Witnesses Can No Longer Be Located, DA Says
Charges of stealing a Mexican flag that offended her are being dismissed against Rhea County conservative activist June Griffin.</p><p>Mrs. Griffin, who was set to go to trial on Wednesday for charges that include hate crimes, said she was told by the district attorney’s office that the two witnesses against her cannot be found.</p><p>Mrs. Griffin said she does not know where the two operators of an Hispanic store at Main and Market in Dayton have gone. "I hope they are at the bottom of the river. They caused me a lot of grief," she said.</p><p><a href=”http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_103942.asp" target=”_blank”>original article</a></p><p><font face=”arial,helvetica,sans-serif” color=”#ff0000″>This story should be a lesson in nerve, committment and fortitude. A 67 year old woman has made it abundantly clear how to walk the walk, sans the illegality; though her prosecutor was aiming to charge her with a ‘hate crime.'</font></p>