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Polk County paramedic punched a restrained patient

Polk County paramedic punched a restrained patient

A Polk paramedic was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police said he punched an elderly patient while he was restrained on a gurney. The Bartow Police Department said Matthew Mullins faces a charge of felony battery on a person 65 years of age or older. According to police, they responded to the Bartow Center on the evening of March 24 on a request from the Polk County Fire Rescue for a…

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5-Year-Old Georgia Boy Saves Baby Sister & Family Dog From Fire Before Running Inside to Rescue Dog Child hero! Noah Woods, a 5-year-old Georgia boy, saved his family from a house fire, according to the Bartow County Fire Department.

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5-Year-Old Georgia Boy Saves Baby Sister & Family Dog From Fire Before Running Inside to Rescue Dog

5-Year-Old Georgia Boy Saves Baby Sister & Family Dog From Fire Before Running Inside to Rescue Dog

Child hero!

Noah Woods, a 5-year-old Georgia boy, saved his family from a house fire, according to the Bartow County Fire Department.

The young boy, who shares a bedroom with his 2-year old sister, woke up to smoke and flames and immediately sprung into action!

He grabbed his sister and exited the home from an open window in his room —the only exit accessible —before he went back inside to…

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A federal lawsuit has been filed against Georgia law enforcement officers responsible for the mass arrest of more than 60 party-goers for a single bag of weed. The legal action, entered on behalf of seven named individuals and a “class of similarly situated persons,” alleges that deputies with the Cartersville, Georgia police department and the Bartow County Sheriff’s Department violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights when they entered a private home without a search warrant and arrested more than 60 people enjoying a party.

“Without any reasonable or particularized suspicion to believe that any individual visitor, let alone every person at the party, possessed, had knowledge of, or exercised control over the suspected marijuana located in the private home, Cartersville police officers announced that no one was free to leave and detained and seized everyone at the party,” reads the lawsuit, which was filed with support from the Southern Center for Human Rights.

On New Year’s Eve, 2017, according to court documents and media reports, Cartersville police officers responding to a call of shots fired entered a private home where the party was being held. Once inside, police found an unattended bag containing less than one ounce of marijuana and announced that everyone was under arrest for possession of marijuana when no one claimed ownership of the pot. More officers and deputies from the sheriff’s department and the Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force were called to assist. The house was cleared and everyone was detained for two hours while a search warrant was obtained. During that time, the party guests were detained outside the home in freezing temperatures without access to bathroom facilities. Eventually, all of the party attendees, their hands secured with zip ties, were searched and transported to jail in sheriff’s department vans.

Cops Claim Warrant Unnecessary

The first officer to arrive at the scene, Joshua Coker, said that under department policy, the law enforcement officers did not need a warrant because they could smell marijuana outside the home.

“I had exigent circumstances to go inside and clear the residence … and make sure of no destruction of evidence prior to the Drug Task Force arriving,” said Coker, who claimed he could already smell marijuana while still inside his police cruiser with the windows up.

The lawsuit also alleges that the plaintiffs were strip-searched and mistreated by deputies while being held at the jail, some for up to three days until charges were dropped by the district attorney. The plaintiffs maintain that they were held in crowded, unheated cells, and denied required medical treatment, medications, and the use of restroom facilities.

“One person who experiences seizures informed a jail nurse of her condition but did not receive her anti-seizure medication until the third day of her detention,” the complaint reads. “A pregnant woman was denied prenatal pills and received no care when she vomited repeatedly in a holding cell garbage can.”

Those who complained about the treatment the group was subjected to by deputies at the jail were threatened with a Taser or held in isolation cells. The sheriff’s department also posted to its website mug shots of those who had been arrested, which were then published on the television news and social media, causing some to lose jobs or suffer other repercussions.

Sun Choy, an attorney representing the City of Cartersville, said that he was “comfortable in saying that we believe that any plaintiff will have to overcome some significant legal hurdles if he/she pursues a claim.”

Gerry Weber, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs, said that his clients are still experiencing fallout from the action by police.

“Each of our clients has had their life turned into a nightmare in a lot of ways,” said Weber. “They’ve got this scar on their records that will never disappear.”

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Subjects of Mass Weed Arrest Sue Over Violation of Constitutional Rights

A federal lawsuit has been filed against Georgia law enforcement officers responsible for the mass arrest of more than 60 party-goers for a single bag of weed. The legal action, entered on behalf of seven named individuals and a “class of similarly situated persons,” alleges that deputies with the Cartersville, Georgia police department and the Bartow County Sheriff’s Department violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights when they entered a private home without a search warrant and arrested more than 60 people enjoying a party.

“Without any reasonable or particularized suspicion to believe that any individual visitor, let alone every person at the party, possessed, had knowledge of, or exercised control over the suspected marijuana located in the private home, Cartersville police officers announced that no one was free to leave and detained and seized everyone at the party,” reads the lawsuit, which was filed with support from the Southern Center for Human Rights.

On New Year’s Eve, 2017, according to court documents and media reports, Cartersville police officers responding to a call of shots fired entered a private home where the party was being held. Once inside, police found an unattended bag containing less than one ounce of marijuana and announced that everyone was under arrest for possession of marijuana when no one claimed ownership of the pot. More officers and deputies from the sheriff’s department and the Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force were called to assist. The house was cleared and everyone was detained for two hours while a search warrant was obtained. During that time, the party guests were detained outside the home in freezing temperatures without access to bathroom facilities. Eventually, all of the party attendees, their hands secured with zip ties, were searched and transported to jail in sheriff’s department vans.

Cops Claim Warrant Unnecessary

The first officer to arrive at the scene, Joshua Coker, said that under department policy, the law enforcement officers did not need a warrant because they could smell marijuana outside the home.

“I had exigent circumstances to go inside and clear the residence … and make sure of no destruction of evidence prior to the Drug Task Force arriving,” said Coker, who claimed he could already smell marijuana while still inside his police cruiser with the windows up.

The lawsuit also alleges that the plaintiffs were strip-searched and mistreated by deputies while being held at the jail, some for up to three days until charges were dropped by the district attorney. The plaintiffs maintain that they were held in crowded, unheated cells, and denied required medical treatment, medications, and the use of restroom facilities.

“One person who experiences seizures informed a jail nurse of her condition but did not receive her anti-seizure medication until the third day of her detention,” the complaint reads. “A pregnant woman was denied prenatal pills and received no care when she vomited repeatedly in a holding cell garbage can.”

Those who complained about the treatment the group was subjected to by deputies at the jail were threatened with a Taser or held in isolation cells. The sheriff’s department also posted to its website mug shots of those who had been arrested, which were then published on the television news and social media, causing some to lose jobs or suffer other repercussions.

Sun Choy, an attorney representing the City of Cartersville, said that he was “comfortable in saying that we believe that any plaintiff will have to overcome some significant legal hurdles if he/she pursues a claim.”

Gerry Weber, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs, said that his clients are still experiencing fallout from the action by police.

“Each of our clients has had their life turned into a nightmare in a lot of ways,” said Weber. “They’ve got this scar on their records that will never disappear.”

The post Subjects of Mass Weed Arrest Sue Over Violation of Constitutional Rights appeared first on High Times.

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Weekend/Outdoors: Latest safety updates, including on Bartow's stretch of the Etowah River.

Weekend/Outdoors: Latest safety updates, including on Bartow’s stretch of the Etowah River.

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Dwayne Jamison, deputy chief of the Bartow County Fire Department, joined us on Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FMon Wednesday, June 20, to talk water safety on the “extremely dangerous” Etowah River.” The agency has worked seven to eight rescues involving multiple kayakers…

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Florida editorial roundup

Recent editorials from Florida newspapers:

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May 18

Orlando Sentinel says the long-stalled campaign for equality deserves more Republican support:

There’s been a sea change in public opinion on gay rights in Florida over the past decade. In 2008, 62 percent of voters in the state approved a constitutional amendment restricting marriage to a man and a woman. By 2014, a year before the U.S. Supreme Court declared bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, a Quinnipiac University poll showed Floridians favoring marriage equality 56-39.

But when it comes to legislation prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in Florida, Tallahassee is stuck in a time warp. Bills are introduced in the Florida Legislature every year, and every year they get buried in committee. Yet as far back as 2013, a statewide poll by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service found 73 percent of Floridians supported such legislation.

Now some Central Florida Republicans , to their credit, are trying to break the cycle of futility and inequality. As the Sentinel reported, an event in Orlando recently organized by a group called Conservatives on the Right Side of Equality was attended by an array of GOP leaders from Orange County: commissioners, mayoral candidates and legislators, including Winter Park Rep. Mike Miller, who is now running for Congress.

Organizers said each leader committed to support legislation protecting LGBT Floridians from discrimination. Republican backing in Tallahassee is crucial, because the party has strong majorities in both houses of the Legislature, and has controlled the governor’s office since 1999.

John Stemberger, head of the Orlando-based Florida Family Council, told the Sentinel he opposed such legislation, calling it "an unconstitutional weapon to punish free speech and freedom of religion." If that were true, surely courts somewhere would have struck down laws banning LGBT discrimination. But they’re still standing in the 18 states where they’ve been passed.

Florida could join them if legislative leaders would finally allow the bill known as the Competitive Workforce Act to be heard in committee and reach the House and Senate floors for a vote. The bill’s name comes from the view of its bipartisan supporters that Florida will better compete for the best employers and the most talented workers, who are drawn to diverse and creative communities, if it bans discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

For the same reason, a coalition of more than 450 businesses in the state, calling itself Florida Competes, is also backing the bill. There are 10 Fortune 500 companies in the group, including Disney World and Darden Restaurants — not a surprise, considering that at least three-quarters of Fortune 500 companies have their own policies against LGBT discrimination.

Florida law already bans discrimination based on "race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status." Rather than wait on Tallahassee to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list, a dozen counties in the state — including Orange, Osceola and Volusia — have passed their own ordinances. So have 30 municipalities — including Orlando and Mount Dora.

Even so, about 40 percent of Floridians do not live in counties or cities that bar LGBT discrimination. They can still legally be turned away for service at a business, evicted from their apartments, or fired from their jobs based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Gov. Rick Scott’s office, asked about the mission of Conservatives on the Right Side of Equality, told the Sentinel that state agencies don’t discriminate against their employees based on sexual orientation because it’s against federal law — an evasive, narrow answer that is also open to dispute. U.S. Justice Department lawyers argued in court last year that federal law doesn’t protect against LGBT discrimination.

Supporting the Competitive Workforce Act shouldn’t be a stretch for Republicans. The legislation promotes fairness, opportunity and economic growth — all values that resonate with conservatives. More of them need to take a stand for equality in Florida.

Online: http://www.orlandosentinel.com

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May 19

Palm Beach Post says Publix has polarized with political contributions to gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam:

Publix, the supermarket giant that ranks high among things that residents love most about Florida, is learning the perils of political participation in our polarizing age.

Recently, it was reported that the beloved grocery chain has given more money to Adam Putnam’s gubernatorial campaign than to any candidate since 1995, and probably in its entire history.

Publix, the heirs to the company’s founder and its current and former leaders have given the Republican $670,000 in the past three years. Or, as the Tampa Bay Times put it, "enough money to buy 74,527 chicken tender subs."

"No other Florida candidate has ever come close to that kind of subsidy from Florida’s largest Fortune 500 company," the Times said. "Its most recent contribution, a $100,000 donation on April 30, was the largest, too, according to the latest campaign finance filings."

Publix immediately ran into a deli-slicer of criticism. That’s largely because Putnam, a 43-year-old former congressman who is now the state’s agriculture commissioner, famously responded to criticism of his fondness for the National Rifle Association by calling himself "a proud NRA sellout" — a not-so-funny wisecrack given the mass shootings at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The backlash against Publix was fierce. It included tweets like this, from state Rep. Carlos G. Smith, D-Winter Park: "How many flowers did I buy from your stores for funerals, graves, + memorials for Pulse + MSD victims? #BoycottPublix"

Publix, shifting quickly to damage-control mode, tweeted that it "has not provided financial support to the National Rifle Association." And it swiftly released a statement meant to distance itself from all controversy: "We support bipartisan, business-friendly candidates, regardless of party affiliation and we remain neutral on issues outside of our core business."

The trouble with this explanation is that, while certainly business-friendly, Putnam has not shown himself to be "bipartisan." He’s not a candidate for centrists. He makes overt appeals to social and religious conservatives and the Trumpian anti-immigrant right.

While in Congress, Putnam voted to roll back requirements for the Voting Rights Act. He pressed for stricter voter IDs beyond driver licenses in a thinly disguised effort to suppress minority votes.

As a candidate for governor, he is pushing a "Florida Families First" agenda that includes promises to "fight for the life of the unborn and make Florida first in protecting life," create an "Office of Faith-Based and Community-Based Initiatives within the Executive Office of the Governor" and establish a "Home School and School Choice Ombudsman."

Putnam’s NRA rating is A+. He has endorsed the open carrying of firearms, and the carrying of guns on college campuses. He criticized Florida’s recently passed law that raised the firearm-purchase age to 21 from 18 and requires mandatory three-day waiting period for firearm purchases.

Sorry, Publix, these are not bipartisan positions.

Publix and Putnam go way back. Putnam was just 22, running for state representative, when Publix made its first donation, for $500, to the local up-and-comer: Publix’s base in Lakeland is 20 minutes from Putnam’s hometown of Bartow.

The generosity seems to go both ways. As agriculture commissioner, Putnam oversees regulation of Publix’s 800 Florida stores. When a TV station reported in 2016 that seven Tampa-area Publix stores failed health inspections, "Putnam responded the next day by pulling the inspections from the department’s website and eliminating the pass/fail grading system," the Tampa Bay Times wrote. "He replaced it six months later with a new rubric. Instead of a failing grade, the worst rating issued now is ‘re-inspection required.’ "

Publix can support whomever it wants. That’s its right as a corporate citizen. With 2010’s Citizens United, after all, the U.S. Supreme Court has given the green light to corporations and unions to spend whatever they like in independent political expenditures.

But in a nation as divided as ours, Publix can’t expect to bankroll a candidate without alienating some portion of its public. Call it a sign of the times, but our system is producing few, if any, "bipartisan" politicians. And now, not even a trip to the grocery store "Where Shopping Is a Pleasure" is immune from the tensions pulling the country apart.

Online: https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com

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May 18

The Florida Times-Union says education needs to be a bigger part of the South’s playbook:

We love football here in the South.

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And that’s only fitting, because the "State of the South" dossier by MDC, a North Carolina-based nonprofit, is like reading an extensive scouting report on a football team.

The areas of strength are noted:

? The South is more racially and ethnically diverse than ever before in history, and has "shifted from a biracial to a multi-ethnic region."

? The South has been able to reinvent itself as a region with "hubs of excellence and innovation in medicine, health and science, providing the benefits of modern medicine."

? The South "has more affluence, a more diverse economy with a potent corporate sector, a stronger middle class (blacks and Latinos as well as whites) … than it did 50 years ago."

? Major Southern cities Charleston, Biloxi and New Orleans have all "largely recovered" from massive weather-related devastation during the last 15 years; meanwhile, Houston has made strides rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey last fall.

But just as a football scouting report also focuses on a team’s weaknesses, "State of the South" identifies the region’s vulnerabilities, too.

And this one clearly stands out in the MDC report: "Most Southern states still lag the national average in K-12 achievement …"

. Which has been caused by this trend across the South: "(A) decade of budget austerity has left most states with a lower level of investment in public schools … than before the Great Recession."

. Which has led to this rather humbling fact about the South: "In every state in the South, born-elsewhere residents exceed born-in-state residents in the percentage who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher."

. Which presents this huge challenge now facing the South: "To elevate their economies and spread prosperity, Southern states have to rely on — and educate more of — their own at-home citizens to meet the talent deficits that immigration is not erasing."

. Which, if ignored, may have this stark consequence for the South: "(The) pattern of increasing divestment in public institutions could affect long-term upward economic mobility prospects in the region."

Make education a big part of the playbook

No, this is no trivial area of vulnerability. But it’s clear how we in the South should be addressing it:

? First, Southern states — including Florida — must make investing in education an equally high priority for all students, instead of pitting public schools against charters, urban districts vs. rural ones, etc., in some Hunger Games-style "survival of the fittest" battle for funding and resources.

As the "State of the South" report suggests, our region will need the talents of all of our residents to achieve sustainable prosperity.

That means all Southern states have to provide levels of funding that will enable all Southern students to flourish.

? Second, we in the South have to stop rewarding the buffoonish anti-intellectualism embraced by many of our lawmakers and power brokers to justify starving educational systems of needed money.

They justify it by throwing around pandering words and phrases like "elitist," ”snowflakes," ”failing urban schools," ”so-called experts" and "powerful teachers’ unions."

And they get away with it because we let them.

Clearly, that’s a big reason why there isn’t a single state in the South where native residents have as many bachelor’s degrees as fellow residents who were born elsewhere.

This must change.

In a nod to our region’s love for football, let’s put it this way:

If we want tomorrow’s South to keep moving the chains and putting up the points, we need to demand that our leaders make education a bigger part of the playbook.

Just as Southerners will not accept losing football teams, we must not accept underperforming educational systems.

Online: http://www.jacksonville.com

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Large sinkhole on Tanyard Creek Rd. near Lake Allatoona in Bartow County; Road shutdown for repairs.

Large sinkhole on Tanyard Creek Rd. near Lake Allatoona in Bartow County; Road shutdown for repairs.

From Bartow County Fire Department: Tanyard Creek Rd. near Lake Allatoona is closed due to a large sink hole. Please avoid the area. BCFD will possibly have a delayed response to the Glade Rd. area until the road is repaired. (as of 12:30 p.m. Sunday)

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Adairsville Police: Suspect charged with burglary, first-degree arson following Tuesday morning fire.

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Media release: On Tuesday at 10:27 a.m., officers with the Adairsville Police Department along with Bartow County Fire Department personnel responded to 105 Sparks St. in reference to a structure fire.  The 911 caller stated this was a vacant…

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Search under way for 21-year-old drowning victim at Red Top Mountain beach.

Search under way for 21-year-old drowning victim at Red Top Mountain beach.

From Bartow County Emergency Medical Service: EMS – as well as the Bartow County Fire Department and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources — are working a drowning at Red Top Mountain Beach. The person is a 21-year-old Hispanic male. Recovery operations started at 2 p.m. The call for the incident came into the 911 center around 1:15 p.m.

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Buzz: SPLOST committee meets this evening. Rabies clinic is Sept. 16. Kroger 'rewards' now include 4-H. Bartow museum features Northwest Georgia Textile League history.

Buzz: SPLOST committee meets this evening. Rabies clinic is Sept. 16. Kroger ‘rewards’ now include 4-H. Bartow museum features Northwest Georgia Textile League history.

Rabies Vaccination Clinic set for Saturday, Sept. 16, 1-4 p.m. at the Floyd County Health Department: The cost is $10 for a dog or cat. All animals must be at least 12 weeks of age and all must be healthy. Also, all dogs and cats must be restrained with a leash/carrier. Details: 706-295-6316.

The 2017 Floyd County SPLOST Committee will meet at 5:30 this evening at the Rome Floyd County Fire…

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Traffic alert: One lane of I-75 Northbound closed near Exit 296 in Bartow County following tractor trailer crash. Expected clear around 9 a.m.

Traffic alert: One lane of I-75 Northbound closed near Exit 296 in Bartow County following tractor trailer crash. Expected clear around 9 a.m.

I-75 at Exit 296: Cassville-White Rd.

Use caution this morning on I-75 Northbound in Bartow County. One right lane is shut down near Exit 296: Cassville-White Rd. with a tractor trailer off the roadway. GDOT reports accident expected to be clear by 9 a.m.

From Bartow Fire Department: I-75 Northbound right lane shut down between Old Grassdale Rd bridge and exit 296 due to accident. Possible…

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Developing: Reports of heavy smoke coming from Georgia Power's Plant Bowen in Bartow County. Fire crews on scene.

Developing: Reports of heavy smoke coming from Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen in Bartow County. Fire crews on scene.

Heavy black smoke coming from Plant Bowen this afternoon. (Photo from Sandra Hyers.)

Bartow County Fire Department units are on the scene at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen in Euharlee this afternoon after reports of heavy smoke. A representative with the Fire Department says several units are on the scene, but no other information is available at this time. We have a call into Georgia Power for…

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Bartow EMS: Five people injured in single-vehicle crash off Spring Place Rd.

Bartow EMS: Five people injured in single-vehicle crash off Spring Place Rd.

Crashed vehicle left roadway and pulled from woods. (photo by WBHF radio)

Media release from Bartow Emergency Medical Services: Monday evening Bartow County EMS, Bartow County Fire Department, Bartow County Sheriff Office and Georgia State Patrol responded to a single vehicle accident. The accident occurred on Spring Place Rd. Bartow County EMS arrived on the scene to find a vehicle off the…

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Bartow EMS: Elderly woman hit by car off Simpson Circle in Cartersville, airlifted to an Atlanta hospital

Bartow EMS: Elderly woman hit by car off Simpson Circle in Cartersville, airlifted to an Atlanta hospital

A pedestrian was hit by a car on Simpson Circle. (Google map)

  Media release from Bartow County Emergency Medical Services: BCEMS along with the Bartow County Fire Department and Bartow County Sheriff’s Office responded to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at 10:44 a.m. Saturday. The incident occurred on Simpson Circle off HWY 20. BCEMS arrived on the scene to find a elderly female lying on the…