Sunday, January 27, 2013

St. Louis: Is Antonio Andrews a Brazen Cop-Killer, or a Scapegoat? His Brother Says He was Railroaded

 
Murdered St. Louis Officer Norvelle Brown
 

Convicted cop-killer Antonio Andrews, 2007: Was he railroaded, or is he just another Alibi Ike?
 

[Previously, on this case, at WEJB/NSU:

“St. Louis Cop Killer Antonio Andrews: Another Innocent Young Black Man Railroaded by a Racist Criminal Justice System?”; and

“St. Louis: Racial Socialist Law Prof., Post-Dispatch, Seek to Eliminate Justice for the Murder Victims of Black Juvenile Psychopaths.”]


By Nicholas Stix

On Friday, I received the following comment, regarding the Norvelle Brown-Antonio Andrews murder case.

alphonzo andrews said...

I am the brother of Antonio Andrews, my name is Alphonzo. My brother was used as a scapegoat in this case, in the state of Missouri there is a thing called make it up as you go judicial system. Now im going to be brief with what I have to say because at this point the idiots downtown have figured they got away with one for the "dummies in blue". The one thing that's needs to be pointed out is that the cop was a dirty cop. When the situation occured it was said that he was chasing my brother but how can u shoot someone in the back by their right shoulder blade when you have to turn around to shoot them and my brother is right handed. That would mean my brother is a magician. Not only did he not shoot him but there was no bullet and there wasn't any dna or prints on the gun from my brother. In open court when that was brought up, the idiotic prosecutor suggested to jury to defy the evidence proving my brother didn't touch or fire a weapon because and I quote "this is not an episode of CSI", and the even bigger idiot judge allowed it. I thought DNA, GSR, FINGERPRINTS were things that werw suppose to convict and exonerate individuals but MISSOURI stricks again they seemed to change the standars for a cop murder. If it weren't a cop we wouldn't be discussing a 15 year old kid being railroaded. We have cops or "hossas" as I call em kill people by drunk driving or shooting and they get of w/o a so much as a scratch. Petty and pitiful this city/state has the worst justice system ....#theworstever

I can be contacted at alphonzoandrews@gmail.com for more info or further discussions
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013 AT 12:08:00 PM EST


I responded that night, as follows:

Dear Mr. Andrews,

I had never heard the term “make-it-up-as-you-go” criminal justice, but it’s a good one. We have something like that in New York City, too, though I’m not in a position to say which system is worse. I would imagine that under today’s criminal justice conditions, people from a lot of cities and states could make a compelling argument that their jurisdiction is the most corrupt. Kind of like arguments about which state is the most politically corrupt: New Jersey, Louisiana, Illinois…?

I do not want innocent men railroaded for crimes they didn’t commit. I have a particular animus towards witnesses who change their testimony. I’ve previously seen this happen, where witnesses were willing to perjure themselves, in order to get killers off, and to protect themselves from snitch justice. If you are right, your brother’s case would be the first I’ve encountered (but surely not the last), where someone perjured himself by changing his story, in order to get an innocent man convicted.

If you can send me any links to printed material about the court case documenting the statements (e.g., by the prosecutor) and forensic/ballistics and corruption issues (re Norvelle Brown in particular, and the SLPD in general) you raised, I would appreciate it, and would copy and paste it at this blog.

With that said, however, it occurs to me that Officer Norvelle Brown is still dead, and did not die of a heart attack.

You claim that Officer Brown was “dirty.” What proof do you have of that? And let’s say, just for argument’s sake, that he was dirty. Would that somehow change the fact that he was murdered, or would it somehow make this a case, in your mind, of justifiable homicide? You want me to be extremely careful about facts, morality, and law, where your brother is concerned, but seem a bit less rigorous, where policemen’s lives are concerned.

I look forward to reading your response.

Sincerely,

Nicholas Stix


The ball is in Alphonzo Andrews’ court.

5 comments:

Chicago guy said...

Looking at some local blog that deals with crime stories I've seen a consistent pattern of people claiming to be friends or relatives of some felon-of-the-day type chime in with vigorous defenses of the accused. They're always wonderful people, wouldn't do anything bad, it's not them it's the system, how dare you say anything negative about them, and yada yada yada. Everybody is innocent. It's all very predictable and by now very tiresome. This clown of a brother says the cop was "dirty". In what way? Let's have some facts. Otherwise it's just another case of putting the victim on trial.
If the convicted was capable of committing homicide at age 15 then what would he be willing to do at age 25? It's best that he's out of circulation for good as obviously he's a bad seed, a psychopath that would just keep causing harm to others.

countenance said...

Awww, Nick. You scare me.

You know from my world class snark...er, coverage, of local events, that Officer Brown was one of these starry eyed "I want to make a difference" rookies."

Nicholas said...

Chicago guy,

I know the drill. "He was an honor student." "He was just turning his life around." "He was just entering a GED program," etc., etc.

Nicholas said...

Dear Countenance,

Of course, I know all about Officer Brown and Antonio Andrews from your blog. But I always let family members (or those claiming to be family members) have their say ... up to a point.

Brother Andrews has now had three days to come up with some links, without responding. With every minute, the prosecution is looking better.

While I realize that with over 2,000,000 convicts currently in stir, some of them must be innocent, nothing deflates the hype of the railroaded-black-man school more effectively than scrutinizing the stories the "innocent" and their supporters promote.

Unknown said...

It's apparently crystal clear,that you walk in ignorance....facts, evidence and scientific records should be more than proficient. I've read the trial transcripts and read reports on physical evidence. Fact:A. Based on paraffin, tests no residue on his clothing....he hadnt, fired a weapon...and weapons retrieved by law enforcement did not have a spect of scientific evidence to link him with this unfortunate case. I gather facts...not beliefs...facts. All balance depends on placing the right individuals in jail.....mistakes are common by all human beings in every walk of life. If this system is fair and impartial the justice must be in all fairness to favorable evidence. So 15-25...what could he have achieved? Logical minds keep it scientific and not be color blind.