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Justice for Martin Lee Anderson |
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Justice for Martin Lee Anderson |
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 Before 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson was locked up in a military-style youth camp in the Florida Panhandle this week, he told his mother he would 'do what I've got to do' and come home a changed man. Martin never returned home.
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Why You Ask?
A few hours after Martin was booked
into the Bay County Sheriff's Office Boot Camp in Panama City on Thursday,
January 5th, 2006, officers used 'force' when they said he became 'uncooperative.' Martin
stopped breathing and was pronounced dead at about 1:30 a.m. Friday at a
Pensacola hospital.
'My son walked in there, and they carried him out in a black bag,' said
Martin's mother, 36-year-old Gina Jones, of Panama City. ``It's wrong.'
A
videotape (snippet)
shows guards brutally
beating a boy at a military-style boot camp for juvenile delinquents not
long before the teenager died, two lawmakers said Thursday.
This
video shows
the entire footage. NOTE: Be patient, this video is very lengthy
and takes time for the feed to download while it's playing. During the
footage with Martin, the guards and the nurse, the camera pans away several
times so we don't know what is going on out of the view of the camera.
Another important fact that needs to be explained is WHY didn't the NURSE
order the guards to take Martin inside the building for medical screening
when it's obvious that Martin was having difficulty standing on his own but
they continued trying to get him to walk until it becomes apparent that
Martin is lifeless and non-responsive. (
This is a must see Video
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Martin Lee Anderson, 14, died Jan. 6, 2006 at a Pensacola hospital, a day after he
entered the camp because of an arrest for theft.
Anderson complained of breathing difficulties and collapsed during exercises
that were part of the entry process at the camp, which was run by the Bay
County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities have said he had to be restrained when he became uncooperative
during the workout.
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Martin Lee Anderson, 14 Years Old,
Dies After Two Hours at a Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Facility, or Boot Camp. |
Autopsy: At least doc got gender rightBy CARL HIAASENThe good folks of Panama City can rest easy, as long as they don't die. Dr. Charles Siebert has renewed his license to practice medicine. He's the medical examiner who recently ruled that 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson expired of ''natural causes'' after being kneed, choked and punched by guards at the Bay County Boot Camp. Previously, Siebert had signed an autopsy report on a woman named Donna Reed in which he described her appendix, gallbladder, ovaries and uterus -- organs that had been surgically removed years earlier, according to her mother. As a bonus, Dr. Siebert also awarded Ms. Reed a prostate gland and two testicles, a mistake he attributed to conducting the autopsy during a storm-related power outage. Apparently,
the lights were working fine when Siebert examined
Martin's body.
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Boot camp teen died from sickle cell, medical examiner saysBY CAROL MARBIN MILLERKnight Ridder NewspapersMIAMI - Bay County's chief medical examiner ruled Thursday that Martin Lee Anderson died of natural causes after an altercation with guards at a Panama City, Fla., juvenile boot camp, saying the 14-year-old suffered from a genetic blood disorder, sickle cell trait, that caused him to bleed to death. But the report by Dr. Charles F. Siebert Jr. is unlikely to ease the mounting tensions surrounding Martin's Jan. 6 death hours after he was restrained by guards at the Bay County Sheriff's Office Boot Camp. On Thursday
morning, North Florida's chief federal prosecutor,
U.S. Attorney Gregory R. Miller, announced his
office, together with the U.S. Justice Department's
civil rights division and the FBI, was launching a
federal investigation to determine whether Martin's
civil rights were violated at the camp. |
BOOT CAMP DEATHLawyers: Officers won't be convicted in beatingThe specter of criminal charges hangs over boot camp officers in the beating of a 14-year-old boy who eventually died. But even if charges are filed, it may be difficult to win convictions.BY JAY WEAVERTo the naked eye, the grainy videotape that shows Panama City boot camp officers kneeing, punching and slamming a listless teenager to the ground may look like Exhibit A in a criminal prosecution. But building a
criminal case against more than a half-dozen Bay
County sheriff's officers who roughed up the
14-year-old before his eventual death wouldn't be
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SCDAA NATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
These articles are a Must Read!!!!!!
The following articles will open as a Word Document
SCDAA NATIONAL ADDRESSES MISSTATEMENTS REGARDING DEATH OF 14-YEAR OLD
A Letter to the Editor by the SCDAA
Sevell C. Brown, III, State President Florida SCLC State Chapter, Letter to Governor Jeb Bush along with a response from the Governor's Office.
Get involved to help bring Justice for Martin Lee Anderson, Email Governor Jeb Bush asking him to get involved with this case and see that Criminal Charges are brought against those responsible.
Additional articles and links of
interest
Martin Lee Anderson: A Life cut short
Second Autopsy Preliminary Results shuts down Bay County Boot Camp.
Boot Camp's Report on Martin Anderson
Prosecutor can overcome different Autopsy Report
Governor Bush wished FDLE chief would've stayed out of
boot camp investigation
(This article is intended for Informational purposes only)
Senator's Push Boot Camp Case
The
physical abuse of Our Precious Children in these Boot Camps must come to a STOP
NOW. !!!
This site is dedicated to all of our "Precious Children" who have fallen victims to the physical abuse inflicted upon them while in these so called "Boot Camps for Rehabilitation".
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