sheriff? Why?

If the girls are unafraid to tell their story on national teevee, what could possibly lead you to believe they'd be unwilling to go to trial?

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
24. except mama taped her conversation with DA and it tends to discount what was said. so yea, mom. nt
Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:36 PM
Oct 2013
 

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
17. I believe the sheriff's department did their job in this case but --
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 09:35 AM
Oct 2013

the DAs office decided not to prosecute.

In defense of this Sheriff, he is "law enforcement" and if he is a good person (which I have seen no evidence to the contrary), he is going to be against "Law Breakers" of all stripes (even Anonymous).

ON EDIT: I read a different article where the sheriff's department had obtained confessions - this article does not focus on that.

Personally, while I support "Anonymous" (especially in this case - thank you, Anonymous!), I respect a principled stand like that of the Sheriff.

And if the world was a perfect place, and the family of the victim had seen justice, we wouldn't need Anonymous.

And I will appreciate both of the groups as appropriate.

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