When two small-town newspaper reporters in Kentucky began investigating the corrupt local sheriff, they not only got headline stories. They also got death threats. Byron Pitts reports.
Dirty cops sentencing should be twice as bad as a regular citizen..its abuse of position and power...its time to start setting an standard that dirty cops will think twice.
Absolutely agree - when I lived in Germany they used to double the fines for speeding if they caught you within roadworks - made everyone just that little bit more careful!
@@wethepeople2571 No, tax payers should have to pay triple of whats rewarded. The only thing that gets peoples attention these days is messing with their money. Maybe if we dump a massive burden on people they'll finally start demanding real change.
True crime novel book project I am currently hard at work trying to publish a true crime novel which I have written regarding the out of control police corruption in the state of Alaska which has directly affected me and has had a major impact on my life and the lives of many other innocent people in the state of Alaska. I have been stalked, tormented, set up, framed, falsely accused, poisoned, attacked and even had evidence planted in my home by law-enforcement in North Pole Alaska and during the winter of 2018 I found myself dating a woman who was a police informant (a plant) and one evening on January 11 2019 this woman and her state policeman (handler) followed me around town and waited until I was at a convenience store where he had her jump in to my vehicle and dump a massive quantity of crystal meth into my soda, I saw this take place and when I ran out of the store they had already left, I followed them across town to a location where they met up with other officers, I pulled up behind them and attempted to get their license plates but I could not remember them, I did however positively ID my girlfriend sitting in the passenger side of a black Jeep Wrangler, there was nothing I could do and at the time I did not know what she had done inside my vehicle and I quickly drank my soda and left but about 20 minutes later I began overdosing and swerved into a store parking lot where I asked the store clerk to call for help, within minutes I was in the back of an ambulance fighting for my life overdosing. I tried to talk to the staff at the hospital and ask them for police assistance and was ignored, I tried reporting this with no success to multiple law-enforcement agencies including internal affairs, umbudsman, attorneys and civil rights groups, including countless posts on social media with no luck at locating anyone who seems to care or were able to help, (I seem to only end up on the phone with undercover agents) since then my life has been a roller coaster ride of surveillance, intimidation, torments. I’ve been under surveillance by more law enforcement agencies across the country that I can think of as well as had my rights violated on a continual basis even up to this present day I am still being hounded and tormented and even threatened by these people in more ways than I could mention to maintain their coverup and keep hidden any evidence against them, I live in constant fear of retaliation by them and never know when or how they will retaliate to stop me from telling the world my story this along with other similar experiences as well as my life in Alaska will all be going in my book which will be published asap, Please invest in a copy of my book to help tell my story to the world, there’s more to the story than just me, there are the innocent lives of people falsely accused and wrongly imprisoned all over Alaska who were thrown in jail and falsely accused by the same crew of corrupt police officers, please help me take up this fight and help me tell my story, All I need is for others to care and care about what happened to me and the many others who are falsely imprisoned as well as your own rights which are at risk if this is not exposed and dealt with! Thank you for taking the time to read this God bless you all my fellow Americans.
If a couple of college students can bring down a corrupt sheriff, the "good cops" of America have no excuse for not taking action when they see corruption.
It's the thin blue line brotherhood and rank. Protect your fellow brother and NEVER QUESTION your Superior officer. When good cops rat on bad cops they face a rath like no other just ask one.
Convictions of 15 associates... 👏👏👏 And this young man chose to stay in his community and better it. My goodness what a warrior. Respect from a Veteran of the U.S Military to you sir!
I salute these two reporters. Best example of local journalism I've seen in decades. And I worked as a newspaper reporter in an Indiana county with a similar experiences. Two consecutive sheriffs were arrested while in office. Our newspaper had no role in those arrests, and neither sheriff did anything approaching the seriousness of this Whitley County goon. As reporter there, I faced down intimidation from officials and never yielded, but the courage of Adam and Samantha is heroic. I don't know if I could have held together under all that.
If you ask me, Not too smart. Didn’t capitalize on his investigative journalism abilities in this explosive case. He still in that tiny town, jobless and broke.
Why is this young man unemployed? Someone give him a job! Smart, honest, fearless, and law abiding young man with a degree- what better qualifications do you need?
daytonn vause ~ Yeah, i think that it’s very important that the public gets both sides of the debate and the other side of the propaganda. Please check out these two very important videos = 1 - “A Film That KILLED it’s Own Film Maker : David Crowley,,, Gray State” By Steve Kanterakis Followed by the amazing short video footage called = 2 - “The 5G Virus & Fear Based Programming” By ODD TV They are almost a mirror image of each other, So share it with your Nearest & Dearest. David Crowley was murdered because he was trying to warn us about what is happening right now ! We all must do our best to spread the Truth and wake our people up from a very deep sleep. Please share it with as many people as you can before it gets Removed & Banned from RU-vid. The Censorship Continues but OUR WEAPON IS TRUTH!
The reporters are 2 awesome reporter’s I see big things for there futures good luck guys there needs to be more people like you 2 THANK YOU 2 very much proud of you 2
We need Millions more people like these two. I live in Cheatham County Tennessee Ashland City I know they're corrupt I would bet my soul on it. Like most places in this country especially the South it's passed on the generation after generation the good old boy. It needs to end because it's one of the things that's destroying this country. Good men do nothing evil will flourish
Two reporters did what the Feds said they couldn't do, find information/evidence of corruption. Two reporters did something, the Feds just took their paychecks and went home. There is so much corruption the Feds don't have time to run it all down. It is corrupt to not do your job also.
@@hlloyd-fs4uf dont know the full story but reporters arent limited by the same rules and regulations so dont be so quick to judge. Ita possible they found evidence, in the wrong way, that they was forced to ignore due to how they found it. Point is, dont judge so quickly.
@A K the fed said they'd been trying to catch the guy for a long time but couldn't, because he was "untouchable". The reporters just looked at the evidence logs vs cases....something the feds had full access to. It was probably just a matter of time either way, but still
@@andreaskarlsson5251 This is possible, that is possible, anything is possible. Endless speculation gets us nowhere. It is possible they could have conducted an honest and complete investigation with their eyes open, but that didn't happen, as is obvious. The negligence, reluctance, and laziness is also obvious in this and many other cases. They have unlimited resources to investigate and pursue any private citizen, but only spent a few days twiddling their thumbs on this one. Open your eyes dude.
@@hlloyd-fs4uf "They have unlimited resources to investigate and pursue any private citizen" No they don't. Where did you get that from? And honestly, don't know more than anyone else. Just saying, speculations is just that, speculations and one should refrain from doing such. But then again, this is youtube and you guys will always do that with heavy bias. And I'm not saying they're guilty or innocent - I'm not in a position that I feel I can accurately make such a statement and I feel that none here are. That's all. Oh yeah, I'm not your "dude".
Goon Head federal prison isn’t how you say it is. My good friend from high school is in federal prison and we communicate daily. (yes, he has a cell phone in there) and they are always on lockdown because of gang members shanking each other
*If only people knew just how ugly and Corrupt some Officials and Police/Sheriff Agencies are these days. If only they knew the **_"Back Room"_** dealings that go on between the Politized, arrogant and **_ladder climbing_** District Attorneys and the Defense Attorneys. In other words, quite often it's not about what is Fair & Just but what is convenient or pertinent to an agenda for those with little or no moral compass. I have first hand knowledge of this and it is beyond reprehensible!!*
Arizona is main destination and transit point for child sex and hard labor. Law enforcement and system are trafficking. Very corrupt! OBAMA administration is being investigated for human trafficking. Myths and Facts about women and children sex trafficking.
I know for a fact that the number one thing these fascists fear is open conversation and open carry. They try to shut us up but we just get louder. Right now I'm around 138DB. It comes to about 1DB per PSI, and I'm running around 150. I hope they like loud noises. There's a train coming, for real this time. .
lol, thank you for this comment. I read it after someone thought it appropriate to bring race into the matter. And, sorry for bringing it up now :/ Hilarious though
I'm willing to bet Adam and I probably disagree on a lot of things despite similar, hometown upbringing, but his remarks at the end about what the real story of this corruption should be resonates strongly with me. The fact those two busted this open despite the danger is simply inspiring.
Unemployed? I think this young person deserves a good paying job…. That kind of dedication, detail orientation, and sheer smarts, is employable anywhere - even if remotely.
Were these two journalists ever acknowledged Presidentially? An uplifting story of integrity overcoming corruption. Their country should be proud of them.
Rippin FATVapez Feds can learn a lot from the newspaper kids. Hey ATF, maybe you guys can think about checking evidence logs next time. You should be embarrassed at your minimal efforts, now known worldwide.
"Well you never pull a gun unless you're prepared to use it.". Love this kid. This is the mentality you should have if you're a gun-owner. Keep it close, keep it safe, but always be ready. Also, his last answer on the last question says so much about him as a person.
Andrew Lowery my father paid my brother lawyer $90000 and pay the prosecutor $60000 my parents said they'd rather pay 1/2 million for my brother freedom to them that's like $0.05
Everywhere in America, from the smallest towns to the largest cities desperately need a team of Shannon and Adam because this country is rapidly dying.
Samantha is the kind of reporter we think of when we day dream of being a journalist. She's an investigator fighting to expose injustice, not looking for cheap stories or to push politics.
Its sad because let it have been a black guy it would not been 15years for these serious charges it would of been 500yrs & up. White privilEge he got off just at yrs only wow ! For drugs charges alone they start 50 yrs.to 100 alone they give for the other serious charges as well high sentences & he gets of just .15 yrs. only wow! There's proof the system is rigged just for blacks. You can never lie to me & tell me this is not true period.
That is the coolest 20 year old ever. Brought down an entire branch of corrupt police. Scared off two hitmen. Then he highroads the ending like a complete champ. Awesome
Right! And the seasoned vet said that the only reason they couldn’t get him was because he opened up to them in that interview.. man he needs to stop it, they got them because he sophisticated investigative research that they were too lazy to do
You know how the penalties are doubled when you speed in a work zone?..... they should be tripled for police who break the law in their official capacity. Where a normal citizen gets a year behind bars, they should get three for abusing their power.
If two reporters can find evidence by looking for actual evidence and the ATF tried to find evidence against this same sheriff but never looked at actual evidence I think we can conclude they didn’t want to find anything!!!
Jeff Cram These shenanigans go on in small counties and towns all across America. I lived in a small farm town in California and my mom and step-dad paid off the police all the time when they got caught speeding or drunk driving.
Adam is absolutely right. You don't pull out your gun unless you're absolutely going to exercise the deadly force it's made for. Faking will get you killed.
It’s funny how they said that the city investigators couldn’t find the info the 2 news reporter found, it’s like well duh, the city investigator works for the sheriff.
Fear is a very real thing in a little town and when you add addiction to fear it leads to very closed ranks. One hand washes the other if you get my drift! Someone's comment hit the nail on the head, where there's one dirty person there always more that are just a little bit less important. I hope that young man is still carrying his gun.
I went to high school with Adam, we worked on the school newspaper together. He was a cool guy. I remember seeing this when it aired and being both sad that my hometown had this kind of corruption but also proud that someone was able to expose it, even at great cost. Adam, if you read this, hope you are doing well, wishing you the best of luck in everything!!
@America First Not to mention Reagan who started a CIA run cocaine ring to support contras when Congress said no. Don't forget Bush n Cheney who started a war in Afghanistan to get heroine back online and another in Iraq to steal oil.
@America First In my town in Texas the Sherriff got caught by ICE smuggling illegal immigrants across the border. He was reelected in a landslide by the Republican voters.
Funny cops are considered heroes for just being a cop two cizitens take down dangerous corrupt heroes and they are not even given a pat on the back for being heroic by the FBI for what they did something very wrong with our justice system scary.
john milner No, I haven't personally but, I'm watching friends and family suffer. I don't associate with criminals and my family is either medical,law enforcement, or military. Something is not right in Polk County, FL.
And that young man should NOT be unemployed, I'm sure he's found work by now from that long ago but some news organization should have been scrambling to hire such a solid young person with his integrity....PERIOD. Getting speechless about this country.
@trey Loc: They're actually not snitches. Snitches are folks who are caught up in criminal activity and tell on others to get a reduced sentence when they get caught. Law abiding citizens are not true snitches. For example: Let's say your mother's house got broken into and items stolen, would you consider your mom a snitch (who I presume has never been in trouble before) if she reported the burglary?!.....
@Jen Lemmelin the victim? The victim is the system, ethics, citizens who bought drugs from a police officer.. all victims right there. You dont need a dead person to put someone away for nasty corruption of authority. So much so that you had an entire town and its ppl under a tight leash.. even caught trying to drop a hit on the two exposers. When the authorities tried to get evidence he refused to allow them in the search.. This is big. So victim? Yeah try the who town.
@Jen Lemmelin yeah definitely.. I once had issues with heroin myself. Instead of being sent to rehab police would illegally search my pockets evem thought [I swear] I did no hand off. Literally just left the house and was walking towards the deli just to have Freeport police say "Were gonna need identification right now". Me: only if I committed a crime and are under arrest, otherwise NO. long story short they were dirty like most cops. Yes i had something on me but they had no reason to believe I did cus i JUST WOKE UP n walked outside. It's illegal to demand ID from random passerbys minding their own business. You cann9t just say "Man my drug charges are low. Anyone walking on this street is getting searched automatically. Idc if they did nothing wrong, everyone is getting searched so I can get my drug convicti9j numbers up".that is NOT good police work, that is police fishing. Theyre getting 100k+ per year just to sit on a corner and harass people. NO! NO MORE! You're suppose to be saving people, not harassing us. We're giving you our tax dollars so you can harass us with it. Anyways this cop was nasty with his 3 buddies. He was watching me in the past so he knew i have a girlfriend who he would ask disgusting questions about.. first he forcefully searched me without reasonable cause and found my stuff, arrested me and them while cuffed in the back seat would say very nasty sexual things about my gf. His 2 other goon buddies laughed at what he was saying as if he was funny. He wasn't, just very nasty and insulting so he said "You think Mary would go for an older guy like me?".. I noticed a wedding ban on his finger so I repiled "Idk what would your WIFE think about you going with her".. this little piggy turned bright pink and assaulted me yelling DONT YOU EVER EVER EVER TALK ABOUT MY WIFE. YOU DONT GET TO DO THAT. His buddies tried to flip it on me like I messed up not him by saying "Ughh hey you know you kinda messed up right? You cant say stuff like that and expect to not get hit. You spoke about the man's wife you know.. that's a no-no". I repiled: yeaaah but he could talk about the things he wants to do to my gf right? I didn't even say anything innaproperate or nasty. All I said was what would your WIFE think.. but it's good to see how America works.. only you tyrants have the right to be nasty and break the law while we should know our place and pay you to abuse us verbally and physically. You're literally facist, telling me how you could insult me while I need to shut my mouth and take it or I'll be abused. Why even be cops? Should of just joined a mob if you wanted to be corrupt. Abusive Cop: ENOUGH!! YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH.. YOU DONT LIKE THIS COUNTRY THEN LEAVE.. Me: I love this country,, just believe criminals like you should be behind bars so we can all be free. Abusive Cop: Keep talking.. see how it'll work out for you.. [After that he stopped addressing me so there was nothing more to talk about] But yes we need cops but they must be supervised and held accountable for their actions. This whole lazy sitting on corners searching random people is illegal. This whole push my weight around demanding things go my way needs to stop. There needs to be non biased workers who review police dashcams and bodycams everyday making sure they a trend corrupt. No more cops covering up cop crimes. Not right, we pay them to mess with us.. gonna stop.
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