2. Race, racism and law enforcement: A call to action The "good ol' boys club" mentality pretty much turns our place of work into high school. Nonetheless, OIG expended considerable time, energy, and resources to determine as best we could what happened at the Roundup. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. They are a master at what they do and have not just helped others with problems, theyve taught others how to fix those problems for next time. The OIG acknowledged in a March 1996 Report that "the persons who attended the Roundup may have had a motive to conceal or minimize the instances of racial or other kinds of misconduct in order to make their attendance at a Roundup appear more benign than it might have been." When several months later OIG requested that he submit to an interview on a range of topics including his supposed discovery of a "nigger hunting license" at the 1995 Roundup or the militia plan "Operation Achilles Heel," whose stated goal was to discredit ATF, Randall refused and renewed these threats in more graphic terms. But the inquiry is, by necessity, highly fact-specific. We found no evidence that any racial restrictions, either explicit or implicit, were placed on the distribution of these invitations. The OIG report contains a summary of our findings with respect to these and all other DOJ employees who attended. I can see and understand how the system would come into practice. Brian Ellis is a 20-year veteran of the Sacramento Police Department. F. Conclusion 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. Dallas Police Association president calls for end of 'good ole boy' system of promoting officers to top ranks By Scott Goldstein 11:34 AM on May 14, 2012 CDT Dallas police leaders have been. WHAS11 asked Mayor Greg Fischer about the allegations on Tuesday. They are the power in-group where promotability is based upon who you know rather than what you know. An exhaustive investigation and a full report of the Good O' Boy Roundup was important for several reasons. The lawsuit alleges that the department retaliated against Satthertwaite when he filed a complaint about a practice he believed to be unlawful. Nevertheless, because the investigation established some episodes of egregious racist conduct in certain years, we tried to determine which DOJ employees attended the Roundup in those years, and whether they participated in or encouraged such conduct. The Report documented widespread federal, state, and local law enforcement abuse of black leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and other civil rights activists who protested in the 1950s, 60s and 70s for equal rights, fair justice, and voting rights in America. Racist signs, bumper stickers, hats, banners, and other display items littered the campground site when Hayward and Randall attended the Roundups. In its Report, the OIG made many findings, including the following: 1. The emperors new clothes.Retrieved from http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothes_e.html. Maintaining a healthy skepticism of your own thoughts and ideas leads to a growth mindset. 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. As long as theres still a working relationship, rivalries between units are fine. For 1995, Randall contended that "nigger hunting licenses" were openly available on the Roundup campground. While we conclude that the organizers did not specifically intend for the Roundup to be a "whites-only" racist gathering, we were able to identify only twenty individual members of minority groups, including four blacks, who ever attended a Roundup. You want to make sure that you have a diverse leadership, the former FBI agent said. Coming from the Italian word for nephew, it covers favoritism to members of the family. Understanding the basic needs of people, appreciating the contributions of others, and helping them achieve their potential are building blocks of successful organizations (Stallard, 2007). 4 opportunities to get the organization out of the club: Applicability to policing. We were unable to establish how long this conduct lasted or how many people may have been involved in it. These standards apply to employees' off-duty conduct in addition to their conduct on the job. 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. . In July 1995, national attention focused suddenly on an annual private gathering in southeastern Tennessee known as the "Good O' Boy Roundup" (Roundup). One was from May 13th in the amount of $1,280.79 and another on May . In addition, two local women provided affidavits to the Senate Judiciary Committee alleging, among other things, that a woman had been gang-raped at a Roundup, a "drug enforcement officer" had offered one of them drugs during a Roundup, and a goat had been purchased for bestiality purposes. Apparently, the same concern and solicitude did not extend to the relatively few female law enforcement personnel who went to a Roundup. We essentially place or lives in each others hands. More information about these Birmingham-area law enforcement Skinheads will be detailed in my upcoming book, "Inmate 36223-001: The Story of a Political Prisoner. In the lawsuit, he says he applied for multiple positions within the department, but believes he was scored unfairly and was denied access to his interview files so he could review the decision. 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. In 1992, two different signs were displayed at the campground. The public drunkenness began far earlier and was a reason cited by many DOJ employees and others for not returning to the Roundup. While these practices are intended to strengthen us as a whole and weed out the untrustworthy, it actually does the opposite. After the transition, Satterthwaite alleges that he was directed to change his focus from making cultural changes within the department to recruiting more Black officers from the community. #3. Some witnesses we found to be extremely credible; others to be wholly incredible. Businesses with higher Q12 scores experience higher productivity, profitability, customer satisfaction, and less liability (Buckingham, 2011). When the conduct was brought to the attention of Roundup organizers it was criticized and terminated. During the course of this investigation OIG interviewed over 500 witnesses, including participants in the Roundup, people who were invited but did not attend, vendors to the Roundup, DOJ employees based in Southeastern offices, river raft guides, local Tennessee residents, and others. 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. Hayward, who made the videotape with the "checkpoint" sign and who in an affidavit submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee claimed to have witnessed a broad array of racist acts at a number of the Roundups, refused for several months to cooperate with the OIG investigation, submit to an interview, or surrender the original videotape. good ole boy system - Police Forums & Law Enforcement Forums What are favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism? Over time, when you copy an image repeatedly, the pixilation becomes distorted, and over time its not a useful quality image worth printing. The Roundup was also attended by white supremacists like Richard Hayward and Jeffrey Randall, who were members of a militia group based in Alabama. COLUMN: Bryan Co. Good Ol' Boy System Means No More Services for DV In 1993, Hayward arrived at the campground with his car plastered with racially offensive and political materials. Harvard professor Barbara Kellerman has identified seven types of bad leaders, and by ignoring bad leadership people undermine good leadership (Johnson, 2012). These signs included, "Nigger checkpoint," "Any niggers in that car?," "no niggers," and "17 cents lb." When the organizers learned about it, they covered over the graffiti. In 1990, the investigation determined that racist signs, including the sign shown in the Hayward video, were posted on a tree in the campground for parts of one day. These allegations also threatened to taint the public reputation of the agencies that employed these agents. Superiors that follow the good ol boy system rarely make an effort to hide their favoritism. We found substantial evidence that strippers performed at the campground year after year beginning around 1988. Cronyism is a more specific form of favoritism, referring to partiality towards friends and associates. We relate this to the idea of making a copy of a copy. When the organizers learned about it, they covered over the graffiti. And everyone can point to instances where cronyism or nepotism is an accepted fact of life in political sphere, as well. OIG investigated each of these claims as well, most of which were initially contained in affidavits of two women submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee in July. We want an investigation to stop the good ole boy law system in McKean County as well as the tyranny. The American Civil Service Act was passed in 1883 in large part because so many patronage jobs, down to dogcatcher, were being filled by people whose only qualification for employment was their support for a particular party or candidate. On this, you do have to appreciate the amount of time someone has put into establishing it. Racist signs were posted in at least two years: 1990 and 1992. We could not escape making judgments concerning their credibility. A second sign, this one reading, "nigger checkpoint," was reported to have been posted across from the registration area early on the morning the Roundup began. Racists with Badges: The Good Ol' Boys Roundup - donaldwatkins PHOTO: An example of the racist paraphernalia sold at this event. 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. In 1992 and 1993, Hayward openly distributed former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's presidential campaign literature and souvenirs, as well as materials publicizing the National Association for the Advancement of White People. For most of the allegations, no physical or documentary evidence was available. John F. Kennedy, for example, appointed his brother Robert as attorney general. The lawsuit, filed by Sam Aguiar on behalf of Officer Philip Satterthwaite, claims LMPD allows friends, family and favorites to receive positions over more qualified applicants, particularly Black officers. 1. 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. From our careful review of the evidence as to the specific allegations of racist misconduct, we found substantial credible evidence of blatantly racist signs, skits, and actions in 1990, 1992, and 1995. Randall was served with an OIG administrative subpoena for photographs of the Roundup and the original videotape, which Hayward had turned over to him. 7. 1980-95, we conclude that the Roundup was not, as it was portrayed in the media stories, a "Klan rally," an intentionally "whites-only" racist gathering, or a haven for criminal conduct. Decisions that need to be made get kicked down the road and unpopular people no matter their competence have no voice. The interview comes after the DOJ released a report on Tuesday, revealing that women make uponly 16 percent of criminal investigative jobs within the departments central investigative agencies and hold few executive leadership positions. Instead we have racism, nepotism, favoritism, and few other ism's. Principal OIG Findings He also teaches martial arts outside of the DOC. Twenty-three of the forty-four DOJ employees attended only one Roundup; eight more went only twice. Above all, be vigilant that the good old boys do not inhabit your workplace. 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. This may be called Tools or use an icon like the cog. Johnson, C. (2012). But by failing to eject or punish any of the people known to have engaged in the misconduct, the Roundup organizers failed to deliver a strong, unequivocal message that racist conduct would not be tolerated. Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley reacts to comment Democrat Stacey Decertification means Handley is forbidden from working in law enforcement anywhere in the state . Officers from Cobb County, Georgia, brought a similar shirt. Although Rightmyer again criticized the officer who performed this skit, he took no other action. Furthermore, because of their duty to fairly investigate and prosecute violations of the law, DOJ law enforcement officers are held to even stricter application of these standards of conduct. Although our investigation established that the Roundup was nothing like a "Klan rally," the fact that specific acts of racist misconduct occurred in three different years made more difficult our assessment of the general charge that the Roundup had a "whites-only" attendance policy. Although we found that in certain years egregious acts of racism occurred, in most cases we concluded that the DOJ employees in attendance those years were either unaware of such conduct or had learned that the organizers had taken action to terminate it. Rules are paramount to maintaining order and uniformity in the military. There was a drawing depicting an African-American's face with a circle around it and a red slash across the circle. This investigation involved a murky and difficult area -- the responsibilities of federal employees generally, and federal law enforcement personnel in particular, to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with their law enforcement responsibilities even when they are off duty. Near these signs, and also visible in the video, was a drawing of a likeness of an African American with a circle around it and a red slash across the circle. We found no evidence, and indeed received no allegations, that any current or former DOJ employee directly engaged in racist or other misconduct -- other than one inappropriate comment by an FBI agent. When the rules are not universal in a police organization, it becomes very difficult to keep everyone playing by them. When he believed that OIG intended to seek court enforcement of the subpoena he publicly threatened bloodshed. OIG believes further that employees bring disrepute to the Department and adversely affect their ability to perform their law enforcement mission if they knowingly attend an event whose purpose is to encourage or promote racist activity. We hope that our effort to deal fully and carefully with disturbing allegations against officers responsible for enforcing our federal criminal laws will promote the fair administration of justice and the public's confidence in the ability of the Department of Justice to police itself. Also the more difficult it is to prove yourself. We have reported these not for their shock value but instead to give an accurate picture of what the Roundup was like. We could not escape making judgments concerning their credibility. Our investigation found that DOJ employees played a minor role in the official activities and organization of the Roundup. The Uniform Code of Military Justice is very clear. 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. Beginning to End Racial Profiling: Definitive Solutions to an Elusive 9. 1 . To assist the Director of the FBI in his determination of punishment in this case, we are also forwarding additional information from our investigative files and will provide further information as requested. III. . 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. A widely-publicized excerpt from a home video allegedly filmed at a Roundup showed a sign that read, "Nigger check point." It has come to past that as things change that some things never change. The caption read, "Boyz on the Hood." ", 5. In a fear-based culture, people consciously and unconsciously avoid risk and being risk adverse costs the organization limited opportunities for innovation as well as an overall environment where new ideas are rejected (Catmull, 2014). Time for reform and change. Those who are insular limit the abilities of work engagement and limiting an organizations true potential. 1980-95, we conclude that the Roundup was not, as it was portrayed in the media stories, a "Klan rally," an intentionally "whites-only" racist gathering, or a haven for criminal conduct. Roundup's Racism in the Law enforcement Community Never Died. . In the public sphere, favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism also undermine the common good. Other than one inappropriate comment by one FBI agent, we found no evidence that any DOJ employee engaged in racist or other misconduct while at the Roundup. We are disturbed that an event characterized by rampant public drunkenness, widespread public lewdness, and in later years episodes of racist conduct drew participants from DOJ and other law enforcement organizations. 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. Without these examples, the texture of the event could not be adequately communicated. They were welcomed at the Roundup in multiple years. It ensures we will always be short staffed, which weakens us. Findings Regarding Specific Racist Misconduct. While we conclude that the organizers did not specifically intend for the Roundup to be a "whites-only" racist gathering, we were able to identify only twenty individual members of minority groups, including four blacks, who ever attended a Roundup. The good ol boy system is when a leader unabashedly chooses favorites among their subordinates. I. There is a popular old tale by Hans Christian Andersen (n.d.) of the emperors new clothes, where an emperor pays a significant amount of money for some magic clothes, which can only be seen by those who are wise. In 1992, two different signs were displayed at the campground. 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. Former FBI agent Robyn Gritz said on Wednesday that there was a good old boys club within the premier U.S. law enforcementagencies after the Department of Justice released a report detailing gender bias in the field. One witness also recalled that Hayward was wearing a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. mask with a bullet hole in the forehead. That creates a unique bond regardless of your personal relationship with someone. Relationships matter, but they are not the only things that matter. When these allegations were first made public, the public criticism was broad and harsh. Police need to stop using excessive force, violating people’s civil rights, refusing to investigate complaints. 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. A widely-publicized excerpt from a home video allegedly filmed at a Roundup showed a sign that read, "Nigger check point." But by failing to eject or punish any of the people known to have engaged in the misconduct, the Roundup organizers failed to deliver a strong, unequivocal message that racist conduct would not be tolerated.