THIS
THIS REEKS OF THE GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >> RIGHT NOW, 4@GROWING OUTRAGE
AFTER AN EXPLOSIVE
INVESTIGATION ABOUT WHETHER TWO
LOCAL LEADERS.
LOCAL LEADERS. >> NEITHER POLICE CHIEF NOR THE
STATE REPRESENTATIVE CALLED 911
AS A HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM LAY
DYING.
DYING.
DYING. >>
DYING. >> SINCE WE BROKE THE STORY
THOUSANDS OF YOU HAVE SHARED
YOUR COMMENTS AND MANY 4@4@OF Y
JOINING CALLS FOR PUBLIC
OFFICIALS TO RESIGN.
CITY AND STATE LEADERS WILL NOT
COMMENT AND THEY SAID THE VA K
-- THE DA HAS THE CASE.
>>> ALMOST 150,4@000 READERS IN
COUNTING, SOCIAL MEDIA FIRESTOR@
4@. STEP DOWN NOW IS THE MESSAG
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
STATE OFFICIALS REACTING TO AN
INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE
CHIEF.
CHIEF.
CHIEF. THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
>> WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL 911?
THE 4@GEORGIA STATE
REPRESENTATIVE ON 4@THE PHONE
AFTER LEARNING OF HER
COLLEAGUES ROLE IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE DEADLY HIT AND
RUN CRASH.
RUN CRASH. THE DRIVER DROVE 1 MILE FROM
THE SCENE AFTER HITTING A
PERSON ON HIS BIKE.
HE DID NOT CALL POLICE FOR 911 @
BUT HIS FRIENDS.
REPRESENTATIVE KELLY ALSO AN
ATTORNEY DID NOT CALL 911
EITHER.
EITHER.
EITHER. WHILE ERIC LAY IN THE DITCH
DYING,4@ KELLY CALLED THE POLIC
CHIEF AT HOME.
>> ANYBODY LACKING THE MORAL
COURAGE4@4@ OVER WHAT MAY BE GO
FOR YOUR FRIEND EVER SAVING A
PERSONS LIFE.
PERSONS LIFE. >> THE CHIEF ALSO DID NOT CALL
911.
911.
911. BY
911. BY THE TIME THE OFFICER GOT TO
THE SCENE IT WAS 4@4@TOO LATE.
TH4@E FAMILY'S ATTORNEY HAS BEE
WATCHING THE REACTION TO THE
REVEAL INVESTIGATION.
REVEAL INVESTIGATION. >> IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY
COMFORTING AND SUPPORTING TO
THE FAMILY TO KNOW 4@THAT PEOPL
ARE ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE AND
THE SIDE OF TRUTH.
>> AND ATTORNEY SAYS THE 4@
FAMILIES APPRECIATIVE OF THE
HOOD COUNTY DA AND WITHIN HOURS
WITHIN RELEASING OUR
INVESTIGATION, HE RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING, OUR OFFICE
HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS TO REVIEW
THE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE
WHAT AND WHO WILL BE CHARGED 4@
THE INCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN
THE TRAGIC DEATH.
I ANTICIPATE BRINGING THE
CHARGES TO THE GRAND JURY SOON.
DAYS EARLIER THE DA TOLD HER
THAT4@ WOULD 4@NOT HAPPEN.
>> WE ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT THE
DA IS INVESTIGATING.
>> SHE SAYS IT'S AN ATTEMPT AT @
A COVER-UP AND JUSTICE WILL NOT
BE SERVED UNTIL ALL INVOLVED
ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND NOT
JUST THE DRIVER.
>> PROTOCOLS WERE BLATANTLY
DISREGARDED AND COMMON SENSE 4@@
WAS IGNORED INSTEAD DELIBERATE
AND 4@INTENTIONAL ACTS TO COVER
UP A CRIME.
>> THE FAMILY PLANS TO SUE THE
CITY, THE POLICE CHIEF AND
HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP.
>> A SECOND STATEMENT FROM
REPRESENTATIVE KELLY AND IT WAS
A LOT MORE DETAILED.
>> HE'S GOT SO MANY MESSAGES
THAT HE FELT HE HAD TO SHARE
HIS SIDE.
HIS SIDE.
HIS SIDE. HE GOT 4@A CALL FROM A CITIZEN
THAT HE HAD SEEN AT THE FAIR
BUT DID NOT MENTION THAT THIS
PERSON, THE DRIVER WAS A FRIEND
OF HIS AND WE FOUND A PICTURE
OF THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER
FROM YEARS AGO.
>> HE SAID THE INDIVIDUAL
WORKED AT A LOCAL SUPERMARKET
AND WAS WELL-LIKED4@ AND IS KNO
TO HAVE LIMITED 4@MENTAL CAPACI
AND HE SAID HE WAS AGITATED AND
UPSET.
UPSET.
UPSET. >>
UPSET. >> WE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS
ABOUT THE MENTAL CAPACITY AND
HIS PARENTS TOLD US THAT BUT 4@
HELD A JOB AND LIVED BY HIMSELF
AND HAS A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND
4@THE FAMILY DOES NOT THINK
THAT'S ENOUGH NOT ENOUGH TO
CALL 911.