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Good Cop Demoted, Transferred & Worse for Exposing his Dept in the Killing of a College Student

On May 31 of last year, 20-year-old college student Brandon Ellingson was stopped for suspicion of driving a boat while intoxicated. Ellingson would not make it out of the water alive.

Trooper Anthony Piercy was the officer who stopped then young Iowa native that day. According to witnesses, Piercy handcuffed Ellingson's wrists behind his back and then pulled an already buckled life vest, with armholes, over his head and upper torso, completely against the recommended use of the vest.

As Piercy drove the dangerously restrained young man back to the office for a breathalyzer, he tumbled out of the boat and into the water. He would never come back up.

An investigation by the Star showed that Piercy only had 2 days of training prior to holding this young man's life in his hands. It also showed that the boat was travelling at over 40 mph which required patrol investigators to hold on or fall out; Ellingson was not given the option to hold on.

Only days after the death of this young man, special prosecutor Amanda Grellner announced that she would not file criminal charges against Piercy, and his death was ruled an accident.

This young college student, who was merely suspected of a misdemeanor, died at the hands of police and no one was held accountable.

Enter Trooper Randy Henry.

According to the Kansas City Star:

Days after Ellingson's death, Henry was interviewed by patrol investigators looking into the incident. At one point during the interview, a recording shows, Henry had questioned whether the highest degree of care was taken with Ellingson that day. When he mentioned a state law pertaining to that, his sentence was cut off and one investigator insisted the recorder be turned off.

Earlier this month, Henry was deposed in the civil suit the Ellingson family has filed against the patrol, Piercy and top commanders. In a letter to the patrol superintendent, Col. Bret Johnson, Pleban stated: "You might want to educate yourself by requesting a copy of the transcript of Sgt. Henry's deposition so that you can fully comprehend his status as a whistle blower."

Since Henry has begun to expose the lack of training, the resultant death of a young man, and the subsequent cover-up of that death by his department, he has since been retaliated against.

Sgt. Henry was demoted to corporal and transferred from his nearly three-decades long patrol at Lake of the Ozarks to Truman Lake.

"Randy Henry doesn't have a horse in the race," Henry's attorney, Chet Pleban told The Star. "He's not on one side or the other. He has testimony to give that's material. The truth is the truth. He went to his superiors to say, 'This is wrong. This is what happened.' And they blew him off. So now here we are."

Since he spoke out, Henry has been forced to undergo multiple mental health evaluations at the demand of his superiors. The exams found nothing

"Ultimately, the mental-health provider warned that because she found nothing wrong with Sgt. Henry, it would be unethical for her to see him a third time at the insistence of the patrol," Pleban wrote to Johnson. "When the mental health route failed, a Professional Standards investigation surfaced."

The departemnt has been silent on the reasons behind any of the investigations.

Craig Ellingson, Brandon's father, has insisted that Piercy should be held accountable for what happened to his son. He is also outspoken about the retaliation, noting that Henry's discipline is wrong.

"It's retaliation," he said. "They shouldn't be doing that."

Crossing the blue line to expose your own department is career suicide and can also be dangerous. The Free Thought Project has exposed countless cases of the proverbial good cop being ousted for merely seeking justice within their own ranks. If this cycle continues, eventually there won't be any good cops left.

Randy Henry deserves commendation for his perserverence in this matter. He's been demoted, transferred, investigated, attacked, mentally examined, and still, he seeks justice. That is what a "good cop" does.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/good-cop-exposed-cover-up-mans-death-custody-demoted-transferred/#O8SV8OPJgjpGXQ7g.99

Re: What is your favorite holiday?

One where the sun shines and the wine flows....

Marriage: It’s Not Political; It’s Biblical : Dr. James Taylor

Dozens of books have been written in recent years by liberal theologians in an attempt to demonstrate that homosexuality, homosexual relationships, and homosexual marriage are fully consistent with Biblical Christianity. I have grown weary of reading that King David was a homosexual because he loved Jonathan, or that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of a lack of hospitality, or — my personal favorite — that the Bible never actually addresses the issue of homosexual behavior. I would suggest that the fact that some of such foolishness comes from persons who once professed to be Christians is yet further evidence of the fact that the nation — indeed the world — is well along in the Biblically-foretold age of apostasy. During such a period, we are warned about the prevalence of false teachers. How can we tell whether a teacher is false? Who can we rely on? But for the fact that we have the Word of God, we would be adrift on such matters.

One ubiquitous question asked among Christians for a decade has been: What Would Jesus Do? A recent article by Dave Daubenmire thoughtfully addressed the topic: Would Jesus Officiate at a Same Sex Marriage? His article discusses how we can know, for certain, the answer to this question by studying exactly what His Father has revealed to us through the Holy Scriptures as to what He intended marriage to be. If you do not believe that the Bible is the Word of God, this article may mean nothing to you. But even if you don't believe the Bible, I challenge you to read through it, so that at least you can say you have heard the other side.                                                         http://www.westernjournalism.com/marriage-its-not-political-its-biblical/?utm_source=MailChimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=opinion-articles&utm_campaign=DailyEmail06.13.15

Re: this is supposed to replace sodahead right? is this a site about opinions?

It's here to connect everyone from Sodahead.

Then someday we will find or create a bigger site.

Reagan’s Ominous Prediction Is Closer Than Ever To Becoming True : Randy DeSoto

This article is sponsored by one of our valued partners, American Freedom Alliance.    http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org/                                                                                                                                                                                      Ronald Reagan once famously observed that "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well-taught lessons about how they, in their lifetime, must do the same.   http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org/microsite/heroes2009/speech-baraklurie.htm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              "If you and I don't do this, then you and I may well spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America when men were free."                                        http://www.westernjournalism.com/reagans-startling-prediction-is-closer-than-ever-to-becoming-true-1/

They’ve Been Happily Married For 10 Years. Here’s What They’ll Do If ‘Gay Marriage’ Is Legalized. : B. Christopher Agee

Though they do not complain of any typical marital maladies that often precede a divorce, one Australian married couple has vowed to split up – at least in the eyes of the law – should the nation legalize 'gay marriage.' BuzzFeed News spoke to Nick Jensen shortly after he penned an article detailing the stance he and his wife, Sarah, have taken.   http://www.buzzfeed.com/robstott/this-couple-is-vowing-to-get-divorced-if-marriage#.hiZMDgE38l     http://citynews.com.au/2015/gay-law-change-may-force-us-to-divorce/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     "Once you change the meaning of marriage," he said, "it becomes meaningless. It is going to affect things. You're going to see more kids growing up without their biological mother or father."

Explaining why he and his wife are willing to denounce the vow they made on their wedding day, Jensen wrote in his CityNews editorial:

My wife and I, as a matter of conscience, refuse to recognise the government's regulation of marriage if its definition includes the solemnisation of same sex couples.

For us, fundamentally, when we got married we signed a contract with the state and that contract was around the current definition of marriage and all the things that comes with it. Man and woman for life, for the sake of children.

If it came to be that the definition of the contract was changed, the contract is now null and void.                                    http://www.westernjournalism.com/theyve-been-happily-married-for-10-years-heres-what-theyll-do-if-gay-marriage-is-legalized/

Obama’s Failed ‘War On Poverty’ : Donald Devine

In his bow to holding a "conversation" about the poor, supported by two other progressives at liberal Georgetown University against one lone conservative, President Barack Obama's big idea was to "invest" more to combat poverty, especially minority poverty.

"We, as a society, have the capacity to make a real difference. But it will cost us some money."                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Heritage Foundation welfare expert Robert Rector shows that the national government has spent $22 trillion (excluding Social Security and Medicare) — more than $70,000 for every person in America — since 1964 to support President Lyndon Johnson's "war on poverty."

It is true that 82 percent of poor adults today report that they were never hungry at any time in the prior year due to lack of money to buy food. But the most obvious results have been increased dependency, lower employment, dysfunctional central cities, and the decimation of the black family, all of which the president acknowledged

President Obama's solution was to invest more in earlier childhood education, starting now at three and four years old, with better paid teachers and more infrastructure. After all the trillions spent, he simply cannot conceive that the programs may be a large part of the problem for the poor.                                                                                                         http://www.westernjournalism.com/obamas-failed-war-on-poverty/?utm_source=MailChimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=opinion-articles&utm_campaign=DailyEmail06.13.15

He Marched Next To MLK, Now He Has This Blunt Message For ‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement : Randy DeSoto

A Memphis businessman and civil rights leader with a storied past has a message for his fellow African Americans: "Black lives matter. So let's quit killing each other."

He believed in and wanted to share the message so much that he placed it on a large billboard next to his insurance agency in the city.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Fred Davis, born in 1938, lived through the momentous civil rights era and was able to witness firsthand some of its watershed events. He marched right beside Martin Luther King, Jr. during the famous leader's last protest march and sat with him on the stage during his last speech before an assassin's bullet cut him down in Memphis in April 1968.

Davis, in fact, was chairman of the Public Works Committee of the Memphis City Council during the sanitation workers strike in 1968, which had brought King to town. Davis advocated for the city to recognize the workers' union.   http://www.afscme.org/union/history/mlk/1968-afscme-memphis-sanitation-workers-strike-chronology

"I can speak, not from reading a book about the history, because I was a part of the history," Davis told local NBC affiliate WMC. "I think that gives me a license as an experienced observer to push and to advocate to the black community."    http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/29301326/new-billboard-in-orange-mound-puts-twist-on-black-lives-matter        http://www.westernjournalism.com/he-marched-next-to-mlk-now-he-has-this-blunt-message-for-black-lives-matter-movement/?utm_source=MailChimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=featured-stories&utm_campaign=DailyEmail06.13.15

Have you tried FunkieHead.com?

SodaHead was cool with a lot of pictures on its font page. The FunkiHead is really better than SodaHead when it comes to the number of features.

Re: Retired Husband

That was hilarious!  I really was laughing out loud!  I can't figure out which one was funniest!