Trooper: Politics Held Up Drug Case Involving Levi Johnson's Mother
(AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Now an Alaska trooper is alleging that the investigation and arrest of Johnson was delayed for political purposes.
"[A]s soon as investigators realized who the target was...this case became anything but normal," Kyle Young wrote in an email to the union that represents troopers and other Alaska law enforcement officials.
"It was not allowed to progress in a normal fashion, the search warrant service WAS delayed because of the pending election and the [regional] Drug Unit and the case officer were not the ones calling the shots," he continued. (You can read the whole email, in PDF form, here.)
As the Anchorage Daily News reports, Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Joe Masters and troopers director Col. Audie Holloway dispute the claim.
"We worked very hard to make sure we conducted it just as fairly and as normally as any other investigation," Holloway said.
The union's executive director, John Cyr, told the Daily News that the handling of the case "really does smack of political favoritism."
"And if that be the case, it's another example of the Palin administration's direct influence on the public safety unit," he added – an apparent reference to the so called "Troopergate" case involving charges that Palin and her family applied pressure to get a state trooper fired for personal reasons.
Posted by william313 at 01:31 PM : Jan 05, 2009
So in your very small mind the trooper isn''t telling the truth because??? He belongs to a Union?? How long have you had that magic swastika sparky?? Don''t you think you should trade it in for an AMERICAN Flag Pin!! LOL
The newspapers could then have asked the very legitimate question, "Is Sarah Palin a drug dealer because her future in-law is a drug dealer"?
Posted by yesbama1 at 01:47 PM
Because it''s hard to make 49 stars look right on a flag....
Posted by earache4 at 01:50 PM : Jan 05, 2009
Sarah, believes it''s to keep an EYE on RUSSIA. LOL !
10. To keep an eye on Russia.
9. It''''s hard to make 49 stars look right on a flag.
8. Canada doesn''''t want it.
7. There''''s nowhere else in America left to hunt polar bears from helicopters.
6. They provide political comic relief.
5. We already spent the money on the pipeline.
4. Their governor may not be smart but she sure is hot.
3. Russia has a strict no returns policy.
2. Ididarod sled racing isn''''t killing smart Americans.
1. It''''s home to the 2012 GOP presidential candidate....
Posted by earache4 at 02:14 PM : Jan 05, 2009
Very funny.
"4. Their governor may not be smart but she sure is hot."
You and william must think with the same brain, eh?
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See, that''s probably the problem. If Sara Palin was a real mother, she would have bothered to find out what kind of family the boy who was dating her daughter came from. I know I do.
Then, she might have been able to give some guidance to Bristol BEFORE she got knocked up!
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by brooks507
April 8, 2009 8:18 PM PDT
- This story is so old. I can't believe you people are that gullible. That was disputed and corrected in the ADN months ago. I thought you people were smarter than that.
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