Cop Block is a website/organization that encourages supporters to take an active role in the content posted here. Which is how this story came on our radar. Below is a post written by Cop Block supporter Xarous, who wants the police in his area to accept responsibility for their actions. He writes:
Recently an article was featured in the News and Observer of Raleigh, in which a drunken off-duty captain of the North Carolina Highway Patrol was escorted to a motel instead of being arrested for driving while “extremely drunk”. As of writing this, no charges have been filed against James Williams Jr., but an internal investigation has been launched and James Williams Jr. has been placed on desk duty. The other officers involved, Capt. W.B. Williams (supervisor on duty), Lt. D.C. Parrott (initial patrol officer), and Maj. A.W. Moss (supervisor called at home) have not been disciplined for lack of action or derelict of duty.
We need to hold those involved to the same standard as a normal citizen and residents of North Carolina. Attached is auto source of original call from Capt. W.B. Williams to headquarters to advise and to direct situation to Maj. A.W. Moss. The second audio source is the call from headquarters to Maj. A.W. Moss, waking him up in the middle of the night. Both audio segments can be played from News and Observer of Raleigh.
Even thought an internal investigation has been launched, I feel the lack of response from both departments appalling. So please take action and contact:
NC Department of Crime Control & Public Safety
4701 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4701
Public Affairs Office (919)733-5027
Peter Nivio Zarlenga was once quoted saying, “Action conquers fear.” If this were true, then in our attempt to hold law enforcement agencies accountable for their own actions, we would cease in building fear within ourselves and our communities. So I call to you: brothers, sisters, citizens, shareholders of America’s future. Let our voices be heard and let our actions break us free from the bondage created by fear.”
~Xarous
After reading this post I decided to see what kind of response I could get from the investigators in NC. I called the number above and got connected to Sgt. Jeff Gordon (I’m guessing no relation to the driver). As you’ll see in the video below he doesn’t want to talk about anything related to Capt. Williams Jr. arrest.
Think about how others are treated when arrested. They have to spend the night in jail, see a judge, miss work, pay a fine and more. If the crime is one that grabs media attention, then your name is in the paper, people make assumptions, police release ‘public’ information about you and much more. But when it’s an officer it’s hush hush and not one word about how, why or what’s going to happen is spoken. Just as this officer does in the video, even though he believes he’s filling the oath he took.
Good article. People need to be made aware of the various exceptions, privileges and free passes the police give to themselves and their own.
The Islander Inn of OIB in NC is perhaps the worst hotel on the island. We had a terrible experience at this nc beach resort. The room was not ready for 45 minutes after our check inn time. So we sat in the sweltering heat for about an hour with two young kids and a dog (which cost us an additional 60 bucks). You might say “why didn’t you guys go on the beach to kill a little bit of time”…which is exactly what we did and resulted in a fine from the OIB Police for having our dog on the beach before 6pm. Our bad, but you think there would be a sign on the hotels enterance to the beach…which is another disaster. You have to go through the pool area to get to the beach cross over…a pool area with two sets of outward swinging safety gates…guests and their kids running around, a maze of lounge chairs, and busted up concrete….did i mention the two kids, the wife, the dog , and bags of kid supplies..uggg. if you are even slightly handycapped i wouldn’t even consider touring this crap hole. All this aside, we finally get the mexican cleaning crew out of our room and decide to relax on the back porch to enjoy the view of the ocean …which was great so long as you ignore the ratteling humm of the rooms a/c unit which is as much a fixture of the decore as the stackable white (mildewed) form-molded pvc chairs. Then the gang of homeless cats arrived (I swear you can’t make this stuff up)…dog is going wild..kids now crying…wife about to freak out…i must react quickly so i go down to the gravel parking lot of the islander inn and shoe them away…but their retreat is just a transient ploy…as soon as i get back up to the porch they are back…only with reinforcemnets to boot…aah, but i am far smarter than a cat…even 10 of them…while the gravel lot was poison to my feet it provided me with some ammunition for a full on assault…i lined the stones along the porches edge just under the railing and waited for the perfect shot. The mangiest of the crew was in sight…my wife diles me in ..”a few clicks to the left”..”you are set”…my foot is drawn back like a driver…fire!!! Hit…Dismay…the vermin thought i was kicking food to them…Yet another defeat…i return inside with hopes that they dont start to nest in our van. The night fanally draws to a tylonol pm induced end and all attempts are made to ignore the rattle and humm of the out dated ac unit…after all who the heck would want to sleep to the sound of that silly ocean. 3AM…EEERT!….EEERT!…EEERT!…EEERT!!!…and i arose to see what was the matter “alarm clock?” “radio?”…”Fire?”…”FIRE!”…”FIRE!” no fire extinguisher in room …may have to exit off 2nd story porch…no fire escape latter…must go uot front door…alls clear we (me, wife, 2 small kids, dog, 2bags kid stuff) make our way to the parking lot. Our building is fine so i go back up get the rest of our stuff and we drive 2 hours home in a van that now smells of cat urine if you use the vents so i can get enough sleep to go to work in the morning. Realy freakin cool way to drop almost 300 bones on a room and about that on gas and food. We call the Islander Inn and are told a manager would contact us…he did not…and continues to avoid our calls…Thank god we put it on our AMEX…they are going to revearse the charges. Still managed to spend a bunch of money on gas, made our entire family miserable, and worked a 10 hour shift that following day on 3 hours of sleep. Thank you Islander Inn NC :(
WTF?! You think this is TripAdvisor?!