This fact contributed substantially to the degeneration of the Roundup over the years from an innocuous open-air camping and recreational gathering into a playground for large numbers of the drunk, tasteless, and immature. III. We encountered numerous witnesses who were unable to supply very much information, particularly those who attended a Roundup in its earliest years.
Unsubstantiated Allegations
They also bring this up in the report, the club the good old boys club. Once Hayward and Randall's allegations were made public, one former and several current black ATF agents made allegations that the Roundup was a "whites-only" event and that no black agents had ever been invited to attend. B. To assist the Director of the FBI in his determination of punishment in this case, we are also forwarding additional information from our investigative files and will provide further information as requested. Findings Regarding Specific Racist Misconduct
Although high ranking officers and senior enlisted have always tried to pluck toxicity out of the system because it goes against every military value, it still rears its head, typically in the form of the good ol boy system. Although one other witness believed he saw a T-shirt similar to the one described by Randall worn by one person at the 1995 Roundup, OIG found insufficient credible evidence that such shirts were for sale at the Roundup. Second, there are few issues within a police organization that should be held close to the chest (i.e.- internal affairs investigations or sensitive investigations). The official activities of the Roundup were centered on athletic events, drinking, and what were intended to be humorous performances by participants vying for such titles as Redneck of the Year. It continues until the supervising officers are all friends, relatives, etc. 4 opportunities to get the organization out of the club: Applicability to policing. This tale describes the danger of situations where people are afraid to criticize an initiative because of the people involved, or how popular the idea is, as well as the inability to ask questions because of the fear of feeling inferior. Hayward had previously attended several Roundups as a registered attendee, until he was banned for his own racially offensive conduct. Twenty-three of the forty-four DOJ employees attended only one Roundup; eight more went only twice. In addition, two local women provided affidavits to the Senate Judiciary Committee alleging, among other things, that a woman had been gang-raped at a Roundup, a "drug enforcement officer" had offered one of them drugs during a Roundup, and a goat had been purchased for bestiality purposes.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) officer has filed a lawsuit claiming that LMPD is trying to hide bias, discrimination and nepotism in how it promotes officers to specialty assignments. This failure, together with the availability of massive amounts of alcohol, no doubt contributed to the recurrence of such incidents. Buckingham, M. (2011).
There are many fair and impartial leaders within the military. Satterthwaite says he and Chief Chavous uncovered several issues of discrimination and bias within the department that, he says, mirror the results of the Hillard Heintz internal investigation. Brian earned his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from California State, Sacramento and has a MS in Organizational Leadership from National University. All told, our investigation took into account the statements of nearly 900 witnesses, including 560 who attended a Roundup. The lawsuit alleges that the department retaliated against Satthertwaite when he filed a complaint about a practice he believed to be unlawful. But by failing to eject or punish any of the people known to have engaged in the misconduct, the Roundup organizers failed to deliver a strong, unequivocal message that racist conduct would not be tolerated. First, performance needs to be a centerpiece of promotability factors. Decertification means Handley is forbidden from working in law enforcement anywhere in the state . We will explore the seven types, what they are and look like. 8. Another T-shirt had a crude drawing of the figure used in the children's game, "Hangman," and the initials "O" and "J" beneath the figure. Logically speaking, the first troop should get a higher award than the second. Because he was not shot, George Floyd will not be included in The Washington Post 's compilation of law enforcement homicides from officer-involved shootings. When they play second fiddle to keeping your superiors personally happy, somethings wrong. In addition, we found that because the central activity during most Roundups was the consumption of large quantities of Roundup-supplied alcohol, the organizers knowingly sacrificed the ability to control the conduct of participants. Importantly as well, there were not many options given the initial objective of finding a site for an overnight camping and whitewater rafting trip near Rightmyer's duty office in Knoxville. August 2, 2020. When these allegations were first made public, the public criticism was broad and harsh. Once Hayward and Randall's allegations were made public, one former and several current black ATF agents made allegations that the Roundup was a "whites-only" event and that no black agents had ever been invited to attend. The signs were removed and destroyed. Randall also alleged that a T-shirt with a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a target superimposed over his face, was offered for sale. One of the Senate affiants alleged that during the 1990 Roundup a "drug enforcement officer" offered her some unspecified drugs in Grumpy's, a bar adjacent to the campground that was frequented by many Roundup attendees. He described the doll as a seed and told the audience that one must "kill the seed when it is young," and proceeded to beat the doll. All rights reserved. "man's job." The "good ole' boy" network is alive and well in some departments. OIG also found insufficient evidence to conclude that a racist sign was displayed in any part of the campground during the 1989 Roundup. Racist signs were posted in at least two years: 1990 and 1992. Contrary to the media accounts of this incident, the black agents were not turned away from the Roundup.
In our view, the existing standards of conduct are broad enough to regulate off-duty conduct when it could impair the effectiveness of DOJ employees or bring discredit on their employing agency. Because of the lack of controls placed on the distribution of fliers once they reached particular offices, the extent to which they were brought to the attention of the agents in these offices varied. The banner was thrown in the trash. The day before the Roundup opened a small sign that read, "no niggers," was observed posted on a stake alongside the road into the campground. The OIG Investigation
When the investigation began, concern was raised that federal employees might have used government time and resources to promote racist activities, in violation of Office of Government Ethics standards. Near these signs, and also visible in the video, was a drawing of a likeness of an African American with a circle around it and a red slash across the circle. Our investigation found that DOJ employees played a minor role in the official activities and organization of the Roundup. Indeed, we recognized that the persons who attended the Roundup may have had a motive to conceal or minimize the instances of racial or other kinds of misconduct in order to make their attendance at a Roundup appear more benign than it might have been. C. Findings Regarding General Allegations of Racist
Instead we have racism, nepotism, favoritism, and few other ism's. OIG found no evidence that any DOJ employee -- or federal employees from other agencies -- participated in such conduct. The OIG acknowledged in a March 1996 Report that "the persons who attended the Roundup may have had a motive to conceal or minimize the instances of racial or other kinds of misconduct in order to make their attendance at a Roundup appear more benign than it might have been." Mired in tradition, the 'good ol' boys club' mentality keeps us moving backward and prevents us from being respected for the job we do Dec 30, 2014 We are rapidly heading into 2015. In 1990, the investigation determined that racist signs, including the sign shown in the Hayward video, were posted on a tree in the campground for parts of one day. OIG made special efforts to interview persons from many federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, and to interview a large number of participants who had no law enforcement affiliation. Satterthwaite is asking for reinstatement to his position, a trial by jury and that the department covers his attorney fees. All rights reserved.
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. We found no information to identify who was responsible for this sign. When the organizers of the Roundup learned about the signs, they ordered the signs taken down. The caption read, "Boyz on the Hood." For cabinet level positions, an executive will probably be drawn to experienced, qualified candidates, but historically, the lower down the ladder, the more likely for someone's brother-in-law to be slipped into a job for which he is not qualified. e) Hayward's White Supremacist Literature. One particular display in 1992, captured in a photograph we obtained during the investigation, included a group surrounding the flag whose members are shown making obscene gestures and raising their fists. In 1995, T-shirts with a crude drawing of the figure used in the children's game, "Hangman," and the initials "O" and "J" beneath the figure were sold by two officers from Fort Lauderdale. II. A future Roundup president and Hayward can be readily identified. We hope that our effort to deal fully and carefully with disturbing allegations against officers responsible for enforcing our federal criminal laws will promote the fair administration of justice and the public's confidence in the ability of the Department of Justice to police itself. There are many fair and impartial leaders within the military. Decisions that need to be made get kicked down the road and unpopular people no matter their competence have no voice. During this sixteen-year period, more than 1,000 people participated in the Roundup, including an estimated 500 federal, state, and local law enforcement and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials. A number of police organizations, both big and small have dealt with the good ole boy system (Lee, 2014). In the public sphere, favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism also undermine the common good. The initial allegations brought in their wake a blanket condemnation of all federal law enforcement personnel who attended the event. None of the allegations of criminal conduct were substantiated, although activity inappropriate for a gathering with a substantial number of law enforcement officers took place. The OIG report contains a summary of our findings with respect to these and all other DOJ employees who attended. In addition to charges of racism, allegations of criminal or other misconduct were also raised. When someone is granted a position because of connections rather than because he or she has the best credentials and experience, the service that person renders to the public may be inferior. Racial Inequities in Law Enforcement - Our Scientists' Work | RTI Extremely gratifying reveal of the "good ole boy " system coming to light in this cold, calculating, criminal murder #Murdaugh trial. Although Hayward alleged that the tape also contained a racist "comedy" routine and was for sale at the campground, we found no corroboration for these additional claims.
Rightmyer also announced generally that everyone in law enforcement was welcome at the Roundup, and those who disagreed should leave. We determined, however, that because the Roundup campground was not isolated or well-secured, it was ill-suited for secretive racist gatherings. Rightmyer was interviewed by OIG twice, including an all day on-the-record interview in the latter stages of the investigation. Those who are not within the in-group will sooner or later find themselves burnt out, as issues they raise get discarded. Although we conclude that much of the early Roundup news coverage was overblown and distorted, our investigation revealed ample evidence of shocking racist, licentious, and puerile behavior by attendees occurring in various years. We discovered, however, a huge gap between these policies, on the one hand, and actual attendance at and perceptions about the event, on the other. The racist attitudes and conduct that permeated the Roundups from 1980 to 1995 are fairly prevalent inside the FBI, DEA, ATF, and DOJ, as well as state and local law enforcement agencies today. What do favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism have to do with ethics? We are disturbed that an event characterized by rampant public drunkenness, widespread public lewdness, and in later years episodes of racist conduct drew participants from DOJ and other law enforcement organizations. The first issue is competence. In the words of basketball coaching legend John Wooden, when everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks. There are countless leaders in history such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt who used the value of challenging their own modes of thinking; whether through a team who had diverse views, or reaching out to others for advice, or seeing how the value of people who think differently than you builds success. We found no evidence that anyone complained about such displays or that any action was taken to remove them. agent and to the applicable Department of Treasury component for one of its employees who used to be employed by DOJ. Rightmyer was interviewed by OIG twice, including an all day on-the-record interview in the latter stages of the investigation. ", Racists with Badges: The Good Ol' Boys Roundup. Although our investigation established that the Roundup was nothing like a "Klan rally," the fact that specific acts of racist misconduct occurred in three different years made more difficult our assessment of the general charge that the Roundup had a "whites-only" attendance policy. During this 16-year period, only 4 black law enforcement agents ever attempted to attend the Roundup. g) Display of Confederate Flag
Charles Morgan started his career as a corrections officer at MECC, a level 3 facility, and then transferred to ERDCC, a level 5 facility. Gritz also highlighted that the report said 43 percent of female criminal investigators experienced a form of gender discrimination of the past four years. a) Racist signs
In addition to charges of racism, allegations of criminal or other misconduct were also raised. A problem arises, however, when a leader decides to sweep an issue under the rug. 5 ways the 'good ol' boy' system screws good troops 1980-95, we conclude that the Roundup was not, as it was portrayed in the media stories, a "Klan rally," an intentionally "whites-only" racist gathering, or a haven for criminal conduct. Remarkably, we found no one in attendance who appeared to be offended by such activity or who sought to curb it. We thus concluded that in choosing the Roundup's location, its organizers did not have a racist intent, although the perceptions among minorities that they would not be welcome was an unintended consequence of the selected site. Tweet.
4thEdition. It has come to past that as things change that some things never change. He contended that racist signs and an effigy of a black person were displayed at the registration desk for the entire Roundup. Simply put: If someone does something wrong, their ass is grass. In response to a request of the Deputy Attorney General, the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted a wide-ranging investigation to determine whether any Department of Justice (DOJ) employees had attended the Roundup and, if so, whether they engaged in or approved of racial, criminal, or other kinds of misconduct at any of the sixteen Roundups from 1980 through 1995. Scratch my back, Ill scratch yours
Professor Kellerman has identified insular leaders as the fourth of the seven types of bad leaders (Johnson, 2012). What do favoritism, cronyism, and nepotism have to do with ethics? 2. . This woman denied that she was raped. "Obviously LMPD fights any type of discrimination but I don't know about the case and if I did I couldn't comment about it," Fischer said. 4) provide further training on the role of federal law enforcement officers in our society and the reasons why it is critical for law enforcement personnel to be held to extremely exacting standards of conduct to earn and maintain the full confidence of all citizens. Cronyism is a more specific form of favoritism, referring to partiality towards friends and associates. Other attendees intervened and broke up the confrontation. Johnson, C. (2012). The largest number of DOJ employees in attendance in any given year was eleven, a level reached twice, once out of approximately 400 attendees in 1986 and then again out of 520 attendees in 1994. "There is definitely a system of the good ole boy system that takes place," James said. 1.
I can see and understand how the system would come into practice. After conducting a comprehensive investigation of the Roundup from
When someone is granted a position because of connections rather than because he or she has the best credentials and experience, the service that person renders to the public may be inferior. Personal written invitations were sent only to those who had previously registered for a Roundup.
All told, our investigation took into account the statements of nearly 900 witnesses, including 560 who attended a Roundup.
A lot of the Texas law enforcement is still the good ol' boys, and the good ol' boys never, never want to be managed by anyone other than good ol' boys.
Although we found credible evidence that Rightmyer gave speeches exhorting participants to stop such behavior, his efforts were sporadic at best and essentially went unheeded. Coming from the Italian word for nephew, it covers favoritism to members of the family. It begins when friend promotes friend. Seek out advice, if your world becomes too insular, it limits your creativity. ~ Georgina Chapman, Brian Ellis, Anthony H. Normore, & Mitch Javidi National Command and Staff College. Organizational expectation is who you know rather than what you do. I define the Good Ole Boy System as people who get promoted (or get a job) based off their relationships, rather than past performance, qualifications and job . In 1992 and 1993, Richard Hayward brought to the Roundup David Duke for President campaign literature and souvenirs, and materials publicizing the National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP), a pro-Duke organization whose Michigan chapter Hayward had founded. Sometime after the confrontation some unidentified persons painted the words "niggers go home" and "whites only" on toilets in the campground. We want to draw attention to good models of law enforcement that have improved the effectiveness of policing and interactions with minority communities. CAIRO, Ga. It was Election Day in Grady County, and Sheriff Harry Young, 76, had hardly slept three hours the night before. In 1990 and 1992, the same years as these signs appeared, and near where they were posted, persons whom we could not identify were checking to determine if any blacks were in any of the cars driving through the campground. Racist skits were performed in 1990 and 1992. Favoritism has always been a complaint in government service. Former FBI agent: There is a 'good old boys club' in law enforcement This interviewing strategy was designed to ferret out as much information from as many different sources as possible to minimize the chances that racial or other kinds of misconduct might be concealed from us. We found substantial evidence that strippers performed at the campground year after year beginning around 1988. Mired in tradition, the 'good ol' boys club' mentality keeps us moving backward and prevents us from being respected for the job we do. The preponderance of the evidence suggested that local police officers from Florence and Boone County, Kentucky, were responsible for posting these signs. Dallas Police Association president calls for end of 'good ole boy Some witnesses we found to be extremely credible; others to be wholly incredible. In addition to Hayward, two other witnesses had vague and indeterminate recollections of some type of racist sign being posted in the campground for a short time in 1989. He also claims the department violated his First Amendment rights. In any event, no one was punished for posting them. Nor, as the initial news accounts suggested, was the Roundup dominated by federal law enforcement personnel.