NCAGA supports Brunswick County Sheriff Office against accusations of “racism” during Officer Casser Traffic Stop of Ms. Williams!

E-mail correspondence between NCAGA and Brunswick County, Va Sheriff and Commonwealth Attorney Office.   This deputy did his job and the accusations made by Williams about racism in a traffic stop are completely false.   Also video of the traffic stop is attached to this article along with Williams viral facebook live video which was determined to be false in representation of this traffic stop.

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Lezlie Green	May 9 (2 days ago)
to me, Brian, Clay, Wanda

Mr. Rutledge:

 

Thank you for your kind comments about our officer, Clay Sasser.  By copy of this email, I am forwarding your email to Sheriff Roberts and to Sgt. Inv. Sasser.

 

Lezlie S. Green

Commonwealth’s Attorney, Brunswick County

(434) 848-3122

 

 

From: MERLE RUTLEDGE [mailto:merletrutledge@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 7:05 PM
To: brunscommatty@brunswickco.com; Brad Evans, Administrative Lieutenant
Subject: To Brunswick County, Va Sheriff Office

 

Hello,

 

 

My name is Merle Travis Rutledge Jr and I was shocked to watch the body worn camera video of this traffic stop and the allegations of racism that came from this incident towards one of your deputies.   At no time do I, or anyone else, condone the actions of the woman that was given a ticket.  Your officer was professional, kind, and respectful throughout the entire process.  Even though he raised his voice, it was clear that he did not want this woman to force him by statute to place her under arrest and have to be taken before a magistrate and processed for jail.   I am so glad that your officers carry body worn cameras and show the true version of events that occurred during this traffic stop.  I am so sorry that your officers had to go through such an ordeal and I hope this letter is attached to any complaint that I hope this woman does not file in regards.   I am probably one of the most critical civil rights activist towards police misconduct, but I am also one of the strongest advocates of making sure police officers that are lied on are given the full benefit of the doubt.  Even though this woman should be writing this letter and fully recanting her allegations against this officer, but I felt it necessary that the public, even on my Facebook, was immediately aware that the allegations was false.  I respect everything that officers have to do in the line of duty.   I know we have had our differences in a similar situation and I came out with my speeding ticket dismissed.  It was on technicality and not because Officer Evans was lying in court.  He did not lie in court.  I just exposed a flaw that was clear to everyone in the court that others may have not had the opportunity to do.  However, it is not Evans or my responsibility to defend others in traffic or any other legal matters.  I am proud at how this officer handled the traffic stop and I know that the only reason he escalated to arrest was because someone was trying to ignore the law.  We all know to sign a traffic summons to appear in court and the consequences for failure to do so.  It was more about this woman getting out of a traffic ticket with a warning and since that did not happen.  These disgusting allegations of racism come to light.  I hope for the police department and sheriff office that they do not consider this as a tell all for all motorist that they encounter.  This was just a situation of a liar that will be held accountable in the public and if it continues further and breaks a law then through the courts.   I saw nothing wrong with the Brunswick County Sheriff Deputy involved in this matter actions.  I feel sorry that your office had to deal with these types of allegations.  But take comfort in knowing that the public is fully aware of who was telling the truth and doing their job, and who tried to take advantage and use race blindly to mislead the public.  I wish you all a wonderful day.  I am super busy and didn’t have the time to do a full grammar check, but I was so disgusted in this woman facebook live of her version of events that I found it necessary to at least share my thoughts.  Please add this letter to the officer file right next to her complaint if the liar after files one against this officer.

 

http://wtvr.com/2018/05/07/body-cam-footage-released-after-racism-accusations-go-viral/amp/

 

 

 

Thank you for your service,

 

 

 

 

Merle T. Rutledge Jr

National President of the Coalition Against Government Abuse

Va Beach, Va  23464

 

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North Carolina bra search is a big constitutional test! Mark my words

The Associated Press © February 13, 2012

By Martha Waggoner

RALEIGH, N.C.

A student who had to pull her bra away from her body so school officials could check whether she was hiding drugs must have been humiliated and frightened by the unreasonable search, her lawyer told the North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday. An attorney for the state argued the search was minimally invasive.

The state’s high court heard oral arguments in the case involving a student known only as T.A.S — unidentified in court because she was 15 years old when the “bra-lift search” occurred at the Brunswick County Academy in 2008. The justices will decide whether the search violated the Constitution’s protection against unreasonable searches.

“It is unconstitutional for our daughters to be treated this way by the public schools of North Carolina,” attorney Geeta Kapur told the state’s highest court.

Sandra Robinson, the principal of the alternative school for students with disciplinary and other problems, called for the searches after a general tip from other students that prescription pills were coming into the school. She got no more details on what kind of pills or who was bringing them, but knew students usually would hide drugs and other contraband in their underwear, including bras, and their socks and tongues of their shoes.

During the search, students passed through metal detectors, then waited in the lunchroom before being brought one-by-one to a classroom to be searched. The female students had to pull out their shirts and place their thumb underneath the bra to pull it out, allowing any hidden drugs to fall out. Attorneys said there’s no evidence the boys participated in a similar search.

Only the principal testified at trial, and she didn’t witness the search, which occurred in front of three adults, two of them men.

Assistant Attorney General LaToya Powell said the search was minimally invasive because no skin was shown. “By doing this, absolutely no body parts were exposed,” she said.

During the search, a white powder identified as Percocet and drug paraphernalia were found on the student. The student asked a trial judge to prevent the evidence from being used, but the judge refused. She pleaded guilty in March 2009 to two drug-related misdemeanors.

A divided state Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of the student, finding the search was “degrading, demeaning and highly intrusive.” The state appealed that decision. The state Supreme Court decision is expected to affect 1.5 million public school students.

Powell said the search was not unreasonable because there was “a compelling governmental need” that outweighed the rights of individual privacy, she said. The school’s primary responsibility “was to promote the health and safety of students,” she said.

Although she said in her brief that students at an alternative school have a lower privacy right than those at other schools, Powell told the justices that wasn’t the case. Under questioning by Justice Mark Martin, she said students at alternative schools have the same rights as those at traditional schools.

Kapur argued that two men should not have watched the search because it that violates the Brunswick County school board policies. “We don’t know what happened in that room,” she said. “We don’t know if the two men saw her breasts or positioned themselves to see her breasts.”

Justice Paul Newby asked if the issue of exposure was contested on appeal. It was not, Kapur said.

But in the end, she said: “Who was looking … whether anyone saw any private parts … is irrelevant to Fourth Amendment rights” against unreasonable searches.

Merle T. Rutledge Jr response – Should adult men and women that are not related or have legal guardianship be allowed to view the private areas of underage teenagers without a warrant.  I believe the answer should be “no” because it would violate public policy.  They would literally have to release sex offenders that was only merely peeping toms back into society because this argument would be used to validate other arguments on the matter.  This is a sensitive issue and beware because we look at the black and white of it as being right for government’s purpose.  Can the public actually use that purpose to further pedophilia agendas.  A warrant needs to be secured under conditions of removal of clothes.  I believe, if they are going to be more intrusive than they need to be more inclusive to more civil rights for children.

Mark my words NC, this can blow up in your face in light of victory.  Some victories are just worth giving up in order to protect the safety and health of the people in which the state serves.  I could see a blistering of legal arguments for adults that have view even pornography because one part of the skin or “sensitive areas” may be considered no different than others.  It is the same reason why pedophiles conviction for videotaping underneath women skirts was overturned.

Children must go to school.  Children are not forced to ride a airplane.  If you want to ride the plane than you must follow those rules.  The schools have a extreme amount of power when it comes down to children civil rights and that is why it must be scrutinize from time to time.  This is a great case, but to say the TSA and FAA is a valid argument for this type of search is hogwash.  Being forced and being compelled are two different subjects.

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