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Judge Jerry Tillett
Another view: Tillett story gained traction
on slippery facts
By: Neil W. Scarborough
“Not to oppose error is to approve it. Not to defend truth is to suppress
it, and indeed to neglect to confront evil men, when we can do it, is
no less a sin than to encourage them.”
— Pope Felix III
Steven Michael
This is the first of three-parts. The first two examine the story involving Superior Court Judge Tillett’s son and the
events afterward and introduces the reader to the people responsible for publicizing it and their likely reasons.
The third part examines the State Bar’s conduct in more detail and reveals the injustice they’re not only perpetrating
but are trying to hide. All the court documents and other materials related to this case are available for review on my
website www.scarboroughlawfirm.com.
The Story
By now, most are familiar with “the story.”
On April 4, 2010, Judge Jerry Tillett’s son was among those in a car stopped by KDH police officers.
Though no charges were pressed, Tillett for some reason took issue with the KDH police department and, in particular,
with Chief Gary Britt. He commanded Britt and other town officials to appear in his chambers for a meeting during
which he tried to intimidate Britt and, ultimately, had an angry confrontation with him.
Afterward, Tillett launched a systematic campaign against Britt. First, he wrongfully compelled town officials to
divulge personnel files of KDH police officers. Then, overstepping his authority still further, he directed KDH police
officers to address future complaints about Britt to him alone.
He even went so far as to direct then-District Attorney Frank Parrish to investigate Britt.
Britt, of course, was completely innocent. He was cleared of wrongdoing following an in-house investigation.
And now the judge is getting what he deserves, an investigation by the State Bar for misconduct.
Right?
Not exactly. In fact, there’s so much wrong with this story that it’s hard to know where to begin.
For the sake of simplicity, however, I’ll start where the storyteller does.
The account you’ve read of the April 4, 2010 incident and the events thereafter is masterful.
The storyteller provides just enough information to make the story believable while not providing enough information
to allow the reader to determine whether it’s true.
And interwoven with the factual statements is the tantalizing and scandalous: accusations of abuse of power, intimidation,
corruption; secretive meetings and video tapes; the insinuation that Tillett’s son engaged in criminal conduct and
that maybe, just maybe, Tillett somehow prevented charges from being pressed.
It’s all very provocative — and that’s exactly what the writer was going for.
Other than the conduct of KDH police officers, what actually happened the night of April 4, 2010 was uneventful.
Tillett’s son and his girlfriend were in town from Raleigh for Easter. They went to MexiCali’s intending to see his sister.
When they didn’t find her inside, an acquaintance told him that he thought she had gone to another restaurant, to
which another acquaintance offered to drive them.
MexiCali’s was full that night, so the acquaintance had parked across the street at a beach access. The four piled into
the car and began to leave but were stopped by KDH police.
The officer performed a search of the car and occupants for drugs and found nothing, as did a second officer with a K-
9 unit. No crime had been committed and so no charges were pressed. Continued Next Month
Editors Note: This is a three part story provided by the outerbanksvoice.com. Because of space limitations we can
only print small parts of the series. Over the next several months we will print this interesting story from a different
perspective than the mainstream media has portrayed. If you wish to read the truth about the Judge Tillett story
(vs. the political media spin) it is available at this web address. http://outerbanksvoice.com/commentary/
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