Thus the Republic falls to applause: Death of Kendrick Johnson

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Kendrick Johnson investigation: Feds will not file charges

(CNN) —There will be no charges filed in the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday, citing insufficient evidence in the Valdosta, Georgia, case.

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A medical examiner determined in 2013 that Johnson died of "positional asphyxia" after he was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes High School.

Officials from the U.S. attorney's office met with Johnson's family Monday and informed them the investigation had concluded, the Justice Department said.

"The Department of Justice, in particular the lawyers and investigators who have worked tirelessly on this investigation, express their most sincere condolences to Kendrick Johnson's parents, family, and friends," Acting United States Attorney Carole Rendon said.

"We cannot imagine the pain of their loss, or the depths of their sorrow. We regret that we were unable to provide them with more definitive answers about Kendrick's tragic death."

The investigation
Four months after Johnson's body was found in a gym mat, the Georgia state medical examiner concluded he had died as the result of accidental "positional asphyxia," implying Johnson had suffocated as a result of being trapped upside-down in the rolled-up mat.

The teen's parents never believed the local authorities' explanation that the 17-year-old teen got stuck in the mat after diving in to retrieve a shoe.

His parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, later had his body exhumed and hired an independent pathologist to performed a second autopsy on Johnson's body.

In the second autopsy, two months later, a medical examiner concluded Johnson's death was a result of a homicide.

Evidence of "blunt force trauma to the right side of Kendrick's neck, near the jaw, and the manner of death was not an accident," the Justice

Department statement details. "He found hemorrhages to the jaw line area not detected during the GBI autopsy."

In January, Johnson's parents filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against dozens of local and state officials and claim officials helped plot to fake evidence.

"We know Kendrick was murdered, no ifs ands or buts about it," Jacquelyn Johnson, Kendrick's mother, told CNN moments before entering the courthouse to hear the final fate of her son's case.

Federal investigators hold firm that a comprehensive investigation was conducted surrounding the of the events in Kendrick's death.

"The investigation included, among other things, interviewing nearly 100 people; reviewing tens of thousands of emails and text messages; reviewing surveillance videos from Lowndes High School; and analyzing other available information regarding the events of January 10-11, 2013," the DOJ statement said.

"That just pushes the dagger a little bit further," Jacquelyn Johnson told reporters in a news conference after hearing the final verdict. "All we ever asked for were answers and the truth about what happened to Kendrick and they still haven't given us any answers."

The Johnsons affirmed that investigators told them the initial autopsy conducted by the state medical examiner was wrong and the autopsy performed by the independent pathologist they hired, which indicates their son's death was the result of blunt force trauma, was correct.

The DOJ is not commenting beyond the statement it released, saying the investigation "has been closed without the filing of federal criminal charges."

Wikipedia

Death of Kendrick Johnson

On January 11, 2013, Kendrick Johnson's body was discovered inside a rolled up wrestling mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, where he was a student.[1][2][3] A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental. Johnson's family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy which concluded that Johnson died from blunt force trauma. On October 31, 2013, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that his office would open a formal review into Johnson's death.[4] The Department of Justice investigation was closed in November 2015 after two Department of Justice motions[5][6] to intervene were denied.[7] The Department of Justice stated they would not be able to proceed with their case if Jackie and Kenneth Johnson were forced to sit for depositions.[The depositions of Jackie and Kenneth Johnson went ahead despite the DOJ objections.[8] Kendrick Johnson's parents are currently being sued for $850,000 in attorney fees [9] and $1 million in defamation damages.[10]


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• 1Death
  • 1.1Initial investigation
    
  
  
• 2Subsequent events and legal actions
  • 2.1Body
    
  • 2.2Coroner Bill Watson
    
  • 2.3Surveillance tape
    
  • 2.4Brian and Branden Bell
    
  • 2.5Depositions
    
  • 2.6Harassment on Twitter
    
  • 2.7Legal actions
    
  • 2.8Summary Judgment
    
  • 2.9Motions for Attorney Fees
    
  
  
• 3See also
  
• 4References
  

Death
Initial investigation

Johnson was found headfirst in the center of a rolled up wrestling mat, in his high school gym, on January 11, 2013. His body was discovered by students who had climbed up to the top of a cluster of mats, each of which stood nearly six feet tall and three feet wide.[11] An autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) stated that Johnson had died from positional asphyxia,[12] and the case was ruled an accidental death by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office.[1] The Department of Justice has concluded that there is no basis for a civil rights investigation and are continuing their criminal investigation into his death.[13]

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Johnson's body in the gym mat after it was moved onto its side. The gym mat was discovered standing upright.

They hypothesized that Johnson had fallen into the mat while looking for a shoe and died after being unable to get out.[12] Three students told investigators that it was common for some students to store their shoes behind or under the rolled up mats. Johnson was not wearing shoes when he was found.[11] A student at the school said that he shared a pair of Adidas shoes with Johnson, and that after gym class Johnson would always "go to the mats, jump up and toss the shoes inside the middle of the hole."[11]

Lt. Stryde Jones, who headed up the investigation for the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office stated: "We never had credible information that indicated this was anything other than an accident."[11] Johnson's family has questioned this hypothesis. An independent autopsy conducted by a private pathologist in the service of Johnson's parents came to a different conclusion, finding that his death was caused by blunt force trauma.[1]

Subsequent events and legal actions
After the opinion of the private pathologist was released, Johnson's family stated that they believed Johnson had been murdered.[12]The family retained the services of attorney Benjamin Crump.[14] On October 31, 2013, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that the office would open a formal review into the death of Johnson.[4] The Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded that

Kendrick Johnson's death was an accident and no foul play was involved.[15] Benjamin Crump has since withdrawn from representing the Johnson family and is no longer participating in the case.[16]

Johnson's family filed a legal action to open a coroner's inquiry into his death. When the judge in that case delayed a decision, pending the outcome of the U.S. District Attorney review, the family demanded that the governor of Georgia immediately authorize the inquiry instead. The

Johnson family, together with the NAACP and other civil rights activists, then held a rally at the state capitol in Atlanta.[14] The governor's office released a statement indicating that they would await the report of the U.S. District Attorney.[12]

Body
The independent autopsy found, among other things, that Johnson's body was stuffed with newspapers.[12][17] The funeral home which processed the body following the GBI's autopsy stated that they never received Johnson's organs from the coroner. Johnson's internal organs were said to have been "destroyed through natural process" and "discarded by the prosector before the body was sent back to Valdosta," according to the funeral home owner.[1] That left a void, which the funeral home filled.[12] The funeral home owner stated that it is standard practice to fill a void in this fashion, and that cotton or sawdust may also be employed for this purpose.[12][17] Johnson's family filed a complaint, with a regulatory body, against the funeral home operator.[12]

A subsequent investigation by the Georgia Secretary of State's office found that the funeral home did not follow "best practice" and that other material was "more acceptable than newspaper". Nonetheless, the investigation cleared the funeral home of any wrongdoing.[18] A spokesperson for the Secretary of State said that the investigation found that the funeral home "didn't violate any rules".[19] The Johnson family subsequently filed a civil suit against the funeral home, seeking money damages.[18]

Coroner Bill Watson
Lowndes County Coroner Bill Watson had some initial serious concerns with the death investigation related to the delay in contacting his office. Bill Watson has since gone on record that all of his concerns have been alleviated and he agrees with the accidental death conclusion.

The sworn affidavit of Bill Watson stating such is linked here.

Surveillance tape

Surveillance footage of Johnson entering the gymnasium shortly before he died

In November 2013, 290 hours of surveillance tape from 35 cameras that covered the gym area was released to [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN]CNN following a court request.[20] A forensic analyst enlisted by CNN found that tapes from two cameras are missing an hour and five minutes of footage, while another set was missing two hours and ten minutes of footage. The cameras were motion activated, and the mat area was believed to be outside the camera's range.[11] Two cameras covered the entrance into the gym before Johnson's arrival, and showed a student entering the gym before Kendrick Johnson. There were also some students standing near the entrance to the gym. Raw footage can be seen here.[1]

Attorneys for the Johnson family have expressed fears that the camera footage was edited as part of a "cover-up".[11] However, both the president of the Valdosta-Lowndes County chapter of the SCLC, and the former lead investigator for that chapter, have stated that they believe the attorneys for the Johnsons have "not been entirely truthful in their statements" and that there is no cover-up in this case.[21]

Brian and Branden Bell
Jackie and Kenneth Johnson have made public accusations that brothers Brian and Branden Bell violently assaulted Kendrick Johnson in the gym causing his death. Video surveillance from the school proves that Brian Bell was in his fourth block biology class when Kendrick Johnson died.[22][23][24] Branden Bell was on a bus 60 miles away headed to a wrestling tournament in Macon Georgia at the time of Kendrick's death.[22][24] Additonally surveillance video from cameras outside the gym covering the entrances and exists prove that neither Bell brother entered the gym on January 9, 10, or 11th.[22]

During their sworn depositions Jackie and Kenneth Johnson both admitted that there is no evidence either Bell brother had anything to do with Kendrick Johnson's death.[25][26]

Sworn Affidavit of Brian Bell
Sworn Affidavit of Branden Bell
Sworn Affidavit of Rick Bell

Depositions
In November 2015 Judge Richard Porter of Valdosta Superior Court ordered Jackie and Kenneth Johnson to sit for depositions in the wrongful death lawsuit. During the depositions Jackie and Kenneth admitted they do not have evidence that Kendrick Johnson was murdered. Jackie and Kenneth also admitted they have no evidence of any conspiracy or coverup to hide Kendrick Johnson cause of death. The deposition of

Jackie Johnson is linked here and the deposition of Kenneth Johnson is linked here.

Harassment on Twitter
Subpoenas were filed with Twitter for usernames of 23 individuals who have stalked, harassed, and defamed the Bell family with false and malicious accusations that the Bell brothers were responsible for the death of Kendrick Johnson. The subpoena is linked here.

Legal actions
The family of Kendrick Johnson filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Lowndes County Board of Education, its superintendent and the high school principal. The suit alleges that Johnson "was violently assaulted, severely injured, suffered great physical pain and mental anguish, and subjected to insult and loss of life" on January 10, 2013. While the lawsuit does not name the person or persons allegedly involved in the

January 10 event, nor identify the race of alleged perpetrators, it implies a race-based dimension to the hypothetical assault. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants were negligent, and violated Johnson's constitutional right to equal protection based on race. It alleges that the defendants ignored reports that, previously, Johnson was repeatedly attacked and harassed by a white student.[27] Kendrick was attacked on a bus trip 14 months prior. According to the lawsuit, the other student "had a history of provoking and attacking" Johnson at school. Johnson was "victimized" again "in the presence of the coaching staff and employees" of the school again after his mother complained about the attacks, the suit said. The suit also alleges that school officials failed to "properly monitor the activities of students throughout all areas" of the campus and to "maintain a properly functioning video surveillance system."[27]

In August 2014, the parents of two Lowndes County High School students filed a $5 million lawsuit against Ebony Magazine after the magazine published a series of articles naming two students as possible suspects in the death.[28] The magazine used pseudonyms, but was otherwise accurate in descriptions of the boys, including the fact that their father was an FBI agent. The article used as a source an anonymous email to the sheriff's office alleging that the younger of the two brothers killed Johnson after learning that Johnson had sex with the brother's girlfriend. Rick and Karen Bell assert that their sons were not involved in the crime, are not considered suspects, and have been harassed as a result of the publication.[29]

In January 2015, Kendrick Johnson's family filed a $100 million civil lawsuit in the Superior Court of DeKalb County against 38 individuals. Respondents include three of Johnson's classmates (two or three respondents are unnamed) and local, state, and federal officials: the school superintendent of Lowndes County, the Valdosta-Lowndes crime lab, the police chief of Valdosta, many sheriff's deputies, the city of Valdosta, the state medical examiner, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and its five agents, and an FBI agent. The lawsuit alleges that the FBI agent ordered his two sons and a classmate to attack Johnson. Kendrick Johnson's family allege that his death was a murder, and accuse the respondents of a conspiracy to cover up the homicide.[30] Jim Elliott, the Lowndes County Attorney, stated that the allegations are "unfounded" and "baseless", and that any response would be made in court.[30] A lawsuit could not be brought in Lowndes County, when all local Superior
Court judges recused themselves from presiding over the case, because of their close proximity to the accused. For that reason, Chief Judge Harry J. Altman stated that it was inappropriate for these judges to preside over the case.[30] Shortly before the lawsuit was filed, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Michael J. Moore, said in a statement that a federal investigation is still open, and that "the investigation has proven more complicated and taken longer than originally anticipated."[30] U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Michael J. Moore has since resigned.[31] After Michael Moore resigned, the case was transferred to the Northern District of Ohio under the leadership of Steven Dettlebach.[32] Shortly after receiving the Kendrick Johnson case U.S. attorney Steven Dettlebach also resigned. Despite these resignations, the Department of Justice investigation is ongoing, according to Department of Justice spokesman Michael Tobin.[33]

In November 2015 a motion filed by Department of Justice motion to intervene in the civil wrongful death lawsuit was denied. The motion warned that continuing with the civil suits would jeopardize the criminal investigation, because of the similarity of the criminal investigation and the civil case. The motion was denied based on a lack of evidence that the death of Kendrick Johnson was the result of criminal activity [34] and a lack of evidence of misconduct in the official investigation.[34] During sworn depositions Kendrick Johnson's father admitted that he does not have evidence to support the claims that Kendrick Johnson was murdered.[35] Shortly after admitting he does not have evidence to support their claims of a murder conspiracy Jackie and Kenneth Johnson dismissed their own wrongful death lawsuit.[36] Jackie and Kenneth Johnson are currently being sued for more than $850,000 in attorney fees [37] and $1,000,000 in defamation damages for fabricating a murder conspiracy.[38]

Summary Judgment
Shortly after the depositions, the defendants in the $100 million wrongful death lawsuit filed for summary judgment. The summary judgment motions are based on a lack of evidence that Kendrick Johnson's death was the result of criminal activity and a lack of evidence of misconduct in the official investigation.

Rick, Brian, and Branden Bell Motion for Summary Judgment
Lowndes County Sherrif Motion for Summary Judgment
Owens Transport Motion for Summary Judgment
City of Valdosta Motion for Summary Judgment
Wes Taylor Motion for Summary Judgment

Motions for Attorney Fees
Subsequent to filing for summary judgment the defendants in the $100 million wrongful death lawsuit filed motions for attorney fees from Jackie and Kenneth Johnson and their attorney Chevene King in the amount of $853,343.03. The attorney fee motions are based on that fact that the Johnson family claims that Kendrick Johnson was murdered were completely frivolous and lacked any basis in fact, evidence, and law.

The Johnson family claims of misconduct during the official investigation were also completely frivolous.
Rick, Brian, and Branden Bell Motion for $241,358.50 in Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs
Owens Transport Motion for $47,274.00 in Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs
Board of Education Motion for $349,589.65 in Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs
City of Valdosta Motion for $62,379.05 in Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs
Lowndes County Sheriff Motion for $152,741.83 in Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs
Grand total: $853,343.03

I am appalled at what I read

It sounds like murder
Smells like murder

Blunt force tramua
'missed' in the initial investigation
One of the fathers an FBI Agent
missing footage

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More on the story

Brothers Deny Any Involvement, Wrongdoing In Gym Mat Death Of Kendrick Johnson

Branden and Brian Bell, the brothers accused of involvement in the January 2013 death of Georgia teenager Kendrick Johnson, are speaking out for the first time since the 17-year-old’s body was found rolled up in a gym mat.
In an investigative report by WSB-TV Atlanta, the brothers, who are also sons of FBI agent Rick Bell, denied any wrongdoing in the teen’s death. Johnson was found dead in a rolled up gym mat at his high school in Valdosta, Georgia. The brothers (ages 18 and 20) were accused of tormenting and assaulting Johnson before his death. Medical examiners said he died by positional asphyxia, but an independent autopsy commissioned by his parents found “unexplained, apparent non-accidental blunt force trauma” to Johnson’s body.

Brian and Branden said they tried to grieve like the rest of their classmates, but were shocked to find out they were being accused of his death. Brian said he was in class at the time, while Branden alleges he was changing to prepare for a wrestling match out-of-town.

“We have nothing to hide. And the truth always comes out,'” Branden said. “I want everyone to know the truth. And they can ridicule me and they can say whatever they want, but in the end the truth will prevail. Me and my brother have been innocent and will always be innocent. Neither me or my family had anything to do with his (Johnson’s) death.”

At the time of Johnson’s death, students spoke with police, though the Bell brothers did not. Brian, who was on the varsity team with Johnson, had fought with the teenager on the school bus the year before.

The Bell family’s home in Valdosta was raided by U.S. Marshals, who took phones and emails to assist with the investigation into Johnson’s death. Branden addressed speculation about his alleged time with Johnson on the day he died. He was filmed on camera walking near the gym shortly after Johnson, but said he didn’t see him because he was weighing himself for the wrestling match. He also added the suspected blood on his shirt was just a printed logo.



Johnson’s family believes the Bells had something to do with their son’s murder; the young men were named along with county officials in their $100 million wrongful death suit against the state.
Branden and Brian maintain they aren’t racist, but friends told reporters their social media presence allegedly showed racially insensitive tweets.

No charges have been filed in Johnson’s death, however a federal investigation initiated in October 2013 by U.S. Attorney Michael Moore is ongoing.

Interesting someone AT the wrestling event is at the school during time of death

and

Feds Seize Emails, Phones In Kendrick Johnson’s Gym Mat Death Investigation

The investigation into the mysterious death of a Georgia teen found rolled in a gym mat two years ago received new life when federal marshals seized emails from the sheriff’s office this week, CNN reports.
Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a Valdosta high school gym in January 2013, a death Lowndes County sheriff’s investigators ruled an accident. While reaching for a shoe at the center of a rolled up gym mat, Johnson got stuck and died of “positional asphyxia,” investigators initially said.

But Johnson’s family believed otherwise, commissioning a second autopsy that showed the teen died of “unexplained, apparent nonaccidental blunt force trauma.” On Tuesday and Wednesday, more than two years after the high school basketball player’s death, U.S. Marshals presented a warrant to Lowndes County IT offices to seize emails and phone records related to the teenager’s death.

At this point, the contents of the emails and records are unclear.

Johnson’s parents haven’t given up the fight to determine what happened to their son on that January day two years ago. Earlier this year, the parents filed a $100 million lawsuit that accuses two former schoolmates, who are brothers, and their father, who is a local FBI agent, of wrongful death, CNN reports.

Ron Hosko of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, which also represents the family, said computers, thumb drives and cell phones were seized.
“The case is built solely on suspicion, innuendo and rumor, not evidence,” attorney Brice Ladson, who represents the same family, told WCTV, noting that no one has been indicted in the federal grand jury investigation and that there’s no evidence that anyone from the family is involved.

Nine months after Johnson’s death, the Justice Department launched a federal investigation, but very few details about their findings have been released to the public.

We’ll keep you updated with the latest.
SOURCE: CNN | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
SEE ALSO:
Kendrick Johnson’s Parents File $100 Million Suit In Gym Mat Death
Prosecutor: Sandra Bland’s Autopsy Reveals Death Was Not Homicide
BEATING , DEATH , GEORGIA , IINVESTIGATION , KENDRICK JOHNSON , RACE

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Google: How long can someone survive being upside down


Can a person die if hung upside down for too long?

Yes, and it is among one of the methods of torturous executions devised by humans. Though no longer practiced, reverse hanging or inverted hanging, was used to make hanging more torturous. 


Hanging as a method of execution is instant, and results in less pain for the executed. But reverse hanging was made more torturous by making the victim turned upright every few hours.  This causes the blood to  again drop to the feet—which is unpleasant at least and painful at  most—and means the victim must again have the sensation of all the blood  pooling in his head once he is again upside down. Once left in the inverted position, death is said to occur in  8-10 hours.

we have a window of opportunity

Death was not instant

Positional asphyxia

Positional asphyxia, also known as postural asphyxia, is a form of asphyxia which occurs when someone's position prevents the person from breathing adequately. Positional asphyxia may be a factor in a significant number of people who die suddenly during restraint by police, prison (corrections) officers or health care staff.[1] Positional asphyxia is also a common cause of death in infants.

• Positional asphyxia is a potential danger of some physical restraint techniques,
  
• People may die from positional asphyxia by simply getting themselves into a breathing-restricted position they cannot get out of, either through the person's own carelessness, as a consequence of another accident, or where infants are placed in a position where the mouth and nose is blocked, or where the chest may be unable to fully expand.
  

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• 1Prone restraint
  
• 2Other restraint positions
  
• 3Resuscitation
  
• 4Debate regarding positional asphyxia
  
• 5Positional asphyxia due to accident or illness
  
• 6References
  
• 7External links
  

Prone restraint[edit]
Research has suggested that restraining a person in a face down position is likely to cause greater restriction of breathing than restraining a person face up.[2] Multiple cases have been associated with the hogtie or hobble prone restraint position.[3][4] Many law enforcement and health personnel are now taught to avoid restraining people face down or to do so only for a very short period of time.[1]

Risk factors which may increase the chance of death include prolonged (particularly resisted) restraint, obesity, prior cardiac or respiratory problems, and the use of illicit drugs such as cocaine.[5] Other issues in the way the subject is restrained can also increase the risk of death, for example kneeling or otherwise placing weight on the subject and particularly any type of restraint hold around the subject's neck.

Research measuring the effect of restraint positions on lung function suggests that restraint which involves bending the restrained person or placing body weight on them, has more effect on their breathing than face down positioning alone.[6]

Other restraint positions[edit]

Positional asphyxia is not limited to restraint in a face down position. Restraining a person in a seated position may also reduce the ability to breathe, if the person is pushed forwards with the chest on or close to the knees. The risk will be higher in cases where the restrained person has a high body mass index (BMI) and/or large waist girth.[7]

Resuscitation[edit]
Resuscitation of persons who exhibit cardiac arrest following restraint has proven to be difficult. Even in cases where the subject was in the immediate care of paramedics, resuscitation has failed and the subject has died.[8] One group of doctors has presented a method of resuscitation, correcting acidosis in the blood of the victim, which proved effective in their small scale study.[9] This approach appears to be supported by another report of a single case of successful resuscitation.[10]

Debate regarding positional asphyxia[edit]
There is a degree of controversy amongst researchers regarding the extent to which restraint positions restrict breathing. Some researchers report that when they conducted laboratory studies of the effects of restraint on breathing and oxygen levels, the effect was limited.[11] Other researchers point out that deaths in real life situations occur afterprolonged, violent resistance which has not been studied in laboratory simulations.[12]

Positional asphyxia due to accident or illness[edit]
Positional asphyxia may also occur as a result of accident or illness.[13] Olympic track athlete Florence Griffith-Joyner[14] and ex-Major League

Baseball player John Marzano[15]both died due to positional asphyxia, the former following an epileptic seizure and the latter following a fall down a flight of stairs.

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Video does work still

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To the johnson family if by chance your reading this..


Have someone go over all the videos of the interviews the Bell brothers gave on tape

Mark the eye movements
then time mark the breathing rates

NLP basics

Their is a major difference in biological responses with eye movements and breathing


Two MAJOR differences between response on if they did it or involved
Versus the day of the raid

I believe the raid went down as said
baseline truth

Compile different eye movements for it
get all videos you can

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Everything seems fine
Read a lot of the counter claims 

Then this is the topper
I will not deny conspiracy thinking in my own head

Here however.. Just a WTF moment

Gym mat death shocker: Body stuffed with newspaper

Shocking discovery inside teen's body 05:24

Story highlights

• Autopsy shock: Teen's organs removed, cavity filled with newspaper
  
• "We thought we were burying Kendrick, not half of Kendrick," father says
  
• Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat in January
  
• His death was ruled accidental; a private autopsy challenged that finding
  

The death of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was awful enough for his parents. Then came the doubts about investigators' conclusion that it was an accident.

But the discovery that their son's body and skull had been stuffed with newspaper before burial added a horrific new dimension to their anguish and further fueled their skepticism of the official findings.

"We have been let down again," his father, Kenneth Johnson, told CNN. "When we buried Kendrick, we thought we were burying Kendrick, not half of Kendrick."

Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a gym at Lowndes County High School in January. State medical examiners concluded that the three-sport athlete suffocated after getting stuck in a rolled-up gym mat while reaching for a sneaker.

Death was not accidental, family's autopsy finds

His parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, never have bought that explanation. They won a court order to have their son's body exhumed and a second autopsy performed in June.

During an autopsy, internal organs are removed and examined before being returned for burial. But when Dr. Bill Anderson, the private pathologist who conducted the second autopsy, opened up the teen's remains, the brain, heart, lungs, liver and other viscera were missing. Every organ from the pelvis to the skull was gone.








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New evidence in Kendrick Johnson's death 06:52












Dead teen's parents speak out 03:09












New autopsy finds teen death not accident 04:16
"I'm not sure at this point who did not return the organs to the body," Anderson said. "But I know when we got the body, the organs were not there."

Two entities had custody of Kendrick Johnson's body after his death -- the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which conducted the first autopsy in January; and the Harrington Funeral Home in Valdosta, which handled the teen's embalming and burial.
GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang told CNN that after the autopsy, "the organs were placed in Johnson's body, the body was closed, then the body was released to the funeral home." That's normal practice, Lang said.

The funeral home would not comment to CNN. But in a letter to the Johnsons' attorney, funeral home owner Antonio Harrington said his firm never received the teen's organs. Harrington wrote that the organs "were destroyed through natural process" due to the position of Kendrick Johnson's body when he died, and "discarded by the prosector before the body was sent back to Valdosta." A prosector dissects the body for pathological examination.
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Scene points to foul play
Stuffing a body with old newsprint and department-store circulars -- "like he was a garbage can," as Jacquelyn Johnson put it -- isn't exactly standard practice in forensic pathology or the mortician's trade. Vernie Fountain, the founder of a Missouri embalming school, called it "not consistent with the standards of care" in the industry. And Dr. Gregory Schmunk, the president of the National Association of Medical Examiners, told CNN, "I have never heard of this practice."

Organs are typically placed in plastic bag, which is then put back into the body cavity after an autopsy, Schmunk told CNN in an e-mail. While individual organs may be kept back for further testing, he wrote, "This would not amount to all of the organs in any circumstance that I can imagine."

Funeral homes are licensed by the Georgia Secretary of State's office, which has opened an investigation into how Johnson's body was treated, said Jared Thomas, a spokesman for the agency.

Anderson, who was hired by the Johnson family for a second autopsy, found Kendrick Johnsonhad sustained a blow to the right side of his neck that was "consistent with inflicted injury." Challenging the state autopsy's finding of positional asphyxiation, he concluded the teen died as the result of "unexplained, apparent non-accidental, blunt force trauma."

And death scene imagery obtained exclusively by CNN has led a former FBI agent to question how Johnson died: "I think this young man met with foul play," said Harold Copus, now an Atlanta private investigator.

Lowndes County Sheriff Chris Prine refused to discuss the matter with CNN, calling Johnson's death a closed case. The U.S. Justice Department announced in September that it wouldn't open a civil rights investigation into the case.

But federal prosecutors in south Georgia have met with the family's representatives and are weighing whether to open their own probe, said Michael Moore, the U.S. attorney whose district includes Valdosta.

"This is about getting to the facts and the truth, and we want the Johnson family and the community of Valdosta to have confidence in the process," Moore said. "I am cognizant of time, and we continue to move the process along."

Moore urged anyone with information about Johnson's death to contact his office. Johnson's parents have come to believe their son's death was no accident, and the macabre discovery about their son's body has only deepened that belief.

"It's unbearable, just about," Jacquelyn Johnson said. "The only thing that wakes you up in the morning is to just keep pushing."

Newspaper?????

[Mystic Wanderer]

Wow!  So much to boggle one's mind in this case!    

There is a black market for human organs.  Maybe he was the right "candidate" to replace some rich elite's organs, so they killed him to get them.
I don't put anything past those bastards anymore! 

I hope whoever is responsible gets caught and gets the death penalty!    
But, it will probably be swept under the rug, just like most others where enough money can buy one's "freedom".  

[Armonica_Templar]

Wow!  So much to boggle one's mind in this case!    

There is a black market for human organs.  Maybe he was the right "candidate" to replace some rich elite's organs, so they killed him to get them.
I don't put anything past those bastards anymore! 

I hope whoever is responsible gets caught and gets the death penalty!    
But, it will probably be swept under the rug, just like most others where enough money can buy one's "freedom".  

That was my same response

The missing organs were the topper

The not having to appear at a grand jury hearing, Talk with investigators, and then the eye movements


No where have I ever heard of main suspects not having to appear before cops during an investigation

[tony scario]

When's this case gonna be solved?

[tony scario]

http://newsone.com/3465359/kendrick-john...to-charge/

This video's a good one. I never got a capture of the bottom of the shoes until today. The shoes were firmly placed in there to secure the body from shifting. That seems logical, since his body was never fully in the mat. You can see the right shoe was shoved in first and then the left. 

Note how the right shoe is angled for support against the mat on the top and bottom. Notice how the mouth of the right shoe is almost closed. This indicates the heel of the left shoe was firmly placed between the right shoe and both of KJ's lower legs. This is the reason why this view was always cropped out, which left out this important information. The upper body being out of the mat in the vertical-down position becomes stronger with this revealing new view. 

[Mystic Wanderer]

http://newsone.com/3465359/kendrick-john...to-charge/

This video's a good one. I never got a capture of the bottom of the shoes until today. The shoes were firmly placed in there to secure the body from shifting. That seems logical, since his body was never fully in the mat. You can see the right shoe was shoved in first and then the left. 

Note how the right shoe is angled for support against the mat on the top and bottom. Notice how the mouth of the right shoe is almost closed. This indicates the heel of the left shoe was firmly placed between the right shoe and both of KJ's lower legs. This is the reason why this view was always cropped out, which left out this important information. The upper body being out of the mat in the vertical-down position becomes stronger with this revealing new view. 

Good catch, Tony.  I don't have a "detective" mindset, so I probably wouldn't have noticed that if you had not mentioned it.

I think if enough people raise a stink about this, the law will have to re-open the case and hopefully the person, or persons, responsible will be brought to justice... no matter who they are.  And if they belong to a rich family, seeing them pay for their crime will only be that much sweeter!

[tony scario]

https://www.azmag.gov/Documents/Recogniz...cation.pdf

As has been the case for several years, KJ's death was homicidal in nature. Vomiting and blood red eyes are also common in cases of strangulation. KJ put up a very intense struggle, which produced these revealing results in death.

Strangulation is classified as hanging, manual, and ligature. KJ meets 5 of 7 symptoms listed below.

-Face was congested
-Tongue was bitten
-Neck muscles showed signs of trauma
-Multiple abrasions and contusions on chin,
-both arms, and abdomen suggesting a
struggle

Horizontal ligature mark below the thyroid
cartilage
Tracheal rings were fractured

[tony scario]

The only way Maryanne Gaffney-Kraft could get away with the decomposition excuse is for KJ's face not to be photographed on January 11. His face was swollen the following morning, which was reported by officer Michael Adams. This is devastating proof of homicide, most likely some type of strangulation. If KJ's face was not photographed in the gym we certainly know why. The gift was realized long ago, so I guess we'll wait and see if the Johnsons will organize well and tip the COD. Here are some of KJ's distinct markings consistent with strangulation. 

-Mottling
-defensive wounds unexplained
-livid and swollen face
-swollen lips
-tongue bitten
-large amounts of unexplained blood
-blood from nose and mouth
-vomiting
-bruising on neck





Kendrick Johnson's death is consistent with some type of homicidal asphyxiation. This account was about 21 hours after he was last seen alive.

The paragraph starts with: On January 11, 2013 at 10:32 am. 

https://www.scribd.com/doc/181050020/Low...Report-pdf

"The facial area was severely disfigured and swollen." 

[Armonica_Templar]

I did not forget this case just coming back to it for updates..

Operation Anonymous exposes Kendrick Johnson’s death conspiracy

not an update but concise walk through ish for me

Google Kendrick Johnson Death Update


Still no new news
looks like someone got away with murder

edit
From Jan 11 2017
Four years later, family of Kendrick Johnson still searching for answers