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    Markeith Loyd Prosecutor Aramis Ayala’s Social Media Shows History Of Cop Hate

    Aramis Ayala’s Ugly History

    By Officer Blue
    Blue Lives Matter

    Orlando, FL – A glimpse of State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s history shows a bias against law enforcement.

    State Attorney Aramis Ayala hit national news on Thursday with the announcement that she would not seek the death penalty for Markeith Loyd. Loyd is charged with gunning down his pregnant girlfriend.

    After the murder, he was on the run for weeks before he gunned down Orlando Lieutenant Debra Clayton and then ended her life in an execution-style murder. The brutal murder was captured on surveillance video and there is unambiguous evidence that Loyd carried out this horrific act.

    The decision not to seek the death penalty shocked the nation. If there’s ever cause to seek the death penalty, surely this would be it.

    After reviewing State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s history, we can see that protecting criminals while attacking police is nothing new for her.

    On July 7, 2016, Aramis Ayala posted to Facebook:

    I am shocked and saddened by the death of two more black men at the hands of law enforcement in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis. Their names were Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the horrific videos of their deaths are deeply troubling. These men did not deserve a death sentence. We need a State Attorney who will be proactive in the pursuit of justice and safety for all.

    There are several points about this statement which are disturbing.

    Ayala refers to the death of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile as a “death sentence,” as if the involved officers had decided to skip the criminal justice system an mete out their own form of justice. This is the type of crazy thinking that belongs with nutjob groups like sovereign citizens and Black Lives Matter’s extremists. Police officers’ self-defense is not punishment, it’s the same right that every other person has.

    Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were shot because the officers involved believed that their lives were in danger. A judgement of the reasonableness of the officers’ actions will determine if it was justified, but whether you agree that the shootings were reasonable or not, it’s absurd to think that the reason behind them was some sort of punishment.

    Making a statement calling the shootings a “death sentence” demonstrates a lack of basic understanding criminal justice and self-defense law, which Ayala is supposedly an expert in.

    Furthermore, what people need is a State Attorney who will wait for an investigation to be done before jumping to conclusions, not condemning officers immediately after an incident based on flimsy evidence. We saw how well jumping to conclusions worked out for State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

    What’s most disturbing about Aramis Ayala’s statement is that she could talk about the “horrific” content of the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile videos, but she’s apparently fine with the surveillance footage showing Lieutenant Clayton being executed by Markeith Loyd.

    Aramis Ayala’s history goes beyond just hating on law enforcement. She is also married to a convicted felon. She was forced to defend her husband’s criminal history when news of it broke while she was running for office.

    David Ayala served seven years in prison for drug conspiracy and counterfeiting charges before they met. In August, 2016, she said that his experiences had shaped her perspectives on the justice system. She defended him then and described how his story was like other young defendants, where he didn’t know his biological father until he was 12 so it’s somehow not his fault that he was a drug dealer.

    Aramis Ayala’s history in addition to her awful decisions since being elected make it clear that she does not represent the will of the people and should be recalled.

    https://bluelivesmatter.blue/markeit...minal-history/
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    Attorney General Bondi’s Statement on State Attorney Ayala’s Neglect of Duty

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Attorney General Pam Bondi today released the following statement about State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Aramis Ayala’s announcement that she “will not be seeking death penalty in cases handled in my office:”

    "State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s decision today sends a dangerous message to residents and visitors of the greater Orlando area—furthermore, it is a blatant neglect of duty and a shameful failure to follow the law as a constitutionally elected officer.”

    http://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsre...2580E5005520C4
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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Opinion:

    State attorney likely to be booted, WFTV analysts predict

    By Hal Boedeker
    The Orlando Sentinel

    Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala is likely to lose her job over the Markeith Loyd case and her stance against the death penalty, WFTV-Channel 9’s legal analysts have predicted.

    Former Chief Judge Belvin Perry and attorney Bill Sheaffer made the prediction Sunday on “Central Florida Spotlight,” the station’s public-affairs program.

    Gov. Rick Scott has called it an outrage that Ayala announced she wouldn’t pursue the death penalty against accused cop killer Loyd.

    In a news conference Thursday, Ayala said it was not in the best interest of the community for her to seek the death penalty in any case.

    Perry said he was not surprised there was community outrage about Ayala, because the Loyd case calls out for the application of the death penalty. Loyd is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.

    Scott has removed Ayala from the Loyd case. The WFTV analysts speculated that Scott will go for something more drastic than a Band-Aid approach in the future.

    Sheaffer predicted Scott will look for a longer-term solution that would allow the governor to suspend or remove Ayala from office. Sheaffer said her remark, made at the news conference, that the death penalty is inhumane presents problems, because how can the community trust her to follow the law. Even if Ayala tried to walk back the statement, she is married to the position, Sheaffer said.

    Perry agreed that the governor is likely to suspend Ayala for neglect of duty. Perry predicted that the Florida Senate would remove her and Scott could choose a replacement.

    Sheaffer said Ayala would have no support in the Republican-controlled Senate. She wouldn’t get support in the Florida Supreme Court, either, Sheaffer said.

    WFTV replayed Orlando Police Chief John Mina’s phone interview that he was “extremely upset” about Ayala’s decision in the Loyd case.

    Perry said Ayala has burned bridges with law enforcement.

    Sheaffer described the state attorney as “the top cop” in the community and said her announcement flew in the face of every law enforcement agency.

    Scott has given the Loyd case to Lake County State Attorney Brad King. Perry predicted that King will be a tough, hard-nosed prosecutor.

    Warmoth wondered why voters didn’t know Ayala’s views on the death penalty before the election.

    Sheaffer described Ayala as “your worst nightmare” because she is someone who runs for office and has an agenda not consistent with the office.

    The voters now know, Sheaffer added. He turned sarcastic when he told Ayala that he hopes she enjoys her one term — if she makes it through it.

    If Ayala had an agenda about the death penalty, what other hidden agendas does she have when it comes to criminal prosecutions, Perry wondered.

    Her duty is to administer the laws and the Constitution, Sheaffer said. He complained that Ayala had taken away from the citizens the decision of whether a person’s act should result in the ultimate punishment.

    http://www.orlandosentinel.com/enter...319-story.html
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    Aramis Ayala says she may appeal Gov. Scott's order taking her off Markeith Loyd case

    State Attorney Aramis Ayala has asked for Markeith Loyd’s case to pause while she researches if Gov. Rick Scott had the authority to pull her off after she announced she wouldn’t be seeking the death penalty.

    Loyd was in court Monday morning for the first time since Ayala, the elected state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties, said she would not seek the death penalty for Loyd.

    Corrections officers escorted Loyd, wearing a blue jail jumpsuit and patch over his left eye, into the courtroom about 9:25 a.m.

    The hearing started about five minutes later with Ayala telling Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Frederick Lauten that she may appeal Scott’s action reassigning Loyd’s case to Special Prosecutor Brad King.

    Ayala was seated at a table with King, the elected state attorney in the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which includes Lake County, and his chief deputy, Ric Ridgway. Scott on Thursday afternoon removed Ayala from Loyd’s case just hours after her controversial announcement.

    Loyd is accused in the Dec. 13 shooting death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and the Jan. 9 killing of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton, who tried to arrest him at a Wal-Mart.

    Assistant State Attorney Deborah Barry, Ayala’s chief deputy, was heard before the hearing telling Clayton’s family members, who were in the courtroom, that her office and King’s would both be working for the successful prosecution of Loyd.

    At the start of the hearing, Ayala called Scott’s action unprecedented and beyond the bounds of his job. She filed a motion asking for a stay in the case, which Lauten said will be discussed at another hearing scheduled for next week.

    King told Lauten he has no problem working with Ayala but was not aware she had filed any motions and doesn’t think she has the authority to do so.

    He also wasn’t aware Ayala had filed a notice of intent late Thursday saying the state wouldn’t be seeking death. She told Lauten she filed the intent at 4:21 p.m. Scott filed his executive order removing her from the case at 3:53 p.m.

    Lauten said he’s unsure if that document is binding for King moving forward or if Ayala even had the authority to file it because it was filed after Scott’s order. That also will be discussed at the next hearing.

    This was Loyd’s first hearing since Ayala announced she wouldn’t seek the penalty in his — or any cases — during her time as state attorney.

    King is a longtime advocate of the death penalty and said last week that he was weighing the evidence in Loyd’s case. He hand’t decided if he’d seek death for Loyd.

    At Loyd’s last court appearance on March 1, Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Frederick Lauten entered not-guilty pleas on Loyd’s behalf and appointed a standby counsel for him. Loyd has been adamant about representing himself, despite warnings about the seriousness of the crimes he faces.

    An Orange County grand jury in February indicted Loyd in both murder cases.

    http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...320-story.html
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    She sure is rotten. Every step of the way she is showing her hatred of police and justice. She seems determined to fight AGAINST justice. Disgusting. So many words I would have for her if I could talk to her.
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    I think her days are numbered.
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    State Attorney Aramis Ayala files motion to stay on Markeith Loyd case

    ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Murder suspect Markeith Loyd was back in court Monday for the first time since State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced she would not seek the death penalty in his case, or any other during her time in office.

    Loyd’s case, however, is in new hands.

    State Attorney Brad King, who represents Lake and Marion counties, was also in court Monday.

    King is crossing district lines to take over the case, days after Gov. Rick Scott pulled Ayala from the case after she made her death penalty decision.

    Scott had asked Ayala to recuse herself, but she refused.


    In court Monday, Ayala told the judge she believes the governor overstepped his bounds and she had already turned in a notice to not seek the death penalty against Loyd.

    Document: Ayala's motion to stay on Loyd case


    She told the judge it is not her wish to delay Loyd’s prosecution.

    King told the judge he has not seen Ayala’s motions to not seek the death penalty, and that it was wrongly filed after his appointment.

    He has until April 8 to make a decision.

    “The governor has appointed me. Ms. Ayala is divested of any jurisdiction,” he said. “It’s hard to get around that kind of authority to argue that I’m not allowed to be here.”

    The judge said it was a complex issue that would be discussed and possibly finalized at another hearing.

    Judge Frederick Lauten then turned matters over to Loyd who told the judge he was, “doing fine.”

    Loyd complained that only Ayala understands the office and said he doesn’t believe the governor knows anything about his case.

    Loyd also reaffirmed his intent to represent himself.

    He claimed he’s getting inadequate medical attention for injuries he sustained during his arrest.

    “My jaw broke, my nose got broke, my eye got broke,” he said. “I don’t have an eye (anymore).”

    He also said he has not been allowed to use the phone and that the jail has a “personal vendetta” against him.

    Orlando police Chief John Mina, who has shown strong opposition to Ayala’s death penalty decision, said Ayala’s motion caught him off guard.

    “I had no idea. She never met with me about this decision,” said Mina.

    Orlando police detectives are meeting with King, who plans to have a meeting with Mina.

    Ayala had five reasons why she won’t seek death in cases, citing research she said shows that the death penalty drains more resources than a life sentence. Scott said he disagreed.

    Loyd is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, in December and fatally shooting Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton in January.

    Ayala had five reasons why she won’t seek death in cases, citing research she said shows that the death penalty drains more resources than a life sentence. Scott said he disagreed.

    Loyd is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, in December and fatally shooting Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton in January.

    Lauten scheduled a new hearing for March 28 to decide if Ayala has jurisdiction to fight the governor’s decision.

    The judge also addressed the public defender’s office and its contention that there may be a conflict of interest.

    The office represents numerous witnesses in Loyd’s cases.

    Lauten ruled he will remove public defender's from standby counsel capacity.

    http://www.wftv.com/news/local/state...case/504203951
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    FL: State Attorney Threatened with Lynching After Refusing to Seek Death Penalty in Cop Murder Case

    In Florida, Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala has received death threats from another government employee after she announced she would not seek the death penalty in any murder cases, including in a case of a police officer’s killing. After her announcement, the assistant finance director of the Seminole County Clerk’s Office, Stan McCullars, wrote on Facebook, "Maybe she should get the death penalty. … She should be tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree." Ayala is the first African-American state’s attorney in Florida’s history. The Orlando Sentinel reports that from 1877 to 1950, more than 331 black people were lynched by whites in Florida—the most lynchings per capita of any U.S. state.

    https://www.democracynow.org/2017/3/...op_murder_case
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    Opinion:

    Death penalty opponent should quit as prosecutor

    By Jac Wilder VerSteeg
    Sun Sentinel

    I have two words for all those who are praising Aramis Ayala, the newly elected state attorney in Orange and Osceola counties, for announcing that her office will not seek the death penalty against any defendants in her jurisdiction:

    Kim Davis.

    Davis is the clerk in Rowan County, Ky., who decided that her office would not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that such couples have a constitutional right to get married, Davis said that signing licenses would force her to violate her religious faith.

    Davis defied a court order requiring her to sign the licenses and went to jail for contempt of court.

    Here are two more words:

    Roy Moore.

    Moore is that Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who was removed for telling that state's probate judges to ignore federal rulings on same-sex marriage. Moore previously had been kicked off the bench for refusing to remove a huge sculpture of the Ten Commandments from the judicial building.

    It's a safe bet that a lot of people who like the stance that State Attorney Ayala has taken did not like what Clerk Davis and Justice Moore did. And vice-versa.

    Yet it seems to me the principle is the same. If you are a public official whose personal beliefs conflict with your ability to fulfill the legal requirements of your job, then you should quit.

    Ayala's decision was controversial because under normal circumstances her office would prosecute Markeith Loyd, who is charged in the recent murder of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton and Loyd's pregnant ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon.

    According to news accounts, Lt. Clayton had approached Loyd outside a Walmart. Loyd shot her once, then stood over her and kept firing. He is charged with murdering Dixon several weeks earlier.

    When Ayala said she wouldn't seek the death penalty, an outraged Gov. Rick Scott took the case away from Ayala's office and assigned it to Lake County State Attorney Brad King.

    I believe there are crimes for which the death penalty is appropriate. Those include treason, mass murder and other particularly heinous crimes. Killing a pregnant woman and executing a police officer would qualify.

    That said, death penalty opponents raise compelling objections. The advent of DNA evidence has proved that juries, more frequently than any of us suspected, can convict the wrong person. It also seems beyond dispute that the death penalty is sought and imposed in ways unfair to minority defendants.

    Such arguments against the death penalty are gaining ground in public opinion. But they have not yet led Florida's Legislature to outlaw capital punishment. Courts have forced the state to add safeguards — such as the recent revision requiring a unanimous jury recommendation before imposing a death sentence — but they have not declared the death penalty unconstitutional.

    So the death penalty remains legal in Florida, and state attorneys have a duty to seek it in appropriate cases. Ayala can't claim the voters who elected her support her no-capital-punishment stance because she did not run on that issue.

    You could argue there might be no harm done since Scott quickly reassigned the case to King. But Ayala is challenging his authority to do so.

    King has not said whether he would seek the death penalty for Loyd. He gives every indication that, if he keeps the case, he will make that decision only after giving it the serious consideration it deserves. But if King is allowed to handle the case, seeks the death penalty and gets it, won't Loyd argue that Scott stacked the deck against him?

    That argument would be bolstered if the transfer to King is approved but the governor does not bring in outside prosecutors in every case that conceivably could merit the death penalty. If the governor does not or cannot, there would be some murderers in Orange and Osceola Counties that do not face capital punishment while Loyd does.

    That imposes a different and unfair standard on Loyd. In essence, Ayala's decision has given Loyd a defense against capital punishment ever being imposed. That could add years of public expense to an inevitable appeal and inflict heightened anguish on the victims' surviving family.

    If Ayala — or Davis or Moore or any other public official — wants to take a stand on principle, that can be admirable. But if your principles won't let you do your public job, then quit.

    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/...21-column.html
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    New prosecutor says old prosecutor shouldn’t get case back

    A prosecutor who was given a case involving a police officer’s murder by Florida’s governor after the original prosecutor said her office would no longer seek the death penalty says the original prosecutor has no authority to ask for the case back.

    Gov. Rick Scott gave the case against Markeith Loyd to State Attorney Brad King after State Attorney Aramis Ayala said she would no longer seek the death penalty. She now says Scott overstepped his authority.

    King filed a motion Wednesday seeking the dismissal of Ayala’s request for a judge to hear arguments about why she shouldn’t have had the case taken from her.

    Loyd is charged with first-degree murder in the killings of his ex-girlfriend and Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.

    http://www.therepublic.com/2017/03/2...lty-florida-6/
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