PETITION FOR CHANGE

ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY OF THE LATE EURIE LEE MARTIN, WE , NONHRO ARE ASKING THE CITZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY and SURROUNDING COUNTIES TO JOIN US IN SIGNING THIS PETITION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

ON JULY 7, 2017 IN
DEEPSTEP, GA, THREE WASHINGTON CO. DEPUTIES (RHETT SCOTT, HENRY LEE COPELAND, & MICHAEL HOWELL) TASERED EURIE LEE MARTIN, A TOTAL OF 11 TIMES FOR 90 SECONDS. THE THREE DEPUTIES WERE ARRESTED AND LATER (AFTER APPEARING BEFORE A GRAND JURY) GRANTED IMMUNITY
BY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE H. GIBBS FLANDERS JR. , WHICH LED THE CHARGES TO BE THROWN OUT…ONLY TO BE THE SAME SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TO TRY THE CASE AGAIN, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY ENDED IN A MISTRIAL. FORMER DEPUTY, MICHAEL HOWELL (NOW EMPLOYED WITH THE SANDERSVILLE FIRE DEPT. ANOTHER JOB INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC THAT COULD REQUIRE DRASTIC MEASURES) IS ALSO, A FORMER GDC OFFICER, WHO HAS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES FILED AGAINST HIM FROM SEVERAL INMATES AND FELLOW OFFICERS. THE FAMILY OF MR. MARTIN FEELS THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY WITH MURDER CHARGES STILL PENDING. THE CASE IS CURRENTLY IN THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’s OFFICE , RENDERING A DECISION TO BE APPOINTED OR ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER PROSECUTION OFFICE, WITH HOPES THAT ALL THREE DEPUTIES BE PROSECUTED FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE MURDER OF THIS UNARMED BLACK MAN. MICHAEL HOWELL IS DEFINITELY UNFIT TO SERVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, OR ANY CITY IN THE WORLD AS A FIRE FIGHTER, FIRST RESPONDER, etc…AND WE REJECT AND DETEST ANY FURTHER PUBLIC SERVICE FROM HIM. OUR GOAL IS THAT HE BE REMOVED FROM ANY DUTIES OF THE SANDERSVILLE FIRE DEPT. IMMEDIATELY!