Martin Lee Anderson ~ First high-profile victim of Brother J

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Fla. Lawmakers Agree to Close Boot Camps
ABC News - USA
... this file photo of an image taken from video provided by the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement, guards and other personnel place Martin
Lee Anderson on a ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1894859

Save Martin's 'cadets': Finance the boot camp
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... copied to replace such militaristic boot camps as the Panama City one
that was shut down after guards in January beat 14-year-old Martin Lee
Anderson until he ...
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Ralph De La Cruz
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Sure, there was the takeover of the lobby of the governor's office
by students protesting the boot camp death of Martin Lee Anderson. ...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/co ... atures-col

PANAMA CITY, FLA. A candlelight vigil in remembrance of Martin Lee ...
U.S. News & World Report - USA
The deal came after months of controversy over the January death of 14-year-old
Martin Lee Anderson, who died just hours after eight guards repeatedly
punched ...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/artic ... 8cross.htm

Lottery official chosen as top Fla. cop
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Martin Lee Anderson, 14, had been roughed up by guards in a videotaped
scuffle at a Panama City juvenile boot camp founded by Tunnell when he
was Bay County ...
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New FDLE Commissioner Named
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
... Martin Lee Anderson, 14, died in early January after he was beaten
and kicked by guards at a juvenile boot camp operated by the Bay County
Sheriff's Office. ...
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Juvenile Justice hit with $11M budget cut
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
... The agency's budget has come under scrutiny this year with the death
of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson, who died Jan. 6, a day ...
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /605030326

Boot Camp Death Investigation
Central Florida News 13 - Orlando,FL,USA
The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner says 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson
died, because he was suffocated by guards who roughed him up at a juvenile
boot ...
http://cfn13.com/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=15386

Autopsy Claims Martin Lee Anderson Suffocated
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA
The findings of the second autopsy by Doctor Vernard Adams on Martin Anderson
conflict with the results of the initial one by medical examiner Doctor
Charles ...
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Boot camp demise
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... Hopefully, the program that will replace the boot camps will prevent
the kind of physical abuse that preceded Martin Lee Anderson's death at
the hands of ...
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/ ... 502249.htm

Insurance, budget and more left for Legislature's last day
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... juvenile justice boot camps and replace them with a program that's
less militaristic, a decision that was made after 14-year-old Martin Lee
Anderson died hours ...
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/ ... 509885.htm

Child-care advocates worried about shortfalls in budget
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... Juvenile justice was a contentious issue this session, with the death
of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson after a beating at a state boot camp
putting the ...
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2nd Autopsy Says Boot Camp Teen Was Suffocated
WPXI.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Martin Lee Anderson's body was exhumed after a camp surveillance videotape
surfaced showing the guards roughing him up Jan. 5, a day before he died.
...
http://www.wpxi.com/news/9168570/detail.html

Autopsy: Fla. teen died from suffocation
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... The findings of the second autopsy on Martin Lee Anderson conflict
with the initial ruling that the boy died from complications of sickle
cell trait, a usually ...
http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/nati ... 6264c.html

Legislature 2006: Developments from day 59, May 4
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... Gabriel Pendas met with Attorney General Charlie Crist to reiterate
their concerns about the investigation into the death of 14-year-old Martin
Lee Anderson.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/c ... _0505.html

Youth was suffocated by guards at bootcamp, medical examiner says
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER and MARC CAPUTO. Martin Lee Anderson was suffocated
to death by guards who held his mouth and forced him to ...
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Family casts doubt on Siebert's review of '77 death
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Another family has contacted the attorney representing the Martin Lee Anderson
family with suspicions about the work of Bay County Medical Examiner Dr.
Charles ...
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... 60336/1010

Tsunami scare and nazdarovia to Picasso
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... according to a second post-mortem examination. Martin Lee Anderson
died because his mouth was blocked by guards and he inhaled ammonia. ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/worl ... 43,00.html

The Nation in brief
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... Martin Lee Anderson?s body was exhumed after a camp surveillance
videotape surfaced showing the guards roughing him up and shoving ammonia
pills up his nose ...
http://www.ardemgaz.com/ShowStoryTempla ... n=National

Martin Lee Anderson timeline
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Jan. 5: Martin Lee Anderson, above, enters the Bay County boot camp. Within
hours, he is restrained, hit and kneed by guards after ...
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... 60338/1010

Lawmakers approve budget, work on insurance proposal on last day
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
... four juvenile justice boot camps and replace them with a program that's
less militaristic named in the memory of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson,
who died ...
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Autopsy: Teen was suffocated
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... who autopsied the teen's body said Friday. BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER AND
MARC CAPUTO. TALLAHASSEE - Martin Lee Anderson, the 14-year ...
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14514157.htm

Why should we take advice on sex from the Pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't.
--George Bernard Shaw, Irish-born English playwright

[Helena Handbasket]

I can't find a weblink for this story.  It appears in the North Port edition of the Charlotte Herald - Tribune on Friday, May 26, 2006 - page 5B.

Medical examiner faces more accusations
By ANDREA FANTA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TALLAHASSEE - The medical examiner who rulled that a teenager kicked and struck by boot camp guards died of a blood disorder is being accused by another family of covering up an alleged 1977 beating by police officers.

Bay County medical examiner Dr. Charles Siebert covered up the deal of Michael Niesen by ruling that he sufferend injuries in a car accident and not in a beating by officers, according to a complained filed with the state by John Niesen, the deceased's brother.

Siebert is facing a similar accustion by the family of Martin Lee Anderson, the 14-year-old boy who died last January after collapsing at a boot camp operated by teh Bay County Sherrif's Office.  Siebert has denied both accusations.

Security videotape taken at the camp show Anderson struggling with up to nine guards, but Siebert ruled in his autopsy that the boy died of sickle cell disorder.  A second autopsy performed by another medical examiner in March concluded that Anderson died of suffocation from having ammonia pills forced up his nose while his mouth was covered. (Emphasis added)

"You want to know what goes on behind closed doors?  These people make decisions that affect peoples' lives, and we're just supposed to sit back and take it," John Niesen said.  "Don't let this happen to this young man's family."

Niesen said Siebert quashed a state investigation into his brother's death when he supported a first autopsy finding that his brother died from car accident injuries.

While he acknowledges Michael was ejected from a vehicle the night of his death,  John Niesen says angry police officers fatally beat him.  He showed an autopsy photo of his brother, who hasd large cuts and bruises on his head, to support his story.

Two other families joined the group to share stories about autopsies of loved ones that they accused Siebert  of botching, including a m other whose son Siebert ruled committed suicide.

Another woman, Frances Terry, claims Siebert botched an autopsy when her daughter and husband died in a September 2004 Tornado.

The autopsy report of the daughter, Donna Faye Reed, was signed by Siebert and said "the prostate and gland and testes are unremarkable" - organs that belong to men.  The autopsy of Reed's father, James Terry, failed to mention major scars on his body that were obvious. (Emphasis added)

The families urged Florida's medical examiners commision to revoke Siebert's license, saying they want to testify at any upcoming hearings about the doctor.  Officials with the commission did not respond to a phone message left Thursday.

"These families came here as victims of Dr. Sieberts autopsy findings," said Benjamin Crump, the Tallahassee attorney representing Anderson's parents.  "They believe Dr. Siebert always covers up for law enforcement.  The first time is an instance, the second time is an occurence.  But the third time is a pattern."

But Siebert again stood by his findings Thursday and said the accusations against him were untrue.


Please forgive any typos I missed - this was transcribed from the newspaper in front of me.

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[Deborah]

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http://www.wesh.com/news/9218320/detail.html
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A group of college students that staged a protest in the governor?s office over the killing of Martin Lee Anderson at the Bay County boot camp was back at it on Monday, and this time, they let their fingers do the walking.

Members of the Student Coalition for Justice used their cell phones to unleash a barrage of calls on the Bay County Sheriff?s Office, demanding the firing of Capt. Mike Thompson, the man who used to run the juvenile boot camp.

?The purpose of this call-out is to call back-to-back on the phone lines and try to, like, disturb their business, because nothing has been done about Mike Thompson," Florida A&M University student Martesha Williams said. "So what we?re trying to do is get him removed from his office. That?s the governor?s request, and they still haven?t done it. So we?re trying to get results.?

?I think if anything it?s going to aggravate them to death until, you know, eventually, they?re going to call somebody else," FAMU student Ashley Butterfield said. "Because we?re not going to stop until we?re heard."
 
Officials at the Bay County Sheriff?s Office say the phone-in protest did not stop business as usual. An extra operator was brought in to help out with the calls, and the switchboard was never blocked.

Students from FAMU, Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College took part in the phone protest.