Berkeley County Detention Center. Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. BCSO. Avery Richard Smith. Christopher Dozier III. Frankie Levar Snider.
CRIME & COURTS

Three Deputies Arrested During Sexual Misconduct Investigation

Criminal investigation reveals years of assault, intimidation in Lowcountry detention center.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Three deputies of the Berkeley County Detention Center stand accused of felonious misconduct followi
You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.

Related posts

CRIME & COURTS

Mike A. Brown Resigns From North Charleston City Council

Jenn Wood
CRIME & COURTS

‘Sucking Political D***’: Midlands Police Chief Retires Amid Reports of Recorded Rant

Andrew Fancher
CRIME & COURTS

South Carolina Social Workers Treated After Alleged Pepper Spray Attack

Erin Parrott

5 comments

Jeff Mattox Top fan June 28, 2024 at 6:47 pm

The story of a system given a monopoly on force continues. Power is an attractant to all sorts of vermin. Corruption, sexual assault, coercion, theft, and bribery always follows power.
The state must create a façade of legitimacy and trust to cover the inherent problems that come with a monopoly on force.
This is what “We” call a civilized society where a mafia masquerades as a benevolent protector of Liberty.

Reply
Nancy Bryson Top fan June 29, 2024 at 7:45 am

Read the Hill-Finklea Detention Center mission statement. If Avery Richard Smith is convicted of the charges, all of the women detainees ought to be released, no matter what they are in for. And financially compensated. Disgusting.

Reply
Anonymous July 3, 2024 at 6:35 pm

The pendulum should not swing that far in the other direction. Would you release Susan Smith if she had been sexually-assaulted by Avery Richard Smith?
The immediate answers are to COMPLETELY separate punitive detentions for minor misdemeanors from pre-trial detentions of the presumed-innocent BUT possibly-guilty.
Also, there is no constitutional basis for counties (which are not sovereigns) to own or operate any incarceration facility. That fearsome power should belong to the ONLY TWO constitutionally-recognized sovereigns: the federal government and the state government.

Reply
Anonymous July 3, 2024 at 6:37 pm

The pendulum should not swing that far in the other direction. Would you release Susan Smith if she had hypothetically been assaulted by Avery Richard Smith?

Reply
Dum Spiro Spero Top fan June 29, 2024 at 9:28 am

Put these ex-law enforcement officers accused of sexual assault in amongst the general prison population in the state, and they will find out what assault is all about.

Reply

Leave a Comment