Pubdate: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 Source: Toccoa Record, The (GA) Copyright: 2009 The Toccoa Record Contact: https://secure.townnews.com/thetoccoarecord.com/forms/letters.php Website: http://www.thetoccoarecord.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5073 Author: Stan Turpin GRAND JURY, LAW OFFICERS ARE A JOKE Reverend Ayers is gone. I'm sure he didn't consider his God-called profession hazardous. He did nothing that day that should have ended his life. Neither did the 92-year old lady who was killed by drug enforcement agents in Atlanta. Attempts where made to cover up that murder, but the people of Atlanta would not let that happen. That will not happen here. Let's rewrite history and see what would have happened if Reverend Ayers would have returned fire when he was attacked. Pretend he killed one or both of his attackers. We would have watched 3 days of TV coverage about the slain officers and the preacher who gunned them down. Gone to two funerals covered on the 6 and 11 o'clock news; with bagpipes playing and flags flying at half mast. Told which banks were accepting money for the families of the slain officers and finally, their names would be carved on a wall someplace. Did any of that happen for Reverend Ayers? When two police officers can attack an unarmed man who has done nothing wrong, shoot and kill him when he tries to escape the gunfire; is there not something wrong here? Upper management of law enforcement and the Stephens County Grand Jury are a joke. I don't see how any of you can stand to look at yourself in a mirror. Does anyone have an Ingram or an Uzi to trade for a Glock? No, I don't blame you. These guys are back on the street. Stan Turpin Clarkesville - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake