Megan Williams: A Case of Torture and Captivity in West Virginia
The victim is a 20 year old black woman named Megan Williams. Her captors are no strangers to the Logan County criminal justice system. Frankie Brewster, her son Bobbie R. Brewster, Danny J. Combs, Karen Burton, her daughter Alisha Burton and George A. Messer have all been arrested in connection to the brutality towards Megan Williams. The FBI has been consulted as to whether or not to handle this as a hate crime being that the accused are all white.
According to CNN.com an anonymous tip about a young woman being held against her will lead police to 49 year old Frankie Brewster's trailer. There police found Megan Williams with black eyes, stab wounds and part of her hair pulled out. Ms. Williams' tells police her captors forced her to eat dog and rat feces. She was made to drink from a toilet.
Here we are fighting enemies across the ocean in a war against terrorism, and right here on our own soil we have Americans torturing other Americans simply because of the color of their skin. This is a sad and sick case to say the least. Well let me say any case of American on American crime is horrible, regardless of race. How can we win a war on radical Islamic terrorism if we can not keep our own home grown "terrorist" in check?
Where's the outrage?
The Michael Vick dog fighting news gained mass television news coverage, but yet here we have a clear case of brutality against a human and not a peep about it on television news outlets. His brutality towards dogs is indeed horrible, but where is the same outrage for the mistreatment and brutality against a fellow human being? As with the Jena 6 case, Megan Williams' story seems to be ignored by most of those in the mainstream media.
What's next?
Clearly, if Megan Williams' captors are not charged with a hate crime, expect to hear voices of outrage from the African American community. Ms. Williams tells the police she was called racial slurs while one of her captors cut her on the ankle with a knife. This is a tragedy for all Americans. Here it is 2007 and race relations in this country are still being played out like its 1887. We are no where united together as a country.
On September 11, 2001 people of many different races were killed in the attacks against our country. We also have heroes from different races and backgrounds who saved lives that day. Blacks, Whites and Latinos are over in Iraq right now fighting side by side for this country. But yet, there are people who continue to think they are more superior than others.
Megan Williams and The Jena 6 prove that today there still remains a great racial divide in this country.
RESOURCE: CNN.com: Report: Torture Suspects Familar to Prosecutors
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/12/woman.tortured/index.html
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Post a CommentPEOPLE REALLT THINK THEY KNOW YES MEGAN WILLIAMS GOT STAB HAIR CUT AND PULL OUT CHOCK HER AND BLACK HER EYES BUT THE SO CALL KIDNAP TORTURE AND RAPE DID NOT HAPPEN LIKE THAT I AM THE CAREGIVER WHO WENT DOWN TO CHARLESTON W VA TO SUPPORTED THE WILLIAMS FAMILY THAT IS IT THAT IS ALL WHEN I WENT DOWN I WAS POSTED UP AND MEGANAND CARMEN WILLIAMS WAS PLACE BY ME SO I ASKED FOR THE NUMBER SO CARMEN WROTE THE NUMBER AND ADDRESS DOWN AND HANDED IT TO ME SO WE STOOD IN CONTACT THEN WE START VISIT EACH OTHER HOME TOWN WEEKS AND DAYS AND DONE EASTER TOGETHER I WAS THERE ALOT AND ONE DAY CARMEN LET MEGAN COME TO COLUMBUS OHIO BY HER SELF CAUSE ONE OF MY DAUGHTER HAD HER SHE SAID YES THEN SHE STATED TO MEGAN DO NOT BE GOING DOWN THERE RUNNING YOUR MOUTH AND A FEW DATS LATER CARMEN AND MATHEW CAME TO PICK MEGAN UP AND WHEN CARMEN ENTER MY HOUSE SHE STATED TO MEGAN WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM YES I HEARD IT BOTH TIMES IT IS ALOT GOING ON WITH THE WILLIAMS SISTERS YES I ALSO HAVE SHAYLA WILLIAMS AND SHE NE
let's see...1.all of the six suspects look like they are drugged out and tired. 2. all of the six suspects have criminal careers.2. all six of them live in dirty houses and keep rats as pets.2.bobby is a complete waist of nutts and just look at karen burton,all that hate and coldness is in her heartless eyes,her daughter gets her ways from her mom karen. 3. just recgonize it,when you look at frankie,notice how they were raised....by zebra's!!!
this is so sad,i knew about this since july of this year and i just turned 39 years old. i can't see myself in that picture,people have to let go and forget. racist people are too stuck up in time so late. i use to think west virgina was a racist country and i don't know what to think of it anymore because my friend lives there. some white peopel just sit there and say,"oh well that ain't my problem" with no feelings at all. where's the out-rage in this? this world needs help!!!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
On 10-21-2009 Megan Williams through the legal representation of Attorney Byron L. Potts "recanted " her charges of abuse and torture.
Despite Megan Williams new denial, there is overwhelming evidence that shows she was indeed held captive in the rural West Virginia shed where she originally said she was raped and tortured over the course of several days.
Megan Williams first made national headlines in 2007, when investigators said the young woman had been beaten, stabbed in the legs, raped and forced to drink urine and eat animal feces.
Since that time seven people all confessed to their crimes and pleaded guilty. All but one was sentenced to jail.
Brian Abraham, the former Logan County district attorney who prosecuted the case is reported to say "I can't believe what she is saying now."
What Williams initially told the told the police is substantiated by overwhelming evidence against them. They confessed to their own crimes and made statem
all i gosta say about is that what they did to her was mean people these days need to chill there will always be blacks and whites so why cant they get along because no matter what they do they arent changin anything people like this makes me sick and saed for me to be an american why cant people just get along gosh this makes me soooo pissed i mean gosh this world is soo bad i cant wait till this world changes and becomes a safe plasce
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The only place God belongs in this picture is- The convicted had better pray to their God they never get out of prison, there are good people in this world that believe that justice will be forced upon this unexceptable behavior of the wicked. So pray, pray, convicts, for the courts to keep you safe, locked behind bars. If you ever get out, then we'll see who is tortured.
I understand it couldn't be tried as a hate crime, so that they could be sentenced longer, but come on, they should be serving life sentences. Why are the police not charging the 'Christa' that took her there. Tell you what, I'll fine her. If theres anything left, I'll give you a call. Luck, love & happines to you Megan-We will not forget!
Behind all the sinister distractions, the calls for racial vengeance, the politics, media motives, flippant or lukewarm comments, the debate about what is a hate crime, etc. there is a young woman who experienced pure hell. Physical torture and degradation for 144 straight hours. 6 days straight of A SADISTIC FAMILY in complete control of her body while receiving primitive beastly monstrous pleasure from her pain and horror. People always have other things to talk about when it comes to brutality towards a woman, and here is a young woman that endured the very essence of it, the sexual assaults, humiliation, imprisonment, de-humanization (objectification) fear of death, day and night, for an entire week, and then, in the end, alot of talk about everything else but that. All those involved should get the death penalty- were they even charged with attempted murder? Can anyone doubt that is where it would have ended up? Megan Williams should be thought of by every girl (anyone who care
I don't know what's wrong with the family of the victim. Please God let something like this happen to my sister or cousin. I would go on a killing spree and terminate anyone with the last name as those people in that county. They will never give us equal rights. They almost exterminated us for asking for civil rights. The only way to take equal rights is through blood and pain. If there was no media coverage of this case they would have gotten less than 6 years or nothing at all. I find fault with Megan's father and other family members. When we make being a filthy redneck dangerous, I promise you this crap will stop. Please KILL 'EM ALL!!!
Some people will never ever learn. That is why they willbe destroyed along with the others. When Jehovah give the command.