The most difficult thing I am exposed to as a result of this blog are cases of child sexual abuse, the almost inhuman burdens placed on human beings as a result of this crime, as well as the disturbing prevalence of sexual exploitation of children by (mostly) men of all walks of society. The second most difficult are the cases where there is not only the trauma of a crime, but breathtaking and sometimes brazen public corruption. When a civilian comes to realize they will be subjected to the kind of unfair tactics, intimidation and misuse of police/government resources that can rain down and there’s next to nothing you can do about it. Gaslighting taken to the next level.
It’s a little like “I know it when I see it,” but the public corruption/dirty dealings-type infections present when what first looks like typical cop/prosecutor actions that are seemingly “on the spectrum,” first make no sense and then start to stink. The good people are somehow turned into the bad people. Victims start being treated like suspects and suspects get the kid glove treatment. The narrative gets abbreviated and/or manipulated and then repeated or escalated in the media. He passed a polygraph! There was only one set of footprints going out to the water and none coming back! The child killer left no evidence! Mothers routinely lie about sexual abuse in custody proceedings!
There are a few longtime reporters/news broadcasters in Southeastern Michigan who are amazing water-carriers for the cops and sometimes prosecutors. It is a parasitic relationship that can incidentally ruin someone’s life. They don’t care. Readers/viewers trust these people implicitly for some reason, and they should not.
I have not lived in Michigan for over 40 years. Since 1977 I have viewed it as a place of great pain, very little support and now of very prevalent corruption. I have lived in four other states since then and I have to say, I have never seen the kind of shit that turns up routinely in Michigan. I was telling someone about I case I recently learned of from Michigan and the person stopped me and said, “Wait a minute, WHERE did this happen?” I said Michigan and the person replied, wow–I thought you were going to say Louisiana or some place down south.
If you have never been a victim of a crime, lucky you. If you have never been targeted or manipulated by someone with a badge, even more lucky for you.
My next post is going to be about a news story that might be familiar to my Michigan readers. I had never heard it before. The reason I know about it is that a tentacle of the story was active in federal court this past week. I wanted to know how in the hell two men charged with sexually abusing a child–where Attorney General Dana Nessel said there was probable cause for the arrests, and where the judge in the case denied bail based on the strong evidence, could sue government actors and the child’s mother in federal court for malicious prosecution and civil conspiracy? How could these cases even make it to federal court and how have some of the claims survived summary judgment?! One man is an ex-cop. The other is a registered sex offender.
I will tell you, I was initially so pissed because last spring I tried to get five Michigan law firms to file a civil action for violation of my brother Tim’s civil rights in the child killer case. I presented the case and argued the statute of limitations was tolled by the cover up that has been in place since 1977. They all blew me off. Hard. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
And this case made it to and is still in federal court?! Then I learned one of the complaints was drafted by Attorney to the Pedophile Stars and Jennifer Crumbley, Shannon Smith. Ok, so let’s see what you’ve got.
How this case wound up in federal court is but one of the revolting layers in a case that made me sick to my stomach and lose sleep. It winds up in Florida family court, as well, where a judge seems set to soon award custody to the father in a classic, predictable and pathetic show of male family court judge ego bullshit.
I’m going to do my best to piece this together from what I’ve read. It should be reported by the Washington Post or the New York Times. I’m not kidding. Somebody please pick this story up. The federal cases are proceeding and the family court case will be heard in mid-January. The story is unbelievable. You could not make it up.
The loser, it seems, will be the child. And many Michiganders played a part in this. A pox on all of them.