Mr. Spencer,
While I am more than grateful for the opportunity to offer even the briefest account of my story, this most recent attack on my freedom by the Lexington Police Department has brought me to the brink of desperation regarding my ability to preserve my own civil liberties as well as how I might illuminate the circumstances of my now rather extensive persecution.
For the record, I'd like to clarify a detail which was incorrectly highlighted on your news program.
As you well know, I was charged with felony rape in college, but as you apparently were not made aware by the police, I was acquitted of all charges by a jury of my peers after a mere thirty minute deliberation. To state that I was convicted of sexual assault on live television is to provide your viewers with a flagrantly erroneous account of the event as well as to irreparably damage my image and good name. While I am sure that this was not your intention, In light of the fact that the question of my acquittal is a matter of public record, I would like to think that I am not remiss to suggest that a retraction is in order.
I also want to emphasize that despite every assurance of the Lexington Police Department, I am not a villain. And I would like to reiterate my confidence that a thorough, neutral investigation will reveal my involvement in the circumstances of October 24th and December 8th to be distinctly less than newsworthy.
What might be worthy of your attention, however, is what has compelled me to write.
You have been offered two distinct possibilities to consider:
The first, offered to the whole wide world by the Lexington Police Department, depicts a convicted rapist with numerous run-ins with the law who has reared his rapacious head once more to victimize the helpless members of an otherwise fair city. All publicly available documentation contradicts this account.
The second describes the repeated arrest of a Lexington resident who has been charged with everything from alcohol intoxication to felony rape. The overwhelming majority of the time, he has either been acquitted or the charges have been dismissed and yet the police vehemently maintain that this person is a violent menace to society. They maintain this assertion to such a degree that they have organized a massive smear campaign against him on the basis of an alleged composite drawing.
On the contrary, this person maintains his innocence and contends that it is the police who are the violent party. He also expresses that he is no longer able preserve his liberty as the local police will stop at nothing to ruin him in every way in which they are capable. He firmly believes that the police intend to murder him.
It isn't my intention to be maudlin. But if this second account is even remotely accurate, then it is your responsibility as a newsman to illuminate the truth of an insidiously corrupt local police force. In doing so, you may very well rescue my life.
I would appreciate coverage of turning myself in...
I've heard that a peaceful demonstration against police brutality is being organized for Tuesday. You might be interested in covering that as well.
Sincerely,
Pleas Lucian Kavanaugh
While I am more than grateful for the opportunity to offer even the briefest account of my story, this most recent attack on my freedom by the Lexington Police Department has brought me to the brink of desperation regarding my ability to preserve my own civil liberties as well as how I might illuminate the circumstances of my now rather extensive persecution.
For the record, I'd like to clarify a detail which was incorrectly highlighted on your news program.
As you well know, I was charged with felony rape in college, but as you apparently were not made aware by the police, I was acquitted of all charges by a jury of my peers after a mere thirty minute deliberation. To state that I was convicted of sexual assault on live television is to provide your viewers with a flagrantly erroneous account of the event as well as to irreparably damage my image and good name. While I am sure that this was not your intention, In light of the fact that the question of my acquittal is a matter of public record, I would like to think that I am not remiss to suggest that a retraction is in order.
I also want to emphasize that despite every assurance of the Lexington Police Department, I am not a villain. And I would like to reiterate my confidence that a thorough, neutral investigation will reveal my involvement in the circumstances of October 24th and December 8th to be distinctly less than newsworthy.
What might be worthy of your attention, however, is what has compelled me to write.
You have been offered two distinct possibilities to consider:
The first, offered to the whole wide world by the Lexington Police Department, depicts a convicted rapist with numerous run-ins with the law who has reared his rapacious head once more to victimize the helpless members of an otherwise fair city. All publicly available documentation contradicts this account.
The second describes the repeated arrest of a Lexington resident who has been charged with everything from alcohol intoxication to felony rape. The overwhelming majority of the time, he has either been acquitted or the charges have been dismissed and yet the police vehemently maintain that this person is a violent menace to society. They maintain this assertion to such a degree that they have organized a massive smear campaign against him on the basis of an alleged composite drawing.
On the contrary, this person maintains his innocence and contends that it is the police who are the violent party. He also expresses that he is no longer able preserve his liberty as the local police will stop at nothing to ruin him in every way in which they are capable. He firmly believes that the police intend to murder him.
It isn't my intention to be maudlin. But if this second account is even remotely accurate, then it is your responsibility as a newsman to illuminate the truth of an insidiously corrupt local police force. In doing so, you may very well rescue my life.
I would appreciate coverage of turning myself in...
I've heard that a peaceful demonstration against police brutality is being organized for Tuesday. You might be interested in covering that as well.
Sincerely,
Pleas Lucian Kavanaugh
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