Southern Injustice, Down By Law

About the Book

BOOK DESCRIPTION Southern Injustice, Down by Law, is the fictional account of the life and times of a north florida county sheriff, Bob Rook, Sr. Bob came from humble beginnings. His life was normal in every way and it would seem that he was the all American guy. He grew up in rural south georgia, went to high school there and eventually enlisted in the army. While in the army, he met several influential people who would shape the balance of his life. Initially, bob had no dreams or aspirations of becoming a person of great power or of great wealth and had no known motivating elements that would cause him to seemingly seek the glamour or image of eventually become known as the most powerful person in his region with an army of people at his command. Bob married his high school sweetheart while in the army. The two of them had a little son, bob, jr. He was fortunate to be able to be stationed at Ft. Stewart, Georgia for the majority of his active duty status where he met a few individuals lived by a different set of rules. They practiced and preached racism as a way of life and tried to encourage him to think like them. Although this way of thinking did not rub off onto him, he learned very important lessons in life as a result of his encounters with those individuals. Once bob had ended his time in service, ETS, he worked on a simple job as a convenient store manager and managed to live on minimal sources of income but continually striving to earn more money and to make a better life for himself and his family. Bob eventually took on a job as a part-time jailer for the nagly county florida sheriff department and began to observe a series of strange and unexplainable events involving certain inmates who were incarcerated for drug trafficking. These particular inmates were being jailed under assumed names, given certain privileges, and were never sentenced to do major time for obviously repeatedly and chronically breaking the law. This sparked his curiosity and caused him to do his own personal investigation as to what was actually taking place. He eventually uncovered a massive scheme that put the entire sheriff department in the middle of it with the local sheriff serving as the brain force behind the operation. After figuring out what was going on, he had to make the decision as to whether or not he would blow the whistle to anyone or whether he would just keep silent. He decided to keep silent but to eventually run for sheriff himself in hope that he could initiate a positive change to the situation. In the midst of the race, the plot thickens, the incumbent sheriff along with one of his brothers, were assassinated by his drug supplier. Bob was the only registered candidate in line for the position only if the heirs of the assassinated sheriff should choose not to run under the grandfather clause of the county bi-laws. After a life changing meeting with the leader of the Alliance Group, headed up by the rich and powerful Hector Amizaro, who bob was introduced to while in the army, he realized that his time was about to begin. As the powerful leader of the Alliance Group, Hector and his operation controlled the destiny and outcome a vast majority people and persons in positions of power and authority in much of the southeast region of the united states. Bob’s life changing events catapulted him into a unique situation. He became the new sheriff and was unknowingly was set to assume the role of his predecessor. Along with this newly found power came wealth. Bob’s power and authority went unchecked and was totally unchallenged by anyone. Two federal agents, one with the ATF and one with the DEA had initiated an extensive investigation into

About the Author

AUTHOR’S COVER BIO Keith Thomas, the author, was born and raised in rural south georgia and was able to observe various aspects of the elements of the contents of this book. He is a United States Army veteran who served Honorably for this country, a devoted father of three and husband to the same woman for over thirty years. Though gifted, he has repeatedly accepted a position of being a devoted supporter of activities and events that he has been a part of. It has been his belief throughout life that the greatest role in this life is to be of service to others and he have practiced this for years.