Kingfish at Jackson Jambalaya is in fine, snarky form:
Obviously the word of a known hoodlum is suspect as its not backed up by any other evidence. Mr. Melton's positions regarding drugs are-well known and unambiguous.Jackson Jambalaya: Hoodlums and Hoodwinks
If a drug kingpin were to become Mayor of Jackson, what exactly would he do? Would he do the following:
1. Keep the police mobile command center around him at all times, including parked at his home. Great way to monitor police communications.
2. Allow the police department to suffer from a severe shortage of police officers.
3. Appoint a very weak Chief who has no experience whatsoever as a Chief or Assistant Chief of Police.
4. Immediately abolish the drug task force upon assuming office.
5. Personally go out and direct police raids on a frequent basis.
6. Overrule a Chief who tried to fire two officers who beat a suspect in handcuffs.
7. Loudly proclaim to the public a new camera system that isn't so new and then not equip said cameras with videotape so that any surveillance can not be used as evidence.
8. Appoint his personal bodyguards to senior management positions in JPD even though grossly underqualified for the new positions and not requiring them to take the mandated tests for said positions.
9. Run a candidate against the one law enforcement official who has disagreed with him and is probably in the best position to stop any illegal activiy on the part of the Mayor.
10. Not arrest anyone for drug dealing according to The Jackson Free Press: "The same numbers showed not a single JPD arrest for the sale or manufacture of drugs in all of 2006..."
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/a_new_sheriff_in_town/
Meantime, Othor Cain's righteous anger is taking its usual pithy form:
I don't know, Othor, but I think the "night mare" (points off for grammar) is going to end when the people who elected Frank -- the affluent NE Jackson set and civic-minded inner-city residents -- vote him out of office. Ultimately, voters get who they vote for, and they get who they deserve.The ugliness of Frank Melton rears its head…once again….
When will this night mare end??? The plot thickens….More trouble is brewing for Melton as more people are copming forward…Did you guys read the C-L article today? I will post after my newscast….
Othor Cain's Blog: Here we go AGAIN
Y'all Politics? Strangely silent... The most they have are a couple of RSS items from the CL. Have the Cons disowned Fabulous Frank? A look back at Alan Lange's 4-17-06 post maybe of value.... a whimsical look back at when a few of us thought or hoped that Frank knows what he is doing.
Finally (I'm now exhausted from Blogger lag, forgive me) Folo makes a case for itself as the busiest blog in the State of Mississippi....
As you’ll recall, this cold case warmed up a right smart recently:Folo: Melton calls for the FedsIn a statement given to Smith and police investigators last month, accused killer Stephan Hickman, 28, said he saw Sharrod Ray Moore, 30, shoot Washington. He said Melton had talked to Moore earlier in the day and encouraged Moore to show he was loyal to him, not Washington.
Hickman also alleged Melton used his influence and money to control the destinies of local drug dealers, setting some up in power while setting others up to be killed. Melton denies knowing Hickman or Moore, both of whom have long criminal histories.
“I don’t know either of these guys, but it’s safe to say they didn’t go to Harvard,” he said. “Somebody is behind this and I’ve got to find out who.”
What, pray tell, Mr. Melton, does going-to-Harvard have to do with anything?
Then-police chief Robert Johnson says his department knew Melton and Moore were acquainted, but while Moore immediately became a prime suspect, they never looked at Melton. Now that fresh publicity has stirred up a few new leads, though, Smith has his investigators reviewing the file and re-interviewing some witnesses.
