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« on: October 03, 2007, 09:38:31 AM »
The Seven Security Guards and Nurse are being tried together in the Florida Boot Camp beating death.
Opening Arguments began Wednesday October 3, 2007.
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vote to disband all boot camps!
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2007, 10:25:35 AM »
poll on court tv: In the Court
BOOT CAMP: Should juvenile boot camps be dismantled nationwide?

36.55%
Yes

63.45%
No

:flame:
Please vote!
http://www.courttv.com/13thjuror/index.htmlhttp://http://www.courttv.com/13thjuror/index.html
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2007, 10:45:56 AM »
Special Mater's  Final Report - Martin Lee Anderson

http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/20 ... 968.sm.pdf
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2007, 12:38:42 PM »
TIMELINE: (SNIPPED)
January 5, 2006

Martin Lee Anderson's first day at the Bay County boot camp. He collapses after an altercation with the guards and is rushed to Bay Medical Center by ambulance at about 9:45 a.m.
He is later life-flighted to Sacred Heart Hosptial in Pensacola.
January 6, 2006

Anderson dies around 1:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
February 13, 2006

CNN and the Miami Herald file a lawsuit for the surveillance tape from the boot camp to be released.
February 15, 2006

Anderson's parents hold a news conference asking for the release of the video. The National Black Caucus of Legislators and the NAACP join their efforts.
February 16, 2006

The results of the first autopsy by Dr. Charles Siebert of the 14th Judicial Circuit are released. Siebert says Anderson died from complications of sickle cell trait, a hereditary condition. The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the FBI open a federal probe into the case.
February 17, 2006

The surveillance video is released showing the approximately 30 minute confrontation between Anderson and the guards. Some medical experts begin disputing Dr. Siebert's cause of death.
February 21, 2006

The Bay County Sheriff's Office gives a 90-day notice to the Department of Juvenile Justice that they will be shutting down the boot camp.
State Attorney for the 14th Judicial Circuit, Steve Meadows, steps aside and requests a special prosecutor to oversee the case.
Gov. Jeb Bush appoints Mark Ober of the 13th Judicial Circuit.
March 10, 2006

Anderson's family exhumes his body to have a second autopsy performed.
March 13, 2006

Second autopsy performed.
March 14, 2006

Preliminary results from the second autopsy released. Doctors say Anderson did not die from sickle cell trait.
March 28, 2006
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2007, 01:58:34 PM »
This story is going to be entertainment to millions of housewives across america now.
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2007, 03:52:42 PM »
From 1984 to 1986, records show Schmidt (the nurse) worked at the Anneewakee Hospital, a treatment center and wilderness camp for about 150 troubled boys in Carrabelle, in the Panhandle. The treatment center was closed in 1986 amid allegations of widespread abuse and molestation of children.
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2007, 05:15:27 PM »
Quote from: ""Guest""
This story is going to be entertainment to millions of housewives across america now.


Perhaps, in the same sense that slowing down to gawk at a terrible car accident is entertainment. At least those millions of housewives will learn something and maybe get some awareness that American teens are being horribly mistreated in some of these places.
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2007, 08:39:06 PM »
Yes, I listened to this on the way home via Sirius radio Court TV station. I listened to what I guess were the opening arguments? I heard the prosecuters side which was great. You really felt like you were Martin Lee Anderson. It was so detailed. I was sickened by the holding of the mouth and him forced to inhale amonia threw his nose 55 seconds at a time on three seperate occasions in a row then given physical blows. I started to listen to the defense's opening statements but had to pull into my garage. From the first 3 minutes that I did hear though, I could tell you the defense's explanation of events was heartless, and cold.

I hope these guys rot in prison. They surely will.
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2007, 01:41:01 PM »
I'm at work watching it.  Ashley Banfield is the anchor right now and during the court recess they ran the tape in its entirety ( I think, I came in  a few minutes into it).  Its more sickening every time I see it.   My mom came over (she works for an atty in the same bldg that I do) and was watching it.  Both of us ended up crying and I ended up having to console her.  She said that she can't stand to read about this case because it brings up so much guilt about letting my dad run right over her with putting me in Straight.

The coverage in Bay County is getting heated.  
This asshole is doing everything he can to make sure "Dr." Seibert gets a fair shake.  :roll:  :roll:

http://www.talkradio101.com/mla-news.shtml



http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/03/State ... agai.shtml

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Burnie Thompson remembers his outrage the first time he saw the boot camp videotape.

Living in Pennsylvania, he saw it on the national news. Horrified, he watched as guards struck Martin Lee Anderson.

Oh my God, they beat that boy to death, he thought.

This past January, Thompson changed his life -- and his mind. He left an Air Force career and moved to Panama City for a job with Talk Radio 101.1 FM, WYOO, a station that airs Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity and lists the current Homeland Security threat level on its Web site.

At jury selection for the trial of the seven guards and the camp nurse accused of manslaughter, prosecutors asked: Do you listen to talk radio? Which station? Usually, the answer was 101.1.

"What the prosecutors were really asking was, 'Do you listen to The Burnie Thompson Show?' because I have talked about this a lot," Thompson said.

Weekdays, as the people of Bay County begin their morning commute, Thompson gives them his view: The local medical examiner got a raw deal, thanks to a governor who played politics and reporters who misrepresented facts. Thompson says roughly 20,000 people a week listen to his show.

As the trial begins today, Thompson will be talking, as usual, this time to student protesters.

"I think what's coming to Panama City is going to make the Jena Six story look small," he said. "I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I'm sad about it. I'm sad that the character and dignity of good Bay Countians are going to be impugned by people who don't know us."

One of his fans is Waylon Graham, a defense attorney who represents accused former drill instructor Charles Helms Jr.

"Everybody in Panama City's heard of (Thompson)," Graham said. "Burnie was one of the first people in the media to give the guards a fair shake."

A 40-year-old native of California, Thompson received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in 2002.

A registered Republican, he calls himself a Libertarian.

The recommended reading list on his Web site includes White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era; Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First; and The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong.

His show mostly focuses on local issues, such as trash pickup and whether to close school campuses during lunchtime.

His two most high-profile guests?

"Rudy Guiliani and Dog the Bounty Hunter."

In an interview, his voice is calm, his manner mild.

Interested in the boot camp case, he invited medical examiners to speak and was stunned that they agreed with Dr. Charles Siebert, the Bay County medical examiner widely criticized after he attributed Anderson's death to sickle cell trait.

Thompson watched, frustrated, as Gov. Charlie Crist helped to gain momentum for a claims bill for the family, part of a $7.2-million settlement. Such action, before a trial, was wrong, Thompson said.

"Nobody denies the tragedy of losing a member of our community," Thompson said. "But what upsets me is we have a governor using the power of the state to defame a medical examiner who throughout the country is heralded as not only qualified and competent but is known as a good medical examiner."

He started writing about it.

"Put down the hatchet, Governor," Thompson wrote in the Tallahassee Democrat. "Halt the attack on a man whose scientific opinion you either disagree with or don't understand."

A spokeswoman for Crist declined to discuss specific accusations.

Thompson also attacked the state's journalists, accusing them of "media malpractice" for letting a social agenda get in the way of the facts.

Graham, the defense attorney, said Thompson provided an important perspective. "For the first time people got to hear that there was actually another side to this," he said.

Thompson hasn't won friends among those who believe the guards' actions led to the teen's death, said Vanessa Macomsen, chair of the Greater Bay chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

"I know I would never listen to that," she said of his show. "I've seen the (Burnie Thompson Show) stickers on the cars. They kind of match with those cars with hunting stickers, 'W' stickers."

As far apart as they are politically, Macomsen and Thompson agreed on two things: The guards will be found not guilty of aggravated manslaughter, and it will cause an uproar.

"Look, this area, it's already been on the radar screen, but it's going to consume Panama City," Thompson said. "Do you know what's going to come here? It's going to be the likes we've never seen before."

He knows for certain what his role will be as the trial takes its toll on his adopted community.

He'll do what he always does -- give people something to talk about.

"I'm trying to ensure that we can keep talking to each other," he said, "even as people try to divide us."

Times researcher John Martin contributed to this report. Abbie VanSickle can be reached at (813) 226-3373.

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« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2007, 02:14:55 PM »
Tons of info here and past articles here

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... y=NEWS0103
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« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2007, 02:50:35 PM »
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

:flame:  :flame:  :flame:  :flame:  :flame:  :flame:  :flame:


The mentality of a program parent!!


http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.ph ... enumber=17

Not that I don't feel for the family, yet I also see that the family failed this child. Ultimately, this 14 yr old boy was going to be killed, or do the killing because there was no control of this child.
He wasnt sent to boot camp for no reason. There was a reason, the parents lost any authority with this child. They needed help, granted not the outcome anyone would want, yet the same end was going to happen, or a prison sentence.
I have personal experience myself. I had an out of control teenaged daughter. My solution and ultimate decision was sending her to a boot camp. This has saved her life!!! She is still there and she is thankful each day for her family, which she got back to appreciating.
When the juvenile criminal justice system fails, parents and children have to do what they can, by law, to seek help. It is up to parents to reasonably take the necessary actions to save not only their child's life, but their family's and society.
I know many will not agree with my decision, due to this case, sending my child to a boot camp, yet if God's intent was to take her life, he will do so.
I agree with your statement, when they know the difference between right and wrong, they are accountable and the consequences can be deadly.
I know these are adults who are being accused of this crime, yet they have not had such a thing happen either. They are guilty of bad judgment and poor decisions, but not of murder.
I find it appalling that ALL Fla boot camps have been shut down because of this case. What is going to happen now, a high prison rate?






Well of course I would be beside myself if anything happened to my daughter. But I believe I wouldn't change my opinion on boot camps. They can do what the law says a parent can not. They have permission to get deep into a childs self. They deprive them of the materialistic things the child has demanded and taken for granted. The laws these days protects the child so much, that a parent is lucky if they can take the childs cell phone away.
Boot camps bring them back to basics and teach them self respect, self reliance and self motivation, what could be wrong with that?
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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2007, 02:54:02 PM »
ISAC has been linked to a coupla times.

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« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2007, 03:14:35 PM »
Its called "public opinion", they will ultimately determine the outcome.
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« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2007, 03:31:43 PM »
Anne:  you shock me! :o
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