Protecting Our Officers Or Protecting The System?
8-20-22 The situation at the Rutherford County Jail does not seem to getting any better. What we do know is so small compared to what we don’t and even that is unacceptable. Now not only are the staff and inmates in danger from low staffing levels and poor oversight, but reportedly SBI agent Cameron Spear […]
Searching For Truth…..The District Attorney Race
April 4, 2022 The District Attorney is the lynchpin of our justice system here in Rutherford County as well as in McDowell County. Many people, however, do not understand exactly what their duties are or how much power they wield. Prosecutors (District Attorney officers) are the most powerful officials in the American criminal justice system. They […]
Motion GRANTED for release of unaltered body camera footage in the Ethan Calton Shooting
On July 23, 2021, Judge William Wood ordered that District Attorney Ted Bell release the unaltered body camera footage involving the fatal shooting of Ethan Calton by Deputy Tyler Greene of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Previously, Calton’s family had filed a complaint requesting the court to order that Bell allow them to view the […]
