What Does Justice For Ricky Ball Really Look Like?
Sheriff Mike Arledge, Why Are You So Supportive Of Canyon Boykin In Your Official Public Capacity?9/25/2016 We, the People of Lowndes County, MS, who support the Lowndes County grand jury's indictment of Canyon Boykin for unnecessarily taking the life of Ricky Ball have some grave concerns about the repeated outpouring of support shown to Canyon Boykin by our Sheriff, Mike Arledge, and his department. Canyon Boykin is no longer a police officer. He has been fired from the Columbus, MS police department for almost a year, and yet the Sheriff of our county and others in public office are still treating Boykin with the kind of consideration that should only be reserved for a real police officer. In at least three different instances, our county sheriff has made inappropriate gestures of support for a person that his county's grand jury has said should stand trial for killing someone unlawfully. These are formal accusations by our county's grand jury not trivial ones. We list the three inappropriate gestures of support as follows: Inappropriate gesture of support #1 Sheriff Arledge allowed Boykin to be brought to court in a red pickup wearing no handcuffs and surrounded by people who were acting like Boykin's bodyguards. This is how you would expect a celebrity to arrive at a concert, not how a defendant arrives to the courthouse for his first appearance. On September 7, 2016 Boykin was indicted by the Lowndes County grand jury and a capias/warrant for his arrest was issued that same day. This shows that Boykin was supposed to be brought to jail and go through the same process just like everyone else before his court appearance. Boykin should have arrived to court in the back of a police cruiser in handcuffs or on an inmate bus in handcuffs like everyone else does who has been accused of a felony. This level of special treatment is unacceptable to the People of this county, Sheriff. Please end the inappropriate special treatment you are showing to Canyon Boykin in your official public capacity. Inappropriate gesture of support #2 Sheriff Arledge should have never allowed any officer in the county he was elected to serve to be seen applauding and cheering for someone who had just been indicted for unlawfully killing a citizen of his county. This sent so many wrong messages to the public and in particular to Ricky Ball's family and friends. The Sheriff should have been present or at least made sure that no unprofessional conduct would be allowed from any officer in his county. We can expect Boykin's actual family to support him, but he is no longer a part of the police family. The applause basically told the Ball family that their son's life should have been ended and the ending of Ricky Ball's life is worth celebrating. Sheriff Arledge, you have to know this behavior by county officers was inappropriate. It should be apologized for and never be allowed to happen again. Inappropriate gesture of support #3 The third inappropriate gesture of support for Canyon Boykin from Mike Arledge as the Sheriff of Lowndes County, MS came in the form of an affidavit Sheriff Arledge submitted to the Lowndes County Circuit Court in support of Canyon Boykin's change of venue motion. See the affidavit below:
Sheriff Arledge, We understand that Boykin has a relative that works for you at the county and you probably like Boykin and his family member personally; however you should show your fondness of Boykin in your personal capacity, not as the Sheriff of Lowndes County, MS. As the Sheriff of our county you ought to stand with the People of this county you are sworn to serve. The People of this county have said that they believe Boykin should stand trial for the felonious killing of Ricky Ball.
As our Sheriff, Mike Arledge, your actions should reflect the will of the People of our county, and not reflect an attempt to use your title and position to give more weight to Boykin's legal defence. Boykin has made this bed for himself by himself. Let him sleep in it alone. He his not a law enforcement official like you, Sheriff Arledge. He was fired from that post by the city council almost a year ago. If you want to support Boykin personally as a friend, we have no problem with that. However, if you want to use your elected office and title to show Boykin favoritism that other citizens in this county do not get under the same charges then we as qualified electors do have a problem with that and insists that you end such support immediately. We have no ill will towards you Sheriff Arledge, but we do insist that you do what's right. This is the good and proper thing to do in your official public capacity as Sheriff of our county, wouldn't you agree? What do you think, Justice For Ricky Ball supporters and Facebook page family? Should Sheriff Arledge be backing Boykin even though the grand jury of his county believes Boykin should stand trial for a felony killing? Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Also feel free to comment on our Facebook post linked to this blog. We do not want any bias from our government officials in favor of Canyon Boykin. We expect complete truth and absolute justice for Ricky Ball and his family. #IAmRickyBall #JusticeForRickyBall Be sure to leave your email address when you submit a comment in order to receive notifications of future posts. JusticeForRickyBall.com does not share or sell your email address. Thank you!
11 Comments
That is so unfair, prejudice.. and disrespectful to the Ball family! Right is right and they wonder why there's so much hate for officers worldwide. Reason being is because they show their true colors dailey and don't seem to realize that the citizens are no longer blinded and no longer afraid to speak out on all the favoritism and flaws that's happening with elected officials. These officials thats applauding Boykins and standing behind him 💯 percent should place the shoe on their feet if it had been their son Boykins killed! would you cheer him on then,,, would you applaud him then,, Judge .. would bond be set that low if that was your son killed? Our Elected Friendly City Officials....
Reply
Fred
9/28/2016 05:56:43 am
Well we see that the people of Ricky balls supporters and all hiding behind this made up page. They are scared of the legal reprecutions that they would be facing for the slanderous statements they are making about people that work in lowndes county and the police department. Just because they go by hear say. Anyone could be indicted but doesn't mean they are guilty of anything happens every 3 months here in lowndes county. I hope that these people find out who is behind this bull crap page and sues the ever living crap out of them. They like to talk bad about things they have no idea about. As if they were there the night all this happened. I might not have been there either but I don't go around starting rumors about people being involved or making up stuff just to make someone look bad just to get the attention of the real story.
Reply
The JFRB Team
9/28/2016 07:08:20 am
Fred, you want people to think you're a pit bull. Everyone knows pits can't type.
The JFRB team
9/28/2016 07:00:49 am
Excellent points, Sherron. You are absolutely right too, there is no way they would have been cheering like that if it was their son that Boykin murdered.
Reply
William Muhammad
10/31/2016 08:59:10 am
William Muhammad
10/31/2016 09:18:35 am
To whoever this may concern., it is quite evident that certain people in the law enforcement community use their badge as a means to show that they're still just as wicked, evil, and savage as they were before our black muslim brother Musa, ( Moses), brought them out of the caves and hillsides of Europe over 4000 years ago. In fact, these are the very reasons that the original Black man rounded them up, stripped them of everything except their language, and made them walk, (across the burning sands of the desert), from the holy lands, (after letting them in), into what is now called Europe, because of the lies and wicked behaviour, turning the holy land upside within 6 months. This wicked race of white devils have proved to be impossible to live with in peace. They, (caucasian devils), specialize in murder, deceit, and lies., it's their nature and they cannot help themselves. Their entire history is written in bloodshed, lies, wickedness, deceit, rape, pillaging, evil, and murder. The only solution to this 450+ year old problem is separation from the wicked as taught by The Hon. Elijah Muhammad and his top student The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. I have a dvd that Brother Minister Farrakhan talked about this happening back in 2007, and he warned us that the police would be shooting our people down in the streets like wild animals. The devil, (white man), knows that his time on earth is about to end, and he is angry., he has taken off his "mask" of civility and is revealing his true self.
Reply
Jvod
11/8/2016 05:53:01 pm
William Muhammad, please put down the crack pipe! You have destroyed your mind and you are spewing out crap. 💩 Lord help this poor child...
Reply
Reeree
11/9/2016 12:09:45 am
Lol!!
David Chism
11/11/2016 06:13:04 am
I have read this page with an open mind. The complaints are respectfully and articulately set forth. Good job. Whether or not I agree--in part or on whole--I will not say. What I will say, however, is that this comment section should be deleted and disabled. I have no issue at all with a petition. But online comment sections tend to bring out the worst in people. Hurtful things get said that would not be said face to face. Citizen gets pitted against citizen. Vitriol and anxiety are enhanced, when what we all really want is peace and solidarity. In the matter of Ricky Ball, I pray that justice is served to the absolute fullest--whatever that may look like. And for the love of all that is holy, please take off this comment feature. No one wants Lowndes County to become a microcosm of Ferguson or Baltimore. Thank you very kindly. -Dr. Dave Chism
Reply
Jvod
11/13/2016 08:22:09 pm
Wow! Have you even considered if it was your son? The one that had a known criminal point a gun at your son and disobeyed him with running from your son who was the officer? If you thought of this then I'm sure your opinion would be quite different. SMH
Reply
11/28/2016 12:11:38 am
Jvod? Your above comment is completely unfounded. Do you honestly believe Canyon Boykin got indicted because the Grand Jury thought Ricky pointed a gun at him?... We'll answer that for you, NO. Obviously there was no evidence to support that false claim, wouldn't you agree?
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorThe Justice For Ricky Ball team is a concerned and active group ensuring that Ricky Ball's life is honored with Justice. Archives
December 2016
Categories |