The District Attorney General’s Office will be looking into an incident that happened back in September to see if oppression charges will be brought against Cannon County Deputy Sheriff Andrew Colwell. During the Cannon County Commission meeting this past Saturday, Jim Gibbs handed out a letter that he sent District Attorney Jennings Jones In the letter, he states thatt he was a victim of official oppression. Gibbs says allegedly he was forced to leave a public meeting of the Cannon County Republican Party back in September . Gibbs adds that the meeting was being conducted in the public courtroom of the Cannon County Courthouse and that it was in violations of his rights against unreasonable seizure protected by the 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution. Gibbs says he has evidence that Deputy Colwell conspired with others and preplanned to attend the meeting. In addition Gibbs alleges that Colwell stood by idly and watched as an individual removed his video camera as he was recording the meeting. Gibbs asks the office to investigate this complaint and possibly prosecute if all evidence pans out to oppression.
