Cherokee Tribune
April 10, 2008

Well, the pro-illegal immigrants are at it again, looks like.

They’re marching again from Gainesville to Atlanta trying to have our government stop enforcing and using the law 287g , because of Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway and a few others are using it.

Here is what he found on folks already in his jail: In a 26-day trial run ending in February, 917 illegals “looking for a better life” were found in his jail, including 13 charged with murder, 154 with felony drug charges and 23 charged with child molestation.

My hat is off to all who use the tools to curb the problem of illegal immigration. The pro-illegals should be happy for a safer place to live instead of crying “racial profiling” and “they’re busting up families.”

What about the illegals busting up families? Like mine, when Gonzalo Harrell Gonzales, here illegally, in a car crash killed my son, Dustin, and Lucky, our family pet, and put my wife, Kathy, in a wheelchair with lots of medical issues. Nine years later, and, guess what, Gonzalo hasn’t been found yet.

I also want to thank all of you who contact our elected officials and write letters to editor because you know it’s a problem, too.

Billy Inman

Cherokee County

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Marietta Daily Journal today

Father’s quest for justice is still strong

Published: 10/15/2007
Ashley Fuller and Marcus E. Howard

CHEROKEE COUNTY – One year after thinking he’d found justice for his son, Billy Inman of southwest Cherokee County is once again searching for the man responsible for the car crash that killed his son.

As time begins to fade, memories of their 16-year-old redheaded son, Dustin, and image of Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez, a reported illegal immigrant, have become seared into the minds of Inman and his wife, Kathy, as they search for his whereabouts.

It was late in the evening during Father’s Day weekend on June 16, 2000, when the Pontiac Grand Am driven by Inman and carrying Kathy, Dustin and their dog, was stopped at a traffic light on Ga. 515 in North Georgia’s Gilmer County and suddenly struck from behind by an Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra driven by Harrell-Gonzalez at approximately 64 mph, hurling the Inmans car into the back of a Ford Bronco in front on it.

Dustin was killed in the crash. Billy and Kathy were knocked unconscious as a result of the impact, and Kathy suffered injuries that require her to use a wheelchair. The family’s dog was found dead at the scene.

Harrell-Gonzalez, who allegedly admitted to police he fell asleep behind the wheel, was taken to an Ellijay hospital and then transferred to a hospital in Dalton. He disappeared after being mistakenly released from the hospital.

In September of 2005, the man police believed to be Harrell-Gonzalez was arrested in Birmingham, Ala., but later was released after showing a magistrate court judge evidence alleging he was not Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez, but his brother, Roberto Harrell-Gonzalez.

He was arrested again a month later, in October, after a review of dental records convinced authorities that he was indeed Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez. A further review of records with dental experts found differences in the dental X-rays of Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez and the man in custody who claimed to be Roberto. The man was released last September.

The Inmans remember when authorities called them to Gilmer County last September to receive the news.

“I thought they wanted me to go over the case,” Inman said, not ready for the news he was about to hear.

Mrs. Inman didn’t take it any better.

“It was like the wreck happened all over again,” she said.

With Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez still walking around somewhere as a free man, Inman has resumed his quest to find him.

Posters displaying a picture of Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez and information about the case are displayed on both sides of Inman’s truck. He carries information with him in case anybody asks about what happened. He also maintains a Web site at www.legalamericanfolks.com and carries business cards with Internet addresses and contact information concerning illegal immigration.

The Dustin Inman Society

At around the time of the crash, a northeast Cobb man began doing research the issue of illegal immigration.

D.A. King said his crusade to end illegal immigration and the practice of hiring of illegal immigrants began when between 18 and 20 people, along with as many vehicles, moved to the house across the street from where he has lived since 1984.

Since, King has written numerous newspaper and magazine columns, appeared on national television networks and lobbied lawmakers at the Capitol in Atlanta and in Washington, D.C., with the single focus of persuading all Americans that illegal immigration is devastating the country.

It was during a protest rally in 2003 to counter a pro-immigration march in Doraville when King first met the Inmans and heard their tragic story, which bolstered his belief in his cause. He eventually quit his job as an independent insurance agent, refinanced his house twice and used his savings to launch the Cobb-based, nonprofit Dustin Inman Society, which he runs to educate the public on illegal immigration.

“Billy Inman is a personal hero of mine for his dedication to finding his son’s killer,” King said. “Billy and Kathy’s goal is to keep their son’s name alive and show what unsecured borders can do.”

Unfortunately, he said, illegal immigrants have killed too many Americans. The society’s Web site, www.thedustininmansociety.org, posts names of people across the country recently by reported illegal immigrants. This past weekend, it listed more than 150 names.

Billy and Kathy sit on the society’s board of advisors, which King said is made of an ethnically diverse group of people including two Hispanics.

“I think that we have made the American public aware that it’s O.K. to speak out against the organizational crime of illegal immigration and illegal employment,” King said.

The Dustin Inman Society offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Dustin’s killer.

Inman is not giving up his personal search, and regularly contacts media outlets, the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services – anyone he can get a hold of to keep the case alive. He said he occasionally hears from law enforcement agencies, but they tell him nothing more can be done without a lead.

“I don’t know where else to go. I feel like I’m at a dead end,” he said. “(Harrell-Gonzalez) will have his judgment one day. As far as him getting caught, I have no idea unless someone is able to pinpoint him.”

afuller@mdjonline.com, mhoward@mdjonline.com

Christian.Keller@asu.edu wrote: Re: Reply to homepage intro

You shouldn’t be mad at all mexicans because one crazed out lunatic ran a red light. It’s not like any other races don’t drink and drive and cause wrecks. Our own president has a couple of teenage DUI’s under his belt.

Loosing a love one is really tough but that doesn’t mean you have to be bitter and mean to people who are trying to find refuge in a country that hates them.All mexicans aren’t the same so you shouldn’t treat them the same.

Billy Inman, as good a man as I know, replies:

I am not mad at the Hispanic folks at all. I am more upset with my government .Period.Like I was telling (you)there is good an bad in ALL OF US and most of us are ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS…. a lot of ILLEGAL ALIENS are not held accountable and the Legal Folks are paying the price!!!!!

Note from D.A. – We don’t hate anyone. Mexican is not a race…it is a nationality. “Hispanic” is not a race…it is an ethnic designation, but we note from here that race seems to be a constant theme in the illegal alien/open borders lobby’s constant argument.

Dustin’s Dad, Billy Inman in the Cherokee Tribune:
Thanks to commissioners for stand

DEAR EDITOR:

I want to say a little bit about illegal immigration and thank the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners and others across the United States who are taking a stand on this problem to discourage illegal immigration, not just here, but all across the United States.

No one is exempt from illegal immigration. It seems to be getting worse daily, just look around. Anything done or trying to be done on this problem is a plus, but more has got to be done.

I am very concerned with illegal immigration. It changed my life as I knew it Father’s Day weekend of 2000 when an illegal immigrant driving negligently ran into my family’s car at estimated 62 mph while we were stopped at a red light. It took my son’s life at the scene and nearly took my and my wife’s lives, too. My wife is still in a wheelchair and the man that caused this can’t be found.
Death like this isn’t right and isn’t acceptable and I feel it’s preventable if our federal and all of our governments would enforce our laws and secure our boarders.

It’s illegal aliens’ decision to come illegally (they know the consequences when they come) and I feel they need to take the consequences that come with their actions – not us.

Billy Inman

Southwest Cherokee

Photo: Billy and Kathy Inman holding a picture of their late son, Dustin. Photo: AJC

Dalton Daily Citizen

April 30, 2018

Letter: Payne is wrong on driver’s license bill

At our house, we’re following the state Senate primary election in Dalton with great interest because of the issue of Sen. Chuck Payne voting against the illegal alien driver’s license bill in last session. You see, our son Dustin was killed by an illegal alien who crashed into the rear end of our car Father’s Day weekend in 2000. The illegal had a driver’s license from North Carolina that was the same as all North Carolina driver’s licenses.

He was involved in another rear-end crash before he killed our son and put my wife, Kathy, in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. The police had no way of knowing he was an illegal alien when they saw his license when he ran into the first family’s car — maybe they would have reported him to immigration authorities if his license was marked or looked different that he was here illegally. Maybe my son would be a productive 34-year-old with kids of his own today.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, my son’s killer is living in Mexico after he escaped Gilmer County law enforcement.

We do not want illegal aliens here and to have driver’s licenses, but if politicians are going to issue them to some illegals, those licenses should be clearly marked that person is not a legal immigrant.

I remembered when I turned 15, getting my learner’s license it said “Learners” across the top. Why not a note or word on the license of illegals that get one? Sen. Payne saying illegal immigration is not a Georgia issue is very disappointing. Try telling that to my wife. She’s easy to find in her wheelchair.

Mr. Tidwell said he doesn’t want Georgia to become a magnet for illegal immigration and would have voted for the illegal immigration driver’s license bill that Sen. Payne is against. We wish Mr. Tidwell good luck and don’t agree with Sen. Payne that Mr. Tidwell is a loser, and we ask Sen. Payne what happened to common sense and respect in politics.

Billy and Kathy Inman

Woodstock

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Who was Dustin Inman?

• Letter below sent November 20, 2017 – it was not published.

Dear editor,

The AJC’s Bill Torpy has apparently chosen the crime of illegal immigration as a pet topic and constantly describes illegal aliens as “immigrants.” He also says illegals are ‘voiceless’ and is clearly against locking them up once they are captured.

 Not for the first time, I urge Mr. Torpy to come OTP to Woodstock and visit with what remains of our American family.

 In 2000, on Father’s Day weekend, an illegal alien killed our only child Dustin Inman and put my wife, Kathy, in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. That person had previous run-ins with Georgia police and was allowed to go free. He is hiding out in Mexico, unpunished, having escaped before local law enforcement could lock him up after killing our son.

 We can tell Mr. Torpy about being voiceless and who we think the victims really are in the illegal immigration mess.

Billy and Kathy Inman

Woodstock, Ga.

Atlanta Journal Constitution
November 20, 2017

Torpy at Large: Too bad Atlanta’s immigration hypocrisy isn’t illegal

Bill Torpy, photo AJC

Earlier this month, Mayor Kasim Reed boasted on his very active Twitter account that his town is immigrant friendly.

“Atlanta is proud to be a welcoming city,” he wrote. “Pleased to be a part of the Safe Cities Network offering legal representation for those individuals facing deportation.”

Fighting for the rights of immigrants is now an important battleground for Dems and progressives. Families are being torn apart through deportation. People who’ve lived and worked here for years suddenly disappear one day into a murky system that affords them few rights. And it’s President Donald Trump’s pet issue!

From a liberal standpoint, resistance is a noble fight. It’s standing up for the powerless.

So, it might come as a surprise that the city of Atlanta, that beacon of civil rights, that Sanctuary City Lite, is profiting greatly from Señor Trump’s roundup. (As it did from President Barack Obama’s roundup, as well.)

At any given time, the Atlanta City Detention Center in south downtown holds about 250 immigrants waiting to be booted from U.S. soil. The city receives $78 per each detained soul per night from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Multiply those numbers and that human suffering amounts to some real cash… MORE HERE

Photo: Billy and kathy Inman holding a picture of their late son, Dustin. AJC

Decaturish.com
November 9, 2017

Dear Decaturish – Decaturish.com and AJC spread ‘baseless smear’ about Dustin Inman Society

Dear editor,

Decaturish.com recently ran a news story about a complaint filed with the Immigration enforcement Review Board by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle concerning what Cagle says is a violation of state law. In that article, you inserted additional news about what Jim Galloway of the AJC wrote on his blog about the pro-enforcement non-profit group named after our son, Dustin Inman.

“AJC political columnist Jim Galloway reported that the Immigration Enforcement Review Board handled 20 cases in six years, 19 of which were filed by the founder of the Dustin Inman Society, dubbed a ‘extremist’ group by the Southern Poverty Law Center” wrote Dan Whisenhunt.

Our friend D.A. King, founder and president of the Dustin Inman Society, has worked for nearly fifteen years to advance the cause of immigration enforcement. Our son, Dustin, is forever 16 because a speeding illegal immigrant ran into our car on Father’s Day weekend in 2000 killing Dustin instantly and putting both my wife, Kathy and me in comas. We learned that our only child was gone only when we awakened. After his funeral.

Even now, almost 18 years later Kathy is in constant pain and has been confined to a wheelchair since the horror that separated our American family forever.

Some people have told us that it could have been anyone that killed ruined our lives and family. It wasn’t just anyone. It was a person with no legal right to even be in our country.

Galloway is well known for trying to marginalize our enforcement work. So is the SPLC which is also noted for labeling as “hate” or “extreme” any person or group that does not follow their far-left anti-enforcement agenda. We are saddened but not surprised to see that Galloway and the AJC have taken to use of the discredited SPLC to try to intimidate the majority of Americans who only ask that we enforce our laws. Even our immigration laws.

We are also puzzled as to why Decaturish.com felt it necessary to help spread the baseless smear from Galloway and the SPLC. To us, that seems “extreme.”

– Billy and Kathy Inman   HERE

Georgia couple also invited to Inauguration

PHOTO CBS Atlanta 46

Inman’s only child killed by illegal alien – ‘compassionate’ left mocks assistance effort

Billy and Kathy Inman of Woodstock, Georgia were invited guests at the official launch of the Trump administration’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE) in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

Mr. and Mrs. Inman are the parents of Dustin Inman, a forever-sixteen American who was killed by an illegal alien in a fully preventable traffic crash on Father’s Day weekend, 2000. The illegal alien who took Dustin’s life and put Kathy in a wheelchair for the rest of hers escaped police custody soon after the crash and has never been re-captured.

Established in 2005, the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society was named in memory of the Inman youth at his parent’s request.

Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Trump ordered ICE to create the VOICE office in response to the Executive Order entitled ‘Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States’, which directed DHS to create an office to support victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens.

“All crime is terrible, but these victims are unique—and too often ignored,” said Secretary Kelly. “They are casualties of crimes that should never have taken place—because the people who victimized them often times should not have been in the country in the first place.”

According to the ICE press release, key objectives of the VOICE office are:

* Use a victim-centered approach to acknowledge and support victims and their families.

* Promote awareness of available services to crime victims.

* Build collaborative partnerships with community stakeholders assisting victims.

Billy Inman has not only struggled with the loss of his son and to care for his wife since the senseless crash but also has staged a dedicated and determined, non-stop, seventeen-year campaign to locate Dustin’s killer. Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Mr. Inman a letter explaining that the fugitive who was in the U.S. illegally, Gonzalez Gonzalo Harrell, has been officially confirmed to be residing in Mexico but will not be returned to the U.S. for justice.

In his remarks (video 21:30) at the VOICE office opening, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly noted the Inman family and the misery they have endured because multiple administrations have refused to enforce American immigration laws.

ICE has established a toll-free hotline staffed with operators who will triage calls to ensure victims receive the support they need. The number is 1-855-48-VOICE or 1-855-488-6423. Asked about his visit to two-day Washington and the VOICE opening, Billy Inman said “I appreciated all of ‘em. I hope this will help and hold some accountable.”

Tolerant ‘Progressives’ mock families like the Inmans’

Immediately after going active, the official ICE support phone line intended to help families of victims of crime by illegals was inundated with prank calls from the anti-enforcement left that so often talks of “compassion.” The intent was to disrupt what is depicted as an “anti-immigrant” campaign by ICE. The anti-borders crowd gleefully boasts of their contempt for immigration laws and for the fellow Americans who suffer with the loss of family members at the hands of victims of borders.

A legal director with an open borders organization called the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office which will aid the American victims of illegal immigrant crimes “despicable.”

Billy Inman works part time as a driver on route delivery and is in need of financial assistance to cover endless medical bills and to provide professional home care for his wife. A GoFundMe account has been set up for that purpose.

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