Well, I'm all for doing one's civic duty and coming forward ... BUT in this particular case I'd be in hiding as well. Hopefully, she's actually being protected by an agency OUTSIDE of Michigan.
In this case, Witness Protection would only work if the Protection is protecting her against those who normally protect her! :bang:
Which takes this whole roller coaster on another tangent - Is that possible? Is there anywhere any of these people would be safe? It's not like Kwame and his goons reach just across Detroit...again, I know you and Suzi can read between the lines here LOL.
From the MetroTimes (Snips and quotes - along w/ some of my comments lol) (weekly free "newspaper") (long article, but I felt these were worth pointing out)
Kilpatrick came into office riding campaign promises to clean up a troubled Police Department being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department. Now, claim some, attempts at reform have been dealt a severe blow.
"This has definitely had a chilling effect," says Officer Reggie Crawford, a 27-year veteran.
The Kilpatrick administration, says Crawford, "has an agenda to discourage officers from reporting improprieties" on the part of the mayor and those close to him.
And here's a breakdown of some of the "players" and the aftermath they're dealing with....
April 2003 - allegations that some members of the mayor's Executive Protection Unit were fraudulently padding time sheets, drinking while on duty and covering up accidents involving department vehicles. Nelthrope also reported rumors of a party involving strippers at the mayoral residence, the city-owned Manoogian Mansion.
Investigations by the attorney general and State Police found no evidence the party had occurred.
However, prior to the launch of those investigations, the administration released a confidential report identifying Nelthrope as the source of the allegations. And Brown, a 26-year veteran, was removed as the head of internal affairs. Two other high-ranking members of the unit were transferred out.
"Nelthrope had not seen the memo before and was horrified to see his name in it," according to the mediation summary. "Nelthrope knew how volatile and dangerous Jones and Martin were. He knew that both men had extensive disciplinary records.
He knew that Martin had been involved in several off-duty shootings and had been convicted criminally for one of them.
Nelthrope knew that Martin had friends who were narcotics dealers and that both Martin and Jones knew many street people who would be only too happy to ingratiate themselves with Martin or Jones by seeing to it that Nelthrope or a member of his family paid a price for disrupting Martin and Jones' prestigious, cushy, high-paying jobs with the EPU."
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There has been a clear pattern of retaliation against people doing something this administration doesn't want done," Brown says.
To counteract the chilling effect this has had on others who have information regarding the Kilpatrick administration but are afraid to come forward, Brown says the federal government has to become involved.
"There needs to be a federal grand jury," he says. "That's where this case will unravel."
End of quotes etc - Bolding is Mine....
I'm wondering if the clerk that came forward is in some type of protective custody, after coming forth about her threats, and the threats against the other person, neither have been on the news anymore since then. And at least from what I've watched and monitored, their names aren't in print in any newer articles either...:waitasec:
