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Laken Riley MURDER viewed as PR problem by Mayor and Sheriff of Athens-Clarke County
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:39 am
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:39 am
Sanctuary UGA
Elections HAVE Consequences, Life and Death Consequences
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Through a Georgia Open Records Act request, we obtained a February 24, 2024 email exchange between Clarke County Sheriff John Q. Williams and Girtz. This exchange, sent two days after Laken Riley was murdered, is shocking.
Sheriff Williams contacted Mayor Girtz asking whether the county he is responsible for protecting is a “sanctuary” jurisdiction. But it gets worse. Sheriff Williams then threatens that if the Athens-Clarke County Government would not address the county’s refusal to cooperate with ICE, he “will do everything in [his] power to protect the integrity and professionalism of the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office and [himself].”
The fact that Sheriff Williams seems more interested in covering his posterior than anything else is appalling on its own. But the fact that he appears to have had absolutely no idea about his own department’s policies regarding cooperation with federal immigration authorities raises serious questions about his ability to manage the operations of a law enforcement agency that serves upwards of 120,000 people.
Moreover, the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office website lists information for inmate mail, visits, etc. in both English and Spanish. If Sheriff Williams’ jail has that many Spanish-speaking inmates, then at least a percentage of them are likely to be foreign nationals sought by ICE, and there is absolutely no excuse for his professed ignorance about sanctuary shenanigans.
What should raise even more questions, however, is the fact the it never occurred to Sheriff Williams that the best way to protect the integrity of his agency would be to follow the law, thereby allowing ICE to do its job and remove criminal aliens.
Mayor Girtz’s response is even more troubling. He notes that Williams’ predecessor refused to honor ICE detainers and praises non-cooperation policies, saying, “I support the detainer policy as one that is both humane and following the well-documented propensity of immigrants in the U.S. to be less criminally inclined than the native-born population.”
It’s bad enough that Mayor Girtz is in favor of ignoring federal laws he doesn’t like. But it seems that his willingness to do so is based on the mistaken belief that illegal aliens are generally more law abiding than Americans. There’s a problem with that reasoning, however. By definition, all illegal aliens begin their relationship with the United States by breaking the law.
Then, to cap off this demonstration of lawlessness and incompetence, Mayor Girtz says that his “takeaway” from Laken Riley’s murder is, “in the immediate wake of a tragedy to focus on the victim…avoid political messaging…focus on comfort and unity.”
To Kelly Girtz, the savage killing of a college student is a public relations problem. And it’s a public relations problem that one should manage with by sowing “comfort and unity” – not by arresting and deporting foreign law breakers.
Elections HAVE Consequences, Life and Death Consequences
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:42 am to Original Bayou Boy
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less criminally inclined than the native-born population.”
Couldn't that be seen as racist?
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:42 am to Original Bayou Boy
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“I support the detainer policy as one that is both humane and following the well-documented propensity of immigrants in the U.S. to be less criminally inclined than the native-born population.”
Activists simply come up with any lie to keep doing what they want to do.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:49 am to Original Bayou Boy
“We’re really just talking about one girl here”
Mayor Kelly Girtz, Athens, GA
Mayor Kelly Girtz, Athens, GA
Posted on 3/26/24 at 9:22 am to Original Bayou Boy
No surprise here, Athens is Lib as heck and has been for ages.
I had work downtown the day Trump was inaugurated, there were protesters all over Broad Ave. Waiting at the red light was long and very uncomfortable
I had work downtown the day Trump was inaugurated, there were protesters all over Broad Ave. Waiting at the red light was long and very uncomfortable
Posted on 3/26/24 at 9:23 am to Bigdawgb
Most small towns where a large university is one of the major employers end up like that.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 10:05 am to Original Bayou Boy
Not a surprise. Democrats were more outraged that Biden called that piece of shite an illegal than they were about what he did.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 10:10 am to DisplacedBuckeye
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Biden called that piece of shite an illegal than they were about what he did.
Idk I'm not a big Lincoln Riley fan personally. He was a tool bag at OU and a tool bag at USC
Posted on 3/26/24 at 10:23 am to teke184
Exactly. The Athens locals have more in common with Portlanders than they do any other town in GA.
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