Thursday, January 17, 2008

WAS FBI INVESTIGATION A QUESTION OF ETHICS VIOLATION BY THE PROSECUTOR MARIETTA PARKER IN YELLOW HOUSE STORE CASE?

Is this a Question of ethics or a potential conflict of interest?

Has this case created an issue that here the prosecutor is, prosecuting someone who's accusing her?"

Although the Department of Justice office also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of misconduct by law enforcement personnel, would it be ethical for the Prosecuting attorney Marietta Parker while directly involved with prosecuting a case, to also be involved with sending a Kansas City FBI agent by the name of Bob Schaefer, when that agency or Agent does not have jurisdiction over the Lawrence Kansas area, to investigate a formal complaint of police misconduct submitted by a defendant that the Prosecuting attorney Marietta Parker is overseeing the prosecution of?

Would it be a conflict of interest or potential question of ethics for Prosecuting Attorney Marietta Parker to have an FBI agent that she is associated with, and has a potential to pull favors with, to investigate a complaint against Law enforcement personnel that are handling a case she is personally associated with and currently working a case with?
FBI Agent

FBI agent Scott Gentine from the FBI in Topeka has confirmed Prosecuting U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker from the Kansas City Department of Justice sent down an agent by the name of Bob Schaefer from the Kansas City FBI to investigate a 2006 formal complaint submitted by Defense Attorney Sarah Swain to the Lawrence Police Departments Internal Affairs Sergeant Dan Ward on behalf of her clients Guy and Carrie Neighbors owners of the Yellow House Store, located in Lawrence Kansas.

It has been confirmed by the Kansas City FBI that investigations involving Lawrence Kansas are only handled by the Topeka FBI and are not within the jurisdiction of the Kansas City FBI agency.

FBI agencies typically will only handle cases within their jurisdictions. Yet that rule appears to have been overlooked in this particular case.

The rules of conflict of interest are designed to assure the public gets a fair deal! In order to provide a level of impartiality.

The law mandates that all parties have no connection, otherwise when personal interests are involved, an obstruction of justice, potential improprieties and corruption has a greater potential to occur. Especially where the potential of forfeitures for the Government agency exist.

Where is the credibility of an investigation that is burdened by actual and potential conflicts of interest, that is falsely announced as completed, when not a single interview took place, nor were any documents or affidavits reviewed by the Agent or the investigating agency?

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