I forgot I had this, but I want to show you a screenshot of my sitemeter from November. I had just made a silly video about Patricia Redington's office failing to file charges, and in it I dropped more than a few inside baseball hints about what was happening and who could bring pressure on Redington should she continue to ignore Kenneth's attack.
A few days later, the KMOX story broke, asking why no charges had been filed - and on November 24th, the day before Thanksgiving - all six people arrested the night of Carnahan's townhall were charged. It's always been my opinion that the KMOX story is what drove the timeline. That and the fact that the counselor's office was hoping no one would pay attention before a 4 day holiday. But after looking at the sitemeter, I'm pretty sure it was my brilliant animation. Check out the stlouisco.com address. Keep in mind that the time is after page clicks. Anything over 0:00 means someone was flipping through the site.
Of course, now everyone and their brother is playing with xtranormal, but you folks need to remember who was the pioneer. And yes, there was the document Dana put out, showing that Redington's office acted within two days when she had the chance to press ludicrous assault charges against a Republican candidate for Congress. I guess that could have some impact - seeing as it showed people that Redington's office could move fast when told to.
That's the real scandal here. It's not that Redington's office did anything illegal - it's that they never treated a political beating as being of any importance. That's a very dangerous thing to do - when citizens think the legal system is set only to favor those in power, their reaction throughout history is to take care of themselves.
Luckily, cooler heads prevailed, and cooler temperatures prevailed. We switched tactics to avoid these confrontations, but keep in mind that Patricia Redington treated the attack of a man no different than a slap. The medical records of Gladney showing bruises and contusions on his body exist. I hear from the RFT that D'Agrosa plans to plead not guilty take his clients to a jury trial. Extending the timeline helps the defendant's case. When they finally get to trial, it will be over a year since the assault took place.
We have County Counselor Patricia Redington and County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch to thank for that. If either of them had decided this was a serious case, they could have pushed the timeline forward.
Both decided to let someone else handle it. Both deserve to lose their jobs. And both are going to have this incident remembered by the local Tea Party as long as they are in office.
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