THE
REPORT FROM GRIFFIN CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCOTT BALLARD
ON THE OFFICER PHILLIP TOBIN INVESTIGATION IS EXPECTED TO
BE RELEASED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
THE
THOMASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED ALL ITS
DOCUMENTATION TO THE D.A. RELATED TO OVER 70 COMPLAINTS
AGAINST INVESTIGATOR TOBIN—WHO HAS BEEN ON PAID
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR OVER A YEAR.
THE
GBI WAS BROUGHT-IN TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS AND TURNED
ITS FINDINGS OVER TO THE D.A. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
MOST
OF THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST TOBIN INVOLVE HIS POLICING
TACTICS—THAT SOME CITIZENS CLAIM ARE OVER THE TOP.
THREE
PERSONS WERE INDICTED BY THE UPSON COUNTY GRAND JURY
AS A RESULT OF THE GBI INVESTIGATION, BETTY SNIPES AND
HER DAUGHTER TAMMY DAWSON FOR AN OBSTRUCTION INCIDENT
OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATION AND CONVICTED DRUG DEALER
KELCEY ROCKEMORE.
THE
INCIDENT THAT FIRST DREW PUBLIC PROTESTS WAS THE TASING
AND ARREST OF ROCKEMORE IN THE PARKING LOT OF HANDY MART
ON EAST WALKER STREET. A VIDEO OF THAT ARREST WAS AIRED ON
ATLANTA AND MACON TV NEWSCASTS.
TOP
BRASS IN THE P.D. HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF THAT VIDEO—THEY
CLAIM THE TV EDIT DOES NOT SHOW ROCKEMORE ATTEMPTING TO
KICK TOBIN DURING THE ARREST—AND AFTER HE WAS
HANDCUFFED—THEY SAY ROCKEMORE TWICE LOWERED HIS HEAD
AND TRIED TO BULL RUSH TOBIN .
ROCKEMORE
HAS FILED A MILLION DOLLAR LAW SUIT SEEKING DAMAGES FOR
THE INCIDENT FROM THE CITY OF THOMASTON.
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