Monday, September 11, 2017

Sweet T Lays Low At His Family’s Home During Criminal Investigation - Donald V. Watkins


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Sweet T Lays Low At His Family's Home During Criminal Investigation
By Donald V. Watkins
©Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on September 11, 2017
Terry Jackson "Sweet T" Bunn, Jr., is spending very little time at his home in Cottondale, Alabama. This is the place where Sweet T raped University of Alabama honors student Megan Rondini during the early morning hours of July 2, 2015. Sweet T, who is a member of the rich and powerful Bunn family, has denied raping Megan.
The growing pressure from online media reporting and victims' rights groups has caused Sweet T to lay low at his family's home in the Fosters, an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County. The family's residence sits on 3,500 acres of secluded land.
Sweet T, 36, is still drinking heavily. He occasionally cruises the Tuscaloosa bar and club scene in search of 18, 19, and 20-year-old coeds for sexual encounters. Local law enforcement officers privately refer to Sweet T as a "dirt bag". He is known to use "date rape" drugs on his sexual prey.
Sweet T is counting on his family's proven ability to control the outcome of law enforcement investigations to end the pressure on him from the newest investigation into Megan Rondini's rape case. After all, the Bunn family has always bailed Sweet T out of legal troubles, especially when his brushes with the law involved reported rape cases.
Who Requested the AG's Investigation into Megan Rondini's Rape Case?
As we reported yesterday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is investigating the Megan Rondini rape case. Marshall, who is running for election to a full term as AG in next year's elections, has come under heavy criticism from victims' rights groups for his lackadaisical attitude toward Megan's tragic rape case. Marshall's initial response to the June 2017 BuzzFeed News article about Megan's rape case was to simply ignore it.
One thing is clear at this juncture -- Steve Marshall is not investigating Megan's rape case because he truly cares about a rape victim who committed suicide after Sweet T escaped criminal justice in her case. In fact, Marshall has not assigned his best rape investigator to this probe.
Furthermore, it does not appear that Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy or District Attorney Hays Webb requested the investigation into Megan's rape case. Neither man has made a public statement about the AG's investigation and neither one has recused himself from Megan's case.
Finally, it does not appear that The University of Alabama has requested the AG's criminal investigation. The University has chosen to devalue its female students by openly aligning itself with Sweet T and the Bunn family in this matter. As such, the University has been silent about Megan's rape incident and the subsequent police cover up of this crime.
Based upon these factors, it is highly likely that Steve Marshall's investigation has resulted from an Alabama State Bar Association complaint that was filed against former district attorney Lyn Head. These complaints are always handled in a confidential manner.
Watching the Foxes in the Hen House
A "clean" district attorney would ask the attorney general to handle or assign another DA to a rape case in which she/he accepted money from the criminal suspect or a member of the accused rapist's family. This scenario presents the type of conflict of interest that the Alabama State Bar Association would normally care about if it has been shown that former DA Lyn Head knowingly accepted campaign money from the Bunn family and/or Sweet T himself, via political action committees, before her rape investigation began and/or immediately after it concluded. She took money from Sweet T and his family in Megan's rape case.
If Ron Abernathy and Hays Webb removed themselves from the investigation, they would be of little value to the "target" of the investigation. Absent an announced recusal, Abernathy and Webb remain in a position to influence the scope of the criminal investigation, as well as any decisions on who gets "targeted".
Steve Marshall's investigation will either expose the police cover up in Megan's rape case, or allow it to continue. Marshall will either prosecute Sweet T, the "date rape" drug traffickers who are tied to him, and the crooked law enforcement officials who "fixed" Megan's case for Sweet T, or he will allow all of them to go free.
Nothing in Steve Marshall's professional background demonstrates that he has the backbone necessary to (a) prosecute a rich and powerful rape suspect like Sweet T, or (b) hold "dirty" law enforcement officials like Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy, Investigators Adam Jones and Josh Hastings, and former DA Lyn Head accountable for their misconduct in Megan Rondini's rape case.
The Battle Between "Good" versus "Evil"
Meanwhile, the various Justice for Megan Rondini advocacy groups are mobilizing their growing network of grassroots supporters to focus on next year's elections as an opportunity to support political candidates who are committed to stopping a known serial rapist and holding the "dirty" law enforcement officials in Megan's rape case accountable for their misconduct.
In the battle between "good" and "evil", the most committed side wins. The Justice for Megan Rondini movement is the most committed side in this battle because it is fighting for the safety and security of the women most decent Americans love unconditionally --- our daughters, granddaughters, sisters, wives, and mothers.


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Sunday, September 10, 2017

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Exclusive Breaking News-- Attorney General Steve Marshall Investigating Megan Rondini Rape Case - Donald V. Watkins


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Exclusive Breaking News---
Attorney General Steve Marshall Investigating Megan Rondini Rape Case
By Donald V. Watkins
©Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on September 10, 2017
Bobby Moore, an investigator for Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, has asked to interview witnesses in the Megan Rondini case. Megan is the young University of Alabama honors student who was drugged and raped during the early morning hours of July 2, 2015, by Terry Jackson "Sweet T" Bunn, Jr. Sweet T has denied raping Megan.
Two of the individuals contacted by Moore are friends of Megan who were with her at Innisfree Irish Pub on the night of July 1, 2015.
The Investigations Division of the Attorney General's Office investigates a variety of criminal matters, such as public corruption, white-collar crime, "cold" cases involving unsolved homicides and rapes, and other violent crimes. A number of these investigations are conducted independently, while some are done in concert with other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Bobby Moore works in this division of the AG's office.
Steve Marshall has come under heavy criticism from victim's rights advocacy groups for his lackadaisical attitude toward Megan's rape case, especially after BuzzFeed News introduced her tragic story to the world in June. Marshall's initial response to Megan's rape case was to simply ignore it.
Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Hays Webb has said nothing about Megan's rape case. He is generally regarded as weak, inept, and incompetent as a prosecutor. It is unclear as to whether Webb referred Megan's case to AG Marshall for investigation, or not.
Bobby Moore's requests for witness interviews came on Friday, September 8, 2017 -- exactly one day after Ms. Alice Martin, the former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama (2001-2009) and former chief deputy attorney general for Alabama (2015-2017) published an article titled, "Alabama Voices: The scars left by date rape drugs" in the Montgomery Advertiser. The article describes Ms. Martin's own scary experience with "date rape" drugs.
In her article, Ms. Martin, who is a highly accomplished career prosecutor, acknowledges that Megan's case was "mishandled". This candid admission by a respected federal and state prosecutor was a huge step toward achieving justice for Megan Rondini.
Ms. Martin worked at Vanderbilt University Hospital's psychiatric unit as a Registered Nurse before going to law school. She cared for patients on suicide watch. "Without supportive services, some victims, like Megan, will turn to self-blame, some to self-medication, and some will try to block it out and live with the pain", states Ms. Martin. "Worse, 33 percent will contemplate suicide and 13 percent will attempt suicide", she said.
Sadly, Megan committed suicide on February 26, 2016, after Sweet T escaped criminal justice in her rape case while Lyn Head was serving as district attorney.
After noting that "Megan was a beautiful University of Alabama co-ed who reported her assault immediately to authorities, who sought supportive services and who failed to receive what she needed", Ms. Martin publicly declared "[b]efore there are more Megans, let's come together to prevent violence and when we can't, to support victims and punish their attackers."
Ms. Martin is running as a conservative Republican for Alabama Attorney General in next year's race. Republican Steve Marshall will be seeking a full term as AG.
In February, former governor Robert Bentley handpicked and appointed Steve Marshall to replace former AG Luther Strange. Bentley had previously appointed Strange to the U.S. senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions in a highly questionable "quid pro quo" deal that may cost Strange his senate seat during the September 26th runoff election.
In April, Bentley resigned as governor after pleading guilty to state ethics law violations.
Does Bobby Moore's investigative work signal the start of a serious, independent criminal investigation, or just a political maneuver by Steve Marshall to get out front of Alice Martin on the explosive Megan Rondini rape case?
We do not know the answer to this question for sure. However, we do know several factors that are relevant to answering this question.
First, there was no public announcement of this criminal investigation by the AG's office. The investigation will either expose the police cover up in Megan's rape case, or continue it.
Second, during his seven-month tenure as Attorney General, Marshall has not brought felony public corruption charges against any big-time public officials and has not brought criminal charges against any rich criminal suspects. Jefferson County, alone, is a sea of public corruption. Tuscaloosa County has at least one serial rapist on the loose and is experiencing a growing enterprise of "date rape" drug trafficking.
Yet, DA Hays Webb and AG Steve Marshall have not prosecuted this well-known serial rapist or the "date rape" drug trafficking suspects who are tied to him.
Third, Ms. Martin is highly respected in law enforcement circles for her commitment to justice, strength of character, intellectual acumen, legal abilities, backbone of steel, prosecutorial skills, and willingness to stand up for crime victims when no one else will. Her record as a prosecutor is exceptional.
In contrast, Governor Bentley privately viewed Steve Marshall as the "weakest" district attorney in Alabama at the time of his gubernatorial appointment to the AG's job. Prior to Bobby Moore's investigative actions, Marshall had been missing-in-action in Megan's rape case for nearly three months since the publication of the BuzzFeed News article.
Fourth, Alabamians will finally get a chance to determine for themselves whether Attorney General Steve Marshall has the backbone it takes to prosecute a rich and powerful rape suspect like Sweet T, along with "dirty" cops like Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy, Investigator Adam Jones, and Investigator Josh Hastings.
If he can survive the taint from his political deal to downgrade the four felony ethics charges in Robert Bentley's public corruption case to "no-jail time" misdemeanors, Steve Marshall's handling of Megan Rondini's rape case will likely determine his future as Attorney General.




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