Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Sheriff HARDWICK Refuses to Remove Website Propaganda Defending Racist KKK Sheriff LAWRENCE O. DAVIS

Update: Spoke about this on February 1, 2022 at St. Johns County Commission meeting, asking Commissioners to contact Sheriff ROBERT HARDIWCK: the offending segregationist propaganda and falsehoods still contaminate the St. Johns County Sheriff's website with a mash note to racist KKK Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis (1949-1970), who was removed by 44-2 vote of Florida Senate, whom the Sheriff's website says was "exonerated" by the Senate.

St. Johns County Sheriff ROBERT HARDWICK has not removed a propaganda paen to racist KKK Sheriff LAWRENCE O. DAVIS on the website of the St. Johns County Sheriff.

The white supremacist anti-historical propaganda first appeared in the 1995 yearbook of the St. Johns County Sheriff's office, under Sheriff NEIL PERRY, and is available for inspection at the St. Augustine Historical Society's Research Library on Aviles Street.

The propaganda remains on the St. Johns County Sheriff's office, falsely labelled "history." Three successive Sheriffs would have flunked history if they were at any respectable educational institution.

The smarmy racist government propaganda includes two Big Lies to polish DAVIS's graven image.

It states DAVIS "held the town together" during civil rights protests.
It states DAVIS was found "innocent" by a jury that merely found him "not guilty," then extravagantly and falsely claims DAVIS was "exonerated" by the Florida State Senate.

Wonder why?

We in the reality-based community know:

Sheriff L.O. DAVIS did NOT "hold the town together,: he arrested civil rights demonstrators illegally and had KKK members on his payroll.
Sheriff L.O. DAVIS was NOT "exonerated" on corruption charges -- the Florida State Senate voted removed him from officer, by 44-2 vote.

How many KKK sympathizers are in today's St. Johns County Republican Party?

How many want their local history full of lies, like DONALD JOHN TRUMP's claim to have been re-re-elected?

Disgraceful disgusting sloth, torpor and desuetude by Sheriff ROBERT HARDWICK?

Here's the full text of the SJSO's embarrassing goofy gooberish public mash note to a racist KKK Sheriff L.O. DAVIS, as it appears on the Sheriff's website this morning, more than eight years after I asked Sheriff DAVIDS SHOAR to remove it.

This is our tax dollars at work promoting white supremacy in St. Johns County by amateurish airbrushing of our Sheriff's office and its sorry history, about a time when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, called St. Augustine and St. Johns County "the most lawless" place in America:

Sheriff Lawrence O. “L.O.” Davis – 1949 until 1970. Sheriff Davis held office for 21 years. During those years, society saw a changing culture. In 1952, a new jail was completed, and Sheriff Davis moved his headquarters from the old jail on McWilliams Street to the new jail on Lewis Speedway. It was during his tenure that uniforms were adopted. The incident prompting uniforms occurred with Deputy Kenny Masters.

It seems Deputy Masters was on the beach patrolling and found a man sleeping on the beach. Deputy Masters, being in civilian clothes, wearing a gun and a very small Sheriff’s shield, approached the man. When the man awakened, he saw Deputy Masters’ gun and thought he was being robbed. The man then reached for his gun, and Deputy Masters shot the man. Later at the hospital, Deputy Masters asked the man why in the world did you go for a gun? The man said, “I thought your were trying to rob me.” The next day, Deputy Masters went down to the store, bought khaki work shirts and slacks, and pinned his shield on his shirt. Later Sheriff Davis got patches, and they were sewn onto the khaki shirt. From there, our current Sheriff’s uniform developed into what it is today.

It was also during Sheriff Davis’ time that the first marked patrol car was put on the street. Painted green and white with a star on the sides, the car was assigned to Deputy Noah Carter.

One major development that his tenure as Sheriff saw was the civil rights movement, a challenging time for our nation, state and county. In 1963, the Reverend Martin Luther King and his associates came to St. Augustine, the oldest city in the nation. St. Augustine became the site of many demonstrations. During one of these, Dr. King was arrested by deputies and booked into the St. Johns County Jail. Shortly afterwards, Dr. King and others were released from jail.

The climate was stressful in those years, but with Sheriff Davis’ leadership, the community held together. This nation moved forward after the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Sheriff Davis was well respected in the community. Many citizens tell stories of his kindness; taking bags of groceries to those who were in need, or helping others get jobs. Sheriff Davis had been a city police officer for approximately three years prior to taking the Office of Sheriff. He had a deep, abiding commitment to the youth of our county. Also, he was one of the founders of the Florida Sheriff’s Boys Ranch, which grew from a small camp on the banks of the Suwannee River to a working ranch system, serving thousands of Florida’s children every year.

In 1970, then Governor Claude Kirk removed Sheriff Davis from office based on allegations made by several individuals. Subsequently, in a trial, Sheriff Davis was found innocent. Later, at hearings in Tallahassee in front of the Senate, Sheriff Davis was exonerated. By this time, Governor Kirk had appointed Dudley Garrett, to take Sheriff Davis’ place.

In the 1972 election, “L.O.” Davis tried to regain the office, but lost to Sheriff Garrett.

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The phony history of Sheriff L.O. DAVIS first appeared in 1995, when NEIL PERRY (right) was Sheriff.

Congressman John Rutherford, former Jacksonville Sheriff (left), Sheriff ROBERT HARDWICK (center), with Sheriff DAVID SHOAR, who legally changed his surname from "HOAR" in 1994.

In the words of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., "three generations of imbeciles is enough."

For the record, here are the e-mails that Sheriff SHOAR's hand-picked successor, ROBERT HARDWICK, has ignored in the year that he has been Sheriff of St. Johns County, the second fastest-growing county in Florida:

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: rhardwick@sjso.org <rhardwick@sjso.org>; sheriff@sjso.org <sheriff@sjso.org>
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Sent: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 6:27 pm
Subject: Re: Misinformation About Racist KKK St. Johns County Sheriff L.O. Davis on SJSO website

Dear Sheriff Hardwick:

1. When will our Sheriff's office finally remove two falsehoods from our Sheriff's website, defending racist KKK St. Johns County Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis?

https://www.sjso.org/sheriffs-office/history/

2. February is Black History Month. How will the St. Johns County Sheriff honor Black History Month?

3. It has now been 3072 days since I first wrote to Sheriff David Shoar asking him to remove the falsehoods about racist KKK Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis, on August 28, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the "I have a dream" speech by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who called St. Johns County "the most lawless" in America.

4. I made that request is eight (8) years, four (4) months and 28 days ago.

5. That is 100 months and 28 days ago.

6. The delay is freighted with animus and institutional racism. (While a third falsehood was removed, stating that Dr. King was arrested by "federal agents," the other two falsehoods remain to this day.)

7. I expect better from you, Sheriff Hardwick.

8. Look at the false website words in quo.

9. Quo vobis videtor? (How does it appear to you? What do you reckon?)

10. Would you please be so kind as to remove the offending words this week?

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com

www.edslavin.com

Dear Sheriff Hardwick:

1. Where are your manners?

2. Still waiting on a response!
3. I have been obligated to raise this issue with our elected County Commissioners.

4. There is no defense to SJSO's sloth and torpor, August 28, 2013-date.

5. I just spoke in non-agenda public comment to our St. Johns County Commissioners and informed them of this outrage.

6. Would you please be so kind as to remove the offending Big Lies about racist KKK segregationist Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis from our St. Johns County Sheriff's website today.

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com

www.edslavin.com

Dear Sheriff Hardwick:

1. Since 2014, I have written to two (2) successive St. Johns County Sheriffs about blatant misinformation on SJSO website, using falsehoods in attempting to rehabilitate the reputation of racist Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis.
2. No response to my e-mail.

3. You now own this misinformation.

4. The misinformation remains on our SJSO website.

5. Please remove it today.

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com

www.edslavin.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin <easlavin@aol.com>
To: rhardwick@sjso.org <rhardwick@sjso.org>
Cc: bcc1cwhitehurst@sjcfl.us <bcc1cwhitehurst@sjcfl.us>; bcc2jsmith@sjcfl.us <bcc2jsmith@sjcfl.us>; bcc3pwaldron@sjcfl.us <bcc3pwaldron@sjcfl.us>; bcc4jblocker@sjcfl.us <bcc4jblocker@sjcfl.us>; bcc5hdean@sjcfl.us <bcc5hdean@sjcfl.us>; vanita.gupta@usdoj.gov <vanita.gupta@usdoj.gov>; lisa.monaco@usdoj.gov <lisa.monaco@usdoj.gov>; merrick.garland@usdoj.gov <merrick.garland@usdoj.gov>; waltbog@nytimes.com <waltbog@nytimes.com>; hconrad@sjcfl.us <hconrad@sjcfl.us>; pmccormack@sjcfl.us <pmccormack@sjcfl.us>; reringer@lentolawgroup.com <reringer@lentolawgroup.com>; matecm@bellsouth.net <matecm@bellsouth.net>; mark3370@hotmail.com <mark3370@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wed, Jun 23, 2021 12:19 pm
Subject: Misinformation About Racist KKK St. Johns County Sheriff L.O. Davis on SJSO website

Dear Sheriff Hardwick:

A. Would you please be so kind as to remove today the misinformation about racist KKK Sheriff Lawrence O. Davis (1949-1970) from the St. Johns County Sheriff's website?

Sheriff Davis did not hold the town together.
Sheriff Davis was not "exonerated" by Florida Senate -- he was removed!

https://www.sjso.org/sheriffs-office/history/

B. I first pointed these irrefragable facts out, repeatedly, to your predecessor St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar in 2013, nearly eight (8) years ago on the anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech (at which time there was also a third inaccuracy, stating he was arrested here by federal agents). The lies about the racist Sheriff remain posted this afternoon.

C. The ultimate source of this misinformation may be traced by learning who wrote the relevant page of the 1995 SJSO yearbook, prepared for the 150th anniversary of Florida statehood during the administration of Sheriff Neil Perry. (Available for inspection at St. Johns County Historical Society Research Library on Aviles Street).

D. Please call me today if you have any questions.

E. Kindly remove the two (2) material falsehoods on SJSO's website re: L.O. Davis, today,

http://cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com/2018/02/evil-racist-sheriff-lawrence-o-davis.html

Thank you.

With kindest regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida

Thursday, February 03, 2022

Sheriff HARDWICK Refuses to Remove Website Propaganda Defending Racist KKK Sheriff LAWRENCE O. DAVIS

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