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Here, from ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com

Photo: Twitter

Dear editor,

After watching a summer of violent riots and destructive fires in American streets and the screams of “White Supremacist!” during the removal of what the far left regards as “racist” statues, we see Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden hold a campaign rally in Warm Springs, GA. “Biden delivered a message calling for bipartisanship at a time of turmoil, wrapping himself in the legacy of former President Franklin Roosevelt on a grassy mountaintop not far from where the New Deal Democrat once had his private retreat” wrote the AJC.

What we did not see was any reminder of Roosevelt’s trial-free round up of innocent Japanese Americans and their forced confinement in what are surely now labeled as “concentration camps” at the outset of WW ll.

We always assumed the program managers at BLM and Antifa are not independent history buffs, but what about AJC editors? Does this mean the “erase-our-history-now!” revolution is on hold? It’s very confusing.

D.A. King

Marietta

Image: Twitter

Dr. Rich McCormick. Photo, Ballotopedia.

From the Associated Press via Fox Five TV in Atlanta:

“McCormick said he wants a *path to citizenship for immigrants who “follow the law,” but supports a program where local police agencies partner with the federal government to arrest people in the country without legal permission, saying it takes criminals off the street. Bourdeaux opposes that policy, saying it breeds fear of police in immigrant communities and makes the district less safe because people then won’t call the authorities when they see crime.” Here.

But…

McCormick answered “yes” to the below question on amnesty/legalization for illegal aliens to NumbersUSA (here):

Photo: USCIS

News on the (Dalton) complaints on filing false documents and violation of Georgia’s E-Verify for private employer laws.

Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood has declined to investigate the complaints we sent regarding the City of Dalton and restaurant owner Rep. Casey Carpenter. On the phone, I was finally successful in convincing a clearly reluctant Sheriff Chitwood to forward my complaint to the GBI, as I had originally requested but since he received the carefully laid out electronic complaints from his staff in a printed format, he told me that is how he would forward the material to GBI.

I explained that the information necessary to understand my complaints could not be accessed unless the reader was using the electronic version.

I am now in the process of attempting to see action from the District Attorney for Whitfield County (Bert Poston) and have sent that office the same electronic complaints with the below email with a copy sent to Diane Morgan, who I am told is the GBI Director’s assistant. I have not recieved confirmation of receipt and am now calling both offices:

Dear District Attorney Poston,

Please see the attached complaint, which is #2 of two complaints I filed with Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood on September 29, 2020 with the request that he forward them to the GBI. Both complaints are also posted online on our website: complaint #2 here , complaint #1 here.

Please note that I am copying the assistant to GBI Director on this email.

I request that your office forward my well-researched and sourced complaints to the GBI for further action.

I have received a response from Sheriff Chitwood today and quote it in its entirety here: “Your complaint was received, but after reading over it, the Whitfield Co. Sheriffs’ Office would not oversee such a complaint.   Your attention should be directed to the City of Dalton.” I also had a phone conversation with Sheriff Chitwood.

 

I would be extremely grateful for a reply confirming your receipt of this email.

Thank you,

D.A. King

The below email from Sheriff Chitwood was received here on October 14, 2020 at 9:30 AM. It was actually two complaints. Both here. We also spoke on the telephone when I called him before I saw his email to me.

Sheriff Scott Chitwood. Photo, WCSD

“Your complaint was received, but after reading over it, the Whitfield Co. Sheriffs’ Office would not oversee such a complaint. Your attention should be directed to the City of Dalton.”

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Update: 17 Nov 2020: I sent the complaints to the Whitfield County area District Attorney the same day I received the above answer from the Whitfield County Sheriff. But, we think it important to note the guidelines provided by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on how they get involved in an investigation. From the GBI website, FAQ page:

• How does the GBI get involved in an investigation?

  Under Georgia law, the GBI, as an assisting agency, can ONLY respond to requests for investigations from:

  • Governing officials of a municipality
  • District Attorneys <–
  • Sheriffs <–
  • Superior Court Judges
  • Chief law enforcement officers of any municipality
  • Chiefs of county police departments (in counties with population in excess of 100,000)
  • Chiefs of regular or volunteer fire departments (in suspected arson cases)
  • Governor of Georgia (by directive)

While reading this anti-enforcement pap was and still is a hoot, we particularly enjoy reading the sentiment on page V: “According to a study (March 21, 2005) by the Pew Hispanic Center, the number of undocumented immigrants is approximately 11 million in the United States, despite current efforts to control illegal immigration though “higher fines, hordes of agents and hundreds of sensors.”

Who wrote and edited this little gem put out by the Kennesaw State University Center for Hispanic Studies?

The ADL and GALEO.

GALEO’s Jerry Gonzalez – photo, DIS

Robert A. DeVillar, Ph.D., Senior Editor – Director KSU Center got Hispanic Studies and Jerry Gonzalez, MPA, Coordinating Editor, Executive Director, GALEO & GALEO Latino Community Development Fund, that’s who. Click on the image of the cover page below to read it. Don’t miss page V.

Cover, National Journal, October, 2005

Enchanted Land Article

Great work, Ev!

Photo from online AJC opinion page today