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The Dead Messenger: "You do not falsely lock up people and call yourself human."

I'm not sure why there's been no MSM coverage, but whistleblower Sheri Simonelli at the Bexar County adult probation department was fired last Friday after going public with evidence that a private urinalysis lab had changed its protocols in a way that encouraged "false positives" that were then used for detention decisions.I've come to know Sheri a little through the blog, and from all appearances Bexar CSCD is losing a competent and dedicated employee: Good luck, Sheri. I'm sorry it came to this.This appears to be the denouement of a longstanding feud between probation director Bill Fitzgerald and employees who wanted to unionize the department. (Sheri is/was the union local head and the lead defendant in a federal lawsuit (pdf) challenging Fitzgerald...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).