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CHAPTER 13
ii The Chancellory boarding house stood at the end of Broadmoor Lane. Originally an Old Country inn, it was at least two hundred years old. A gentle claw of ivy owned one side wall and part of the chimney. The inn itself had recently been converted into a more modern dwelling by offering its guests the comforts of an enclosed latrine. The seat sat over a small stream on the downward slope, spilling over rocks and emptying into a large holding pool before cascading down a slough on its way to a water wheel and granary at the bottom of the hill. There was an elm tree sitting alone at the end of the property, its contempt for Nature’s worst evident in its twisted pantomime of defiance. The yard had been weathered through the years, tortured by the elements, but every year the yard would have to be scythed and the fresh scent of cut green lawn would fill the fields. But the seasons had turned and the elm was a simple silhouette of its former self.
By ben woestenburg5 years ago in Criminal
sleeping deer
It was cold in the forest that winter, colder than anyone would have predicted. The pond had already frozen, and the air threatened to do the same to your lungs, if given half a chance. The winter’s silence here made it feel like there had never been a summer. There was freedom in this isolation.
By Joanna McLoughlin5 years ago in Criminal
Why the Judge Rotenberg Center Should STOP Skin Shocks
The image above is a drawing of a student of the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, the JRC, getting painful skin shocks from a former employee there. Sadly, these images and stories are not made up. This is really happening. For decades, the JRC has used a device called the Graduated Electric Decelerator, or GED to send painful skin shocks to students with disabilities and students of color. This device has been deemed by The United Nations to be a torture device. This has a huge negative affect on the Autism community, because the JRC still continues to use harmful and hurtful shocks as behavioral modification. Survivors of this cruel practice will all testify against it, because the trauma they endured will stay with them forever.
By Sunny Dolen5 years ago in Criminal
Inside a lion's cage
Do not judge me for being too aggressive. Do not hate the fact that my behavior reveals the undeniable truth about all humans. that beneath this civilized appearance lies an apex predator, a beast that has never found peace, and probably never will. So, they run from this truth calling it a lie. condemning those who spread this message. Incarcerating those who demonstrate this truth by word and deed. at lease inside a lion knows where he stands. because outside are people who like to pretend
By Deon Hudson5 years ago in Criminal
CHAPTER 13
i The drive from Chumley to Okehampton was usually little more than half an hour; with the mood they were in after having met DCI Biles, it took Sonia an extra fifteen minutes to make the drive. The countryside was mostly farmland, the sky a light turquoise colour with large cumulus clouds moving in from the East. Farms, with hedgerows marking their boundaries, and trees of every colour swaying in a gentle breeze, appeared, and just as quickly, disappeared from view. A few of the small villages set off from the roadside were approached by narrow tracks of dirt worn deep by centuries of use. It was the type of drive Sonia usually enjoyed. She could see cows grazing lazily in the wide, open pastures, and sheep dotting the hillsides. Swans swam lazily in open ponds created by the recently flooded rivers and streams, and she wondered how long it would be until the water finally receded.
By ben woestenburg5 years ago in Criminal
Pooler PD Exposed Part Three - The Patrol Division
In December 2018, I was driving home from attempting to pay a speeding ticket. I was driving the speed limit and had not even committed a traffic violation by the officers own admisssion- Bloomingdale PD simply would not take my debit card and told me to go pay it online, which I was headed home to do. Then the flashing blue lights. I was pulled over and was told my license was suspended, my driver's license photo was plastered across the officer's console. I had never been arrested. Never been in handcuffs with the exception of training. The Officer took my license (which he kept and the department has never returned), drove me to the Pooler PD , booked me, took my finger prints, and despite Ga state law drove me back to my apartment complex, telling me to have someone pick my car up from the Olive Garden parking lot. When he came to court, he left the courtroom just before the case was called. Little did I know this was the beginning of an ongoing pattern of harassment that continues today.
By Justice for All5 years ago in Criminal
St. Valentines' Day Massacre
There are some great unsolved mysteries in America. The Boston Heist Paintings. The Zodiac Killer. What happened to the escapees at Alcatraz. Anything to do with Area 51. Today though, I will be talking about something else. It is a mystery that captures everyone’s attention. A mystery that has already been solved, but never proven. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. On Valentine’s Day in 1929, seven gang members were shot in a Chicago warehouse, hit by a rival gang run by the infamous Al Capone. Unable to prove Capone's connection legally, we may only speculate what, today, would have been a straightforward case. Today, I will be telling you a brief history of Chicago’s gangsters, the massacre itself, and the resulting effect the shooting had on the criminal justice system at the time.
By Jocelynn L. Taylor5 years ago in Criminal
