by Jason Swindle | Sep 10, 2017 | Articles
WHY BRYANT IS STILL REVERED TODAY. I am a Dawg through and through. My father started at free safety for Georgia in the late 1960’s, I cried when Georgia lost to Pitt (Dan Marino) and Penn State (Todd Blackledge) in the early 1980’s, and have always...
by Jason Swindle | Sep 2, 2017 | Articles
NEW LAW ALLOWS EARLY REMOVAL FROM PROBATION. Senate Bill 174 quietly became law this summer. However, its effect on all Georgians will be felt soon.The part of the bill that will have the biggest impact is now known as OCGA 17-10-1(a)(1)(B); the “Behavior...
by Jason Swindle | Aug 27, 2017 | Articles
THE ORIGIN OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. Today, it is easy to forget where many of our freedoms come from. It is also dangerous to turn a blind eye to history. Civilizations, military commanders, and leaders of nations have ignored history and human behavior with...
by Jason Swindle | Aug 20, 2017 | Articles
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN DUI LAW. Drinking and driving is dangerous, hurts and kills people, and is 100 percent avoidable. So, just don’t do it. However, there are drivers arrested across the state everyday who are accused of Driving Under the Influence (DUI). Some...
by Jason Swindle | Aug 13, 2017 | Articles
TEAMS SMILE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. TEAM meIn 1981, the Georgia Bulldogs won the National Championship. (I know you Auburn and Bama fans get tired of me writing about Georgia. I will lighten up in the next few weeks.) Each player wore a tee shirt with the above two...
by Jason Swindle | Aug 6, 2017 | Articles
THE COWARDICE OF BULLIES. July 1982 – Deep South Georgia.A young boy is riding shotgun with his grandfather in a white Chevrolet pickup. The pickup is distinct because of the brown race stripe on the left side of the truck. This stripe didn’t come from the...
by Jason Swindle | Jul 30, 2017 | Articles
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. There was a time when chivalry and honor were understood by all; even those who lacked one or both. Those were the days when men would die to protect the honor of their family. Men would come to the aid of a lady in distress under any...
by Jason Swindle | Jul 16, 2017 | Articles
THE SLEEPING BEAR. In 1979, an epic story about brothers, war, and life in the Montana wilderness was written that no one would hear about until 1994. Some American Indians in the Montanas believe that an encounter with a bear in the wild changes a man. The bear...
by Jason Swindle | Jul 9, 2017 | Articles
THE WEST GEORGIA AUTISM FOUNDATION. This is a true story. For the past few months, there has been a “tugging” from the inside to initiate something that I never thought of or believed would gather much interest.But the tugging persisted. I realized the...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 30, 2017 | Articles
GRATITIDE FOR CAMPUS CARRYThe University of West Georgia gave me an opportunity a few years ago to become an adjunct professor in their Criminology Department. Teaching criminal law to future police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation officers and...
