THE PUBLIC"S RIGHT TO KNOW

On january 5, 2006, the body of a man named Jeff kashmir was discovered lying in the street in Olyphant, Pa. He had apparently been run over and killed. This happened between 11:00pm and 11:20pm. Approximately TEN minutes after the body was discovered, the driver of a black Late model Mazda returned to the scene. The young lady sought out the Police and described what happened. She came around a corner, saw something laying in the street, and unfortuneatly did not see it in time to stop and could not avoid hitting the body. The young lady paniced and left the scene only to return TEN MINUTES later. The young lady was taken to a local hospital two hours later for a blood alcohol test. TWO HOURS LATER!
After crash recreations and a "Grand Jury Investigation" this person was charged with DUI, homicide by vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident where a fatality occurred and one other charge which escapes me at the moment. All this despite the fact that Mr. Kashmir was lying in the road when she hit him. I should mention that Mr. Kashmir's blood alcohol level was more that THREE TIMES the legal limit and he was illegally lying in the road.

I should note that the young lady was not arrested the night of the incident, and subsequently her name was not relased to the media. The local newspaper, The Scranton Times took exception to this and over the next few months attempted to pressure the Lackawanna County District Attorney's office to release her name. Their demands fell on deaf ears. In a last ditch effort the Paper filed papers in court to try to get her name, It cited a Pennsylvania law loosely translated The Public's Right to Know Act. This request was denied by the court. The young woman eventually released her name on her own.
Thoughtout thes past nine months this newspaper has printed LIE on top of LIE about this case. The LIES range from stories about this woman being arrested the night of the incident to the amount of time that passed before sh returned to the scene, and something even more heinus This paper reported that this woman was a relative of an unnamed but extremely powerful public figure! All the time hiding behind their perception of the public's right to know. Now if the public has the right to know under the law, does that mean that it (the public) has a right to know the truth or does it give the media carte blanche to LIE, like the Scranto Times Is doing in this case?


When will the American peaple wake up and put a stop to the manipulative entity that has become all too powerful. This case is just one example. We have seen others in the last few years; need I remind you all of The CBS debauckle involving the President?



On a persoal note, I was with this young woman that night prior to the accident, I will always believe she is innocent, and some day I will prove it. I don't care who I piss off or how much imformation abut that night is suppressed , IKnow she is INNOCENT! There is a vital piece of imformation that has not been released, sooner or later that imformation will be revealed!



As per usual all comments are welcome as long as their are intellegent and thought provoking and not mind numbingly stupid!