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Get off My Lawn!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:13 am
by GuitarsandGuns
http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120 ... s-property
KINGSTON, TENN. — Roane County brothers who killed a sheriff’s deputy and his friend in a shootout have posted photos of the men’s bullet-riddled bodies on a large homemade sign on their property.

Rocky Joe Houston told The Knoxville News Sentinel that he and his brother Leon want the world to remember what happened the last time unwelcome visitors showed up at the family farm.

The photos are posted next to the road. Authorities called the posting despicable but said it was not a crime.

“It goes without saying that any public display on their own property of these photos in whatever manner by the Houstons is despicable and certainly runs counter to the Houstons’ claims of innocence,” District Attorney General Russell Johnson said in a news release.

Roane County Deputy Bill Jones and ride-along Mike Brown died May 11, 2006, after they went to serve an outstanding arrest warrant for Rocky Houston.

The brothers insisted in court the men came to kill them. Prosecutors were unable to prove who shot first and the brothers were never convicted.

Re: Get off My Lawn!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:31 am
by troutkiller
Y'all know Kingston's back in the hills, dontcha? When I lived in Lexington, I used to do some work for trial lawyers. They hated going to trial in eastern Kentucky. There was no telling who knew who when trying to seat a jury, or what a jury was going to do even. Places like Kingston are a world unto themselves.

Re: Get off My Lawn!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:54 pm
by OpherGopher
Another reason why I am glad I no longer live in Tennessee, the state of Ignorance & Stupidity...
As soon as my house is sold I will have nothing further to do with it...

Re: Get off My Lawn!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:01 pm
by Fukshot
This is one of those rights that only white people have.

Re: Get off My Lawn!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:05 pm
by ErikO
Fukshot wrote:This is one of those rights that only white people have.
Agreed, just ask Freddie Hampton. Oh wait...

Re: Get off My Lawn!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:53 pm
by troutkiller
Fukshot wrote:This is one of those rights that only white people have.
I wouldn't call it a right. The Houston clan will be looking over their shoulders the rest of their lives.

Re: Get off My Lawn!!!

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:45 pm
by punkinlobber
One of the police or deputies in Kingston stole our battery out of our car and then was waiting for us when we got to it. He was so proud of himself. One side of the coin is that fine gentleman. The other side is Mother Maybelle Carter. It is the truth of the whole world over.