Do we, as citizens, have the right to hold criminals accountable?

May I start with a request:

I have been attending Seneca City and Oconee County meetings. Please come and make this a movement!!! Oconee meets in Walhalla on the first and third Tuesdays at 6. Seneca meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6. Hope to see you Tuesday in Seneca. We may have a surprise speaker that has a whammy of a story to tell. We can combat corruption if we stand together to hold our elected officials accountable!!!!

Video of Oconee County Council Meeting on September 3. I speak at 4:15.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT5nitFj9lE&t=882s

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The “law enforcement” is hired by our elected officials and other government bureaucrats to enforce the law. Our constitution and American principals demand that the law is enforced fairly, independent of who the criminal is. Yet, it does not take a long stretch of the imagination to believe that those hired to create and enforce the law are not at the mercy of the law. It is also not a far stretch to imagine that the objectives of those hired by our government are different than the rest of us.

I find myself in this exact situation, and I know I am not alone. What happened to us is that an officer of the Oconee County Sheriff's department, Jimmy Dixon, came to our house to harass my fiance before she went to court. In the hearing she had an affidavit that called a local lawyer and a long-time Seneca resident criminals. The clear evidence that the police are lying is that they are hiding and refuse to produce an accurate police report. The incident happened on March 14, 2024 and the police report says March 13. Jimmy Dixon was off duty on March 14.

On March 14, Berry Owens was in the squad car at my gate with Jimmy Dixon. Berry also refuses to fix the police report. Sheriff Crenshaw has covered for them by corroborating the obviously fictitious narrative. Jimmy Watts, head of public relations, has refused to answer any calls or reply in any meaningful way. The complaints I filed against the offending officers have been buried and are not on the complaint records of those officers. If the Oconee County sheriff’s office had nothing to hide, they would not be hiding. Isn’t that what the cops always say when they want to invade our rights?

The difference between us and them is that they are public servants. We do not have to answer any of their questions unless there is reason to believe we are involved in a crime. They must answer our questions if the information we request is of the public nature. It does not matter what Jimmy Watts thinks of me personally, the sheriff's department assigned him to manage my public records requests. I have called him many times, he does not answer his phone and he does not return calls. This system is designed to prevent transparency. These techniques are practiced and proven to work.

Of course I contacted SLED, the enforcement agency that is assigned to hold police accountable. They told me the only way they could take a complaint is if it came from the Sheriff’s office. This I find comical. Unless the Oconee Sheriff reports himself, no investigation will happen. Again, the system is designed to protect all those on one side of the Blue Line and exploit and profit from those on the other side. That line is the worst type of desecration.

I don't think the blue line in Oconee County will fall anytime soon. Those on the law enforcement side of the line will protect each other, with blood if necessary. The Oconee Sheriff and the officers of the department will not take a stand against Jimmy Dixon, Berry Owens and Mike Crenshaw. It is our responsibility to stand and accept the consequences. It is better to spend time in jail than to stand free without principals. Too many value their freedom too much to support a free society. When we fear our government so much we hesitate to protect our county and its citizens, we don't deserve to be free. We did not become free by staying safe in the presence of oppressors.

It is our elected officials that should bear the brunt of this burden. We the citizens, in a peaceful society, have a voice through our elected representatives. If this mechanism fails, we fail. It feels like we have failed, but I think we should check before we give up petitioning the Oconee government for change. We elected our representatives to do the right thing even if it upsets the people they are afraid of and attached to. These men and women pledge their allegiance to our flag every meeting, not the one with the blue line. These men and women pray to the god that stood for the poor and oppressed, not the god that protected the wealthy, powerful and corrupt. Let us together make our pledge’s and prayers have meaning.

I have been attending Seneca City and Oconee County meetings. Please come and make this a movement!!! Oconee meets in Walhalla on the first and third Tuesdays at 6. Seneca meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6. Hope to see you Tuesday in Seneca. We may have a surprise speaker that has a whammy of a story to tell. We can combat corruption if we stand together to hold our elected officials accountable!!!!