Dobson's World: You just can't make this stuff up

I've been following the story of the African-American kid who was beaten to death on his first day in a Florida "boot camp". The one whose family couldn't donate his organs because the doctor told them they were too badly damaged. The one who the coroner said died of sickle-cell anemia (a condition mostly found among blacks).

This makes it sound like the "good ole days" of segregation aren't entirely a memory in Jeb Bush's Florida: Autopsy uproar not M.E.'s first Miami Herald 02/21/06

Dr. Charles Siebert, who released a controversial autopsy in a teen's boot camp-related death, has been without a medical license for three weeks and recently issued two botched autopsy reports - one of which listed a mother as having "unremarkable" testicles.

Siebert's medical license lapsed Jan. 31, and he's "in violation" of state law if he practiced medicine after that date, said a state health department spokeswoman, who was unable to elaborate on Siebert's case due to the Presidents' Day holiday.

Siebert appears to have worked ever since 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson was kneed, choked and wrestled down by seven Panama City boot camp guards Jan. 6. Cause of death: sickle-cell trait, according to an autopsy report released last week by Siebert, who couldn't be reached for comment Monday.

That report, roundly panned by experts on the rare blood disorder that mostly affects blacks, outraged Martin's family members. (my emphasis)

Lord, this is disgusting.

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