On Friday's newscast, you heard Ellis Meighan talk about a brutal GSU led search of his house. Meighan claimed that the GSU has something personal
against him and his family. Today we caught up with the GSU commander Mark Flowers at the Biltmore where we asked him about the incident. Flowers
accused us of being desperate for news. Here is what he said.
Supt. Mark Flowers - Commander, GSU
"It's more like Channel 7 desperation for news. I've spoken to these people but I didn't hear the complaint. What was told to me was that one person
said that another person said something."
Emanuel Pech
"We spoke specifically to Mr. Ellis Meighan."
Supt. Mark Flowers - Commander, GSU
"Ellis Meighan was saying that his brother said that something happened and he was not there. So I still don't get the point except the sensationalism
that is not news. But how we do and discharge our function is consistent with the rule of law and try to keep it as consistent as possible with the
rule of law. There is no need for any strong arming or no bullying of anybody, we just want to do what we are charted to do and we want to do it as
often as we have to and without; we are not a strong armed unit. We are more committed to doing what we need to do and get it done and get out of
there."
Emanuel Pech
"There's not been any verification of what happened on Friday with the raid."
Supt. Mark Flowers - Commander, GSU
"I don't have any complaint, nobody has ever complained to me or asked me anything or said anything to me. Some people do comment and I would say I
have heard in the past where mothers would come to me and say, oh my son, I said how old is your son? He's 25, then let your son come and give a
complaint. There is no other way to do that anything other than that will be here say and here say is not a complaint. We refer to that as here so and
here so should not even be news but for Channel 7 it's breaking news."
As for the theory that a shooting on Friday morning in the area of Banak Street could have somehow been provoked by the search, Flowers dismissed that
completely saying there was no evidence to suggest that the two incidents were connected in any way.
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