002 Judge Ashley Royals Ruling Against the "Williams Family" (Letter to the Editor)

002---RESPONSE TO LOWNDES COUNTY DEPUTY FARMER BEING CLEARED:
Posted by George B. Rhynes on 8/7/2003 21:07:51

Dear Editor

On 22 July 2003, Reporter Bill Roberts article in the Valdosta Daily times, sheriffs deputy cleared in Willie James Williams civil suit.・ This appears to be a true example of South Georgia unjust legal system, and VDT unbalanced reporting of the news.

When the U. S. District Court Judge Ashley Royal ruled in favor of the Sheriffs Department, it was of no great surprise. The VDT only covered one side of the story. The Williams family concerns were totally excluded from the article (no surprise).

Mr. Roberts reported that the case generated substantial emotion in the community with many people alleging brutality by the Sheriff痴 Department. This alleged brutality did not just pop up out of thin air --but was based on eyewitnesses. Then there was the vanishing videotape at the intake, and the Medical Examiners Autopsy Report, and other facts of the case.

In short, Mr. Williams had a massive brain hemorrhage, a broken neck, a separated shoulder, three separated ribs, four front upper teeth chipped, and two front lower teeth knocked out. With numerous cuts, scrapes, bruises, and deep oval shaped bruises all over his body, (Dr. Clark痴 Autopsy Report of 9/21/98). His death was ruled a homicide, which means it was caused by someone else. The community had questions (2000 concerned citizens) as to how all these injuries could have occurred from a fall as originally reported to the public. This is the base upon which the case generated substantial emotions in the community, (as it rightly should), with many people alleging brutality --- based upon their own family members past experience in this South Georgia town.

The public needs to understand that Black African Americans have seen their God win case after case. The Court Judge must first render its verdict before God renders his. Therefore, in the end regardless of how powerful and mighty, mighty might be, in the end must yield to right.

While many young blacks have lost trust in America痴 legal system, due to repeated unexplainable verdicts by South Georgia Judges. Just may be the total breakdown of the American Legal System? Black rap artists uses cases like this in their rap songs to address the system, and explain why --- it must be completely torn down, and rebuilt from the ground up with equal justice for all.

Moreover, history records that no ethnic group in America has suffered as much as Black African Americans. Therefore, Judge Royal痴 decision is nothing new. Judges have a history of ruling in favor of whites over Black African Americans and their families.

It is no secret that Blacks in America could not own land, a business, assemble in-groups of more than five, forced to refer to whites as master, and worked without being paid--by law. For over 200 years by-law, Blacks were not allowed to read, write, count, attend school, establish a family, manage money in the American system like privileged whites, and other ethnic groups who came to America.

In 1857, the Supreme Court said no black person had rights that a white man had to respect. So blacks must realize that little has changed to help Willie James Williams’s family in their civil suit. From 1615-1865, slave laws prohibited blacks from testifying in court, striking a white person, buying and selling goods, conducting religious services without a white person being present, posses firearms and beat drums.

It was the same unjust legal system that told Blacks --- where to eat, sleep, and use the bathroom, drink water, when and where to have children. If a Black man was caught looking at white women he could be arrested, charged, or worst. Blacks were relegated to janitorial and other degrading jobs with no legal redress.

Our Black African American neighbors fought in every war of this Republic, but could not enjoy the fruits America produced. For over 400 years, blacks were conditioned to think, and act according to slave laws. It has been written that it could take 700 years, perhaps a thousand to remove the damage done to the Black man physic --- because of unjust laws, and bad judges.

In 2003, many Black African Americans feel that there is no justice for the Black man in America. However, through it all, they seem to retain their belief in a Supreme Power who will pay every man for his works whether they are good or bad.

Every American should realize that there was no inferior, Japanese, Russian, Arab, Eskimo, Chinese, Korean, Mexican, Italian, or Jewish only water fountain, bathroom, lunch counter, school etc., in America. This proves that no ethnic group has endured the suffering and mistreatment as the Black man in America.

Blacks must understand that this Christian nation (America) put police dogs on them. Something not done to any other ethnic group. We turned water hoses on men, women, and children, castrated their men, and placed them on trees as strange fruits because they were of a darker hue.

There was no justifiable reason for the death of Mr. Willie James Williams for a minor traffic violation. People are stopped by law enforcement everyday and it does not result in a massive brain hemorrhage, a broken neck, a separated shoulder, three separated ribs, four upper teeth chipped, and two front lower teeth knocked out. With numerous cuts, scrapes, bruises, and deep oval shaped bruises all over their bodies. With no one to explain how these injuries occurred. If Mr. Williams had been the son of a judge, mayor, or governor or president -- the U.S. District Court judge may have ruled differently.

To the Williams family, I share in your pain, suffering, and grief. However, don稚 you weep, don稚 you mourn, and don稚 be weary. There is many more Black African American souls, crying out from the graves, and prisons in South Georgia for justice because of (traditional) court rulings. However, I believe God placed Blacks in America to show America a true picture of herself. That she would be in a better position to help save herself from destruction.

To the quiet, silent majority of citizens in Valdosta, and Lowndes County, a great prophet of our times once said: be ware of what you see on distant shores because soon it will be knocking at your door.・

I believe Black African Americans were ordained by the Creator, to help build a better America and world. God said, 的 will not put more on you than you can bare, and that whatsoever a man sow that shall he also reap.・

To the Williams family and those who struggled along with you for justice ---keep the faith and God Bless everybody until the day of judgment, which will surely come. You! Can run but you will not be able to hide on that day! Peace!