Heather Coggins was 6 years old when her Uncle Tim was killed in what police say was a vicious, racially motivated murder in the tiny hamlet of Sunny Side, Georgia.Bravo.
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On Friday, authorities arrested five people -- two of them law enforcement officers charged with obstruction -- in Timothy Coggins' death, closing the cold case almost 34 years to the day after he was "brutally murdered and his body abandoned," Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said.
I'm old enough to remember the days when cops in much of Dixie would not have regarded that as much of a crime and, if they had, the juries would not convict.
It's good to see that things change in that regard.
Change is slow.
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I like Georgia, and loved living there. But it has a bad case of "Only Ones"
Borepatch, that's horrifying. Those who would argue that an infant in a crib is responsible for being hit with a flash-bang grenade have surrendered their humanity.
ReplyDeleteJesus, I remember that story. Just occasionally, I'd like to see a case a where no lawyer will touch it...I know everyone deserves a lawyer/defense, but at this level, how do you argue this?
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