In one photo, a group surrounding the flag are shown making obscene gestures and raising their fists in a Nazi salute. No DOJ employee ever served on the "REX" (Roundup Executive Committee), the group responsible for setting Roundup policies. Some minority agents also expressed a reluctance to attend because the Roundup was held in the woods of an all-white county in Eastern Tennessee. Sometime after the confrontation some unidentified persons painted the words "niggers go home" and "whites only" on toilets in the campground. Poor decisions are made, costing the organization credibility and destroying public confidence. One particular display in 1992, captured in a photograph we obtained during the investigation, included a group surrounding the flag whose members are shown making obscene gestures and raising their fists. OIG investigated these allegations and concluded that none of the claims that a woman was raped at a Roundup were supported by the evidence. Another T-shirt had a crude drawing of the figure used in the children's game, "Hangman," and the initials "O" and "J" beneath the figure. GEORGIA- Stacey Abrams, the Invisalign and NutriSystem poster child who still thinks she's the governor of Georgia has a pretty funny way of reaching out to law enforcement officers. The two primary accusers were Jeffrey Randall and a person identified only as a "former Alabama police official," whom we later determined to be Richard Hayward. Rites of passage, even in the job place, which leave coworkers to fend for themselves until they have proven themselves to be "worthy" of being included. The next day Rightmyer told the offenders that blacks were welcome at the Roundup and if they did not like it, they should leave. Performances in the skit competitions included participants who bit off the head of a dead snake; ate a whole raw fish soaked in beer; defecated on stage; soiled their trousers on stage; and pulled chewing tobacco out of their trousers pretending it to be excrement and put it in their mouths. The only identifying information we received was that an unspecified person from Ohio and another from Mississippi possessed one of these tapes. Solely on our findings, an appropriate sanction would be a reprimand, either written or oral.
They also bring this up in the report, the club the good old boys club. For most of the allegations, no physical or documentary evidence was available. The popular kids do what they want and push people around, all because they have nothing to fear disciplinary wise. We found substantial evidence that the campground was a hostile environment for women especially in the later years of the Roundup. In the public sphere, favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism also undermine the common good. However, in an investigation that examined events occurring over a sixteen-year period and involving well in excess of 1,000 participants, we cannot be sure that we have uncovered every objectionable incident. The last person to be able to consume the required amount without a break was the winner.
Although not raised initially as allegations, OIG found substantial credible evidence of rampant alcohol abuse and extreme cases of juvenile and shocking behavior. Further, many conscientious lawmakers have discovered that they must change their patterns of socializing when their work involves many decisions affecting friends and associates. In 1992 the same persons who ordered the sign taken down pulled the responsible person away from the car and told him to stop what he was doing. Seek out advice, if your world becomes too insular, it limits your creativity. ~ Georgina Chapman, Brian Ellis, Anthony H. Normore, & Mitch Javidi National Command and Staff College. When someone is granted a position because of connections rather than because he or she has the best credentials and experience, the service that person renders to the public may be inferior. OIG also reviewed the testimony of hundreds of witnesses provided during interviews conducted by other agencies. Probably the biggest dilemma presented by favoritism is that, under various other names, few people see it as a problem. In 1992, two different signs were displayed at the campground. All rights reserved. We are not aware of any effort that was made to establish who posted the signs. 1. If they do pretend it doesnt exist, troops will catch on and word will spread quickly through the ranks. In 1995, one current and three retired Fort Lauderdale police officers confronted a white ATF agent who had come to the Roundup with two black law enforcement officers. Although the Roundup was plainly not the type of event that brings credit to its participants, we developed no evidence that any significant role was played in the Roundup by any DOJ personnel past or present.
Personal written invitations were sent only to those who had previously registered for a Roundup. Greater punishment could be warranted, therefore, if the behavior evidenced in this investigation is part of a pattern of documented racial insensitivity. All troops arent always going to get along.
The term originally referred to social and business connections among former pupils of male-only elite . Some minority agents also expressed a reluctance to attend because the Roundup was held in the woods of an all-white county in Eastern Tennessee. A future Roundup president and Hayward can be readily identified. We also conclude that by the time racist conduct began to appear at the Roundup and persons began to attribute racist tendencies to it, the Roundup organizers should have been aware that the name itself may have sent a less-than-welcoming message to all potential attendees. The day before the Roundup opened a small sign that read, "no niggers," was observed posted on a stake alongside the road into the campground. Hayward was told he could not enter the campground unless all of these materials were removed. Ideas are not singular and are often a collaborative process of passing through many people coupled with thousands of thoughts and decisions before becoming final (Catmull, 2014). According to the lawsuit, LMPD eliminated Satterthwaite's position as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer without explanation. In 1993, Hayward arrived at the campground with his car plastered with racially offensive and political materials. A. DOJ Participation
What are favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism?
Hayward videotaped the 1990 Roundup. This is an opportunity for troops to vent legitimate problems. These leaders would vehemently agree that their peers and superiors who exhibit obvious favoritism are in the wrong and are, frankly, undeserving of their position. Indeed, by 1990, law enforcement officers -- federal, state, and local -- were outnumbered by participants who had no such affiliation. II. Moreover, we found Randall's claim to have found the "license" in a Roundup bathroom not to be credible. How can this not be a 'Good Ole Boy' system issue along with Judges being appointed by these same legislators. A third local resident made a vague and contradictory claim that marijuana was used in the campground during one unspecified Roundup. Thirty-six were DOJ employees when they attended; eight went prior to becoming DOJ employees. Sometime after the confrontation some unidentified persons painted the words "niggers go home" and "whites only" on toilets in the campground. Even male attendees told us that would not have wanted any female family member or friend to attend the Roundup because of how women were treated. Because of the historical connections between similar sites and racist activities, these agents attributed racist intentions to the Roundup due simply to its location. None of the allegations of criminal conduct were substantiated, although activity inappropriate for a gathering with a substantial number of law enforcement officers took place. Only one DOJ employee, now retired, served in an official organizational capacity as an "MOB," which stood for the "members of the board" or "mean old bastards," the group with responsibility for cooking, registration, and official recreational activities. Intent and a "Whites-only" Policy. In addition to Hayward, two other witnesses had vague and indeterminate recollections of some type of racist sign being posted in the campground for a short time in 1989. Also, the appearance of favoritism weakens morale in government service, not to mention public faith in the integrity of government. The good ole boy system doesn't payoff for law enforcement and now will be blamed, for some shitty decisions made in the first 24. Who let's your friends clean up?? We could not escape making judgments concerning their credibility. 3. OIG made special efforts to interview persons from many federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, and to interview a large number of participants who had no law enforcement affiliation. And although we were able to identify more who had been invited to attend, most chose not to -- some merely because the name and location suggested to them that they would not be welcome there. The signs were removed and destroyed. I, personally, served under them and would gladly fall on a sword if they asked even all these years later. (Subsequently, the FBI concluded that Hayward's video taken at the 1990 Roundup was authentic and had not been altered.) In their affidavits to the Senate, the two Ocoee women claimed to have heard that a woman was gang-raped by a large number of Roundup participants. The public drunkenness began far earlier and was a reason cited by many DOJ employees and others for not returning to the Roundup. It seems, in my experience, the higher the custody level of the institution, the stronger the system. Other substantiated allegations, such as the playing of games for monetary stakes and the consumption in isolated instances of moonshine, are addressed fully in the report. In addition to the persons who brought allegations of racism to light, OIG sought to interview persons who were identified as having committed racially offensive acts. All told, our investigation took into account the statements of nearly 900 witnesses, including 560 who attended a Roundup. Overall, OIG interviewed large numbers of people who attended the Roundup, particularly in those years for which there were extremely serious allegations of racist and other misconduct. Nevertheless, we found that, regardless of intent, some minority agents perceived a message that they would not be welcome or considered a "good o' boy," and that indeed they might face racial intolerance and hostility if they attended. This failure, together with the availability of massive amounts of alcohol, no doubt contributed to the recurrence of such incidents. Although high ranking officers and senior enlisted have always tried to pluck toxicity out of the system because it goes against every military value, it still rears its head, typically in the form of the good ol boy system. "It's always been a buddy buddy system to my knowledge and there's going to be a few that say it's not and that's because they are a part of the buddy buddy system," Leflore said. Despite evidence that the Roundup organizers officially discouraged such performances, their efforts to exercise control were half-hearted at best. He described the doll as a seed and told the audience that one must 'kill the seed when it is young," and proceeded to beat the doll. This interviewing strategy was designed to ferret out as much information from as many different sources as possible to minimize the chances that racial or other kinds of misconduct might be concealed from us. We also conclude that by the time racist conduct began to appear at the Roundup and persons began to attribute racist tendencies to it, the Roundup organizers should have been aware that the name itself may have sent a less-than-welcoming message to all potential attendees.