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12-02-2010, 09:44 PM
All Felonies Dropped against Walter Fitzpatrick; convictions on two misdemeanors
As several eyewitnesses at Walter Fitzpatrick’s trial in Monroe County, TN reported this evening, all felony charges against the retired U.S. Naval Academy graduate and 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy have been dropped. Those charges were “riot,” “disorderly conduct,” “retaliation of past action” and “civil rights intimidation.”
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All six charges arose from an incident on April 1 wherein Fitzpatrick carried out a citizen’s arrest of the grand jury foreman, Gary Pettway, for serving for at least 20 consecutive years, in violation of Tennessee state law.
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At the beginning of the trial, Fitzpatrick was permitted to ask the jury members if they had served on a jury within the last two years, and eyewitnesses reported that there was one who said he had. Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood then dismissed the juror for ineligibility per state law.
However, The Post & Email has previously reported that the charges against Fitzpatrick arose from a grand jury which had not only Gary Pettway serving for consecutive terms, but also Angela Davis, who served in both 2009 and 2010 and acted as foreman when the charges against Fitzpatrick were produced in the form of a “True Bill.”
"Essentially an Illegal Grand Jury Illegally Indicted Him !"
http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/12/01/all-felonies-dropped-against-walter-fitzpatrick-convictions-on-two-misdemeanors/
As several eyewitnesses at Walter Fitzpatrick’s trial in Monroe County, TN reported this evening, all felony charges against the retired U.S. Naval Academy graduate and 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy have been dropped. Those charges were “riot,” “disorderly conduct,” “retaliation of past action” and “civil rights intimidation.”
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All six charges arose from an incident on April 1 wherein Fitzpatrick carried out a citizen’s arrest of the grand jury foreman, Gary Pettway, for serving for at least 20 consecutive years, in violation of Tennessee state law.
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At the beginning of the trial, Fitzpatrick was permitted to ask the jury members if they had served on a jury within the last two years, and eyewitnesses reported that there was one who said he had. Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood then dismissed the juror for ineligibility per state law.
However, The Post & Email has previously reported that the charges against Fitzpatrick arose from a grand jury which had not only Gary Pettway serving for consecutive terms, but also Angela Davis, who served in both 2009 and 2010 and acted as foreman when the charges against Fitzpatrick were produced in the form of a “True Bill.”
"Essentially an Illegal Grand Jury Illegally Indicted Him !"
http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/12/01/all-felonies-dropped-against-walter-fitzpatrick-convictions-on-two-misdemeanors/