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PORTER GETS SENTENCED ON 9/23/2022 FOR MOLESTING BLACK CHILDREN FOR OVER 30 YEARS/PORTER WILL FACE A LIFE SENTENCE
PORTER GROOMED BLACK CHILDREN AT HIS SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA FOR SEXUAL MOLESTATION WHILE SHT COVERED IT UP
PORTER GROOMED BLACK CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL MOLESTATION AND SARASOTA'S ELITE REMAINS SILENT
SHT AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA CONTINUE COVER UP OF PORTER'S 30 YEARS OF MOLESTATION OF BLACK CHILDREN?
WITH PORTER'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCING WILL PORTER'S ENABLERS ESCAPE DUE RETRIBUTION OF COVERING UP PORTER'S SEXUAL MOLESTATION OF BLACK CHILDREN?
WILL THE SOCIAL ELITE OF SARASOTA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE NAMED AFTER A SEXUAL MOLESTER OF BLACK CHILDREN
Nate Jacobs named West Coast Black Theatre after Porter his mentor for over 30 years.
NATE JACOBS FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TAUGHT 10 YERS AT PORTER'S WESTCOAST SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA
Julia Leach, Executive Director of Westcoast Theatre and Nate Jacobs founder of Westcoast Black Theatre named after Porter. Jacobs was a teacher at the Westcoast School for Human Development in Downtown Sarasota for 10 years.
PORTER FACING A LIFE SENTENCE ON 9/23/2022 FOR MOLESTING BLACK CHILDREN
Porter will be sentenced at a Downtown Sarasota Courthouse blocks from the Westcost Church and School where for over 30 years Porter molested and raped Black children.
Porter was arrested and convicted after decades of previous failed criminal investigations by an investigation by then City of Sarasota Police Department (SPD) Chief of Police Bernadette DePino and Captain Jonathan Todd. To her credit, DiPino did what other previous SPD officials failed to do---DiPino opened an active investigation of Porter of molesting and raping Black children for over 30 years.
SHT CREDIBILITY IS IN THE GUTTER AS THEY IGNORE 30 YEARS OF BLACK CHILDREN BEING MOLESTED AS THEY INFLAME LOCAL CULTURE WAR.
With Porter's conviction of crimes committed only blocks from the Sarasota Herald Tribune, the SHT journalistic credibility is in the gutter with its decades of covering up Black children being molested and raped in Downtown Sarasota, which continues today.
While SHT coninues to divide the Sarasota community over the local culture war they are inflaming, the SHT ignore the cover up of bloached SPD investigation in 1990 and 2001-2002 and a FBI invstigation in 2002 of the molesting and raping of Black children.
Anderson
Instead chasing down those enablers who over 30 years said not a word as Porter molested and raped Black children, SHT reporter Zac Anderson is hanging out with reporters from the Wahigon Post and USA TODAY at Sarasota County School Board meetings continuing to enflame the local culture war.
Instead of interviewing those folks who still believe Porter did not molested Black children and preach that Porter was doing God's work in the community, Anderson and the USA TODAY reporter are interviewing Proud Boys in Venice.
The questionn now becomes after Porter gets sentenced on 9/23/2022 will Zac Anderson and the SHT cease inflaming culture wars in Sarasota chasing Proud Boys and others who hang out at the Hollows and start chasing down those who enabled and covered up Porter molesting Black children for over 30 years.
PORTER CONVICTED FOR SEXUAL MOLESTATION OF MINOR CHILDREN UNDER 12
On 6/23/2022 in a packed Sarasota courtroom in Downtown Sarasota a seven member jury dropped a grenade on Sarasota as they found self proclaimed Bishop Henry Porter had been sexually molested children at Porter's Downtown Sarasota church, school and home in Sapphire Shores for over 30 years while the SHT and other local media could care less.
PORTER'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCING DOES NOT END THE SARASOTA COMMUITY CLOSURE
Sarasota will NEVER have closure, until all of those who turned their heads in enabling Porter to molest and rape Black children in Sarasota and beyond come forth and admit their part in enabling Porter to groom Black children for sexual moestation--- ONLY THEN CAN SARASOTA HAVE CLOSURE.
WHO WERE PORTER'S ENABLERS?
"Bishop" Henry Porter sexual molested Black children in Sarasota and beyond for 30 years. Meanwhile, the social elite, law enforcement, the media and others turned their heads to the cries of those molested. This is a similar initial reaction to those of us in Boston, who turned our heads to the cover up of the sexual molestation of chidren by Catholic priests
As the award movie "SPOTLIGHT" documented, only when an outsider from Miami became the publisher of the Boston Globe and had his investagative journalists indict all of us in Boston in a series of articles, could those of us who had turned our heads to that scandal begin to have closure.
SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE IS NO BOSTON GLOBE
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THE SHT UNDER THE PAST LEADERSHIP OF DIANE McFARLAND AND PRESENT LEADERSHIP OF JENNIFER ORSI HAVE HAD NO INTENTION OF EXPOSING PORTER MOLESTING BLACK CHILDREN BLOCKS AWAY FROM SHT IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA FOR OVER 30 YEARS
The Sarasota Herald Tribune have no intention of reporting that Porter was for years groomed by the local white culture elite of Sarasota to be their example of racial compatibility.
McFarland
The SHT has been disgraceful sticking its head in the sand and was unwilling to admit that during SHT editor Diane McFarland's tenure, Porter had its head in the sand while Poter was molesting and raping Black blocks from SHT offices. Incredible, Porter would perform with young children in front of the SHT headquarters in Downtown Sarasota.
Porter performing in Dowtown Saraota in front of Sarasota Herald Tribune offices blocks awy from Porter's Church and School.
The Sarasota Herald Tribune's reputation is in the gutter, as is FBI and the Sarasota Police Department pre DePino's, who conducted failed bogus investigations of Porter in 1990 and 2001-2002.
Felix
FELIX EXCELLENT JOB IN BEGINING TO BRING CLOSURE TO SARASOTA COMMUNITY FOR IGNORING BLACK CHILDREN BEING MOLESTED FOR OVER 30 YEARS
Sarasota community should be proud of local Assistant States Attorney Ryan Felix who did a GREAT job and worked extremely hard to bring Porter to justice and BEGIN to bring closure to the Sarasota community having over 30 years of the scadelous molestation of Black chiildre.
Felix was up against one of the state's most respected criminal lawyers Brett McIntosh. Felix did not back down and proved without a reasonable doubt that Porter is one of most evil persons to walk the streets of Sarasota. Porter will get a life sentence on 9/23/22 and die in prison.
Felix did a masterful and brilliant job in presenting the facts of the case. Felix brought respectability back to the local States Attorney office after Porter had made a mockery of the local criminal justice system for over 30 years as he molested a countless number of Black children.
Krugg
The trial was presided over by Judge Thomas Krugg who crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's in making judicial sure that the proceedings were conducted in the most highly professional manner. Kruggs
reputation of being one of most respected and qualified judges to sit on the 12th Judicial circuit was confirmed.
McIntosh
The verdict was unanimous, and it was never in question despite McIntosh's efforts, who tried his best to defend the indefensible.
PORTER MOLESTED AND RAPED BLACK CHILDREN AS HE WINED AND DINED WITH SARASOTA SOCIAL ELITE
At the trial, It became apparent that for over 30 years Porter molested and raped Black children as young as 10 years old while Porter was hob knobbing with the white social elite of Sarasota.
Porter at Michael Klauber's Michael's On East honoring four community leaders (4/17/18)
Porter with Westcoast Black Theater Troupe Founder and artistic director Nate Jacobs. Jacobs named West Coast Black Theater after Porter his mentor for over 30 years.
Porter with Sarasota City Commissioners Suzanne Atwell and Danny Bilyeu on Porter's right June Gordon, Porter, and Joyce Bellamy at Hall of Fame Luncheon --4/22/2013
Henry Porter II, Veronica Brady Miller Senior Vice President of Gulf Coast Community Foundation and Porter at Goodwill Ambassador of he Year award on 11/17/2011
Porter with Bill Buttiggi at Hall of Fame luncheon attended by Attorney Dan Bailey and SHT Publisher Dianne McFarland and other social elites of Sarasota on 4/24/2012.
Porter with Rev. Bob Armstrong at the 19th Annual Share The Light Luncheon on 9/18/14
Porter with Shelley Goldblatt at the Goodwell Manasota honrors their top Ambassadors on 1/15/17
PORTER HAD BEEN ABUSING AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN FOR YEARS
Incredible, Porter was investigated by the Sarasota Police Department in 1990 and 2001-2002 and despite over 40 reported cases of child molestation by Porter, he was never arrested and proceeded to continue molesting children at his Downtown Sarasota church and school.
It was testified that Porter not only molested and raped Black children here in Sarasota, but also while traveling with young children throughout the United States, Europe and Africa.
Sapphire Shores/Indian Beach Neighborhood
Porter according to court documents, Porter molested and raped Black children not only in his Downtown Sarasota Church/School, in his multimillion-dollar home in the Indian Beach/ Sapphire Shores neighborhood.
Court documents also stated Porter molested and raped Black children in Tucson, Arizona; Anderson; South Carolina; San Diego, California; Savannah, Georgia; Gastonia, North Carolina; Rome, Italy and in Africa, as he he traveled and toured with a musical emsemble and troupe of children.
BRODSKY
LOCAL STATES ATTORNEY ED BRODSKY PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT ON PORTER'S CRIMES
"In 1990 and 2000-2001, law enforcement conducted separate criminal investigations into defendant's sexual abusing children." Brodsky continue, "During those investigations, 30 youths provided statements to law enforcement disclosing they were sexually abused by the defendant in the past. These individuals ranging from young teenagers to young adults when the sexual abuse occurred described the abuse taking place at many locations including the defendant's inner office at the West Coast Center for Human Development."
Furthermore, Assistant State's Attorney Felix in denying Porter bail, Felix states, "In all, law enforcement investigations spanning 30 years produced statements from dozens that have been sexually abused by the defendant. These students support the fact that defendant Porter has sexually abused for decades."
Porter entertaining for President Bill Clinton in White House
The child molester of countless Black children entertained in the White House for President Bill Clinton and received two Points of Light awards from Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
Florida GovernorJeb Bush
One of the most outrageous sexual molestation by Porter was testified by a 49-year-old male victim, who testified that Porter drove in a limousine down a dirt road in Lake County, Florida to bring him, as a 12-year-old boy, back to Sarasota to live in Porter's Westcoast church and
attend Porter's Westcoast School in Sarasota.
It was just weeks after arriving in Sarasota and taking up residence in an apartment at the Westcoast church that Porter started performing oral and anal sex on the young boy.
After one alleged anal sex attack, the young boy stated he could not leave the apartment for 2-3 days because he suffered the pain of the attack. The alleged victim also testified later on a trip with Porter to Tallahassee in Porter's limousine. Porter had him give him oral sex.
There were numerous statements at Porter's trial that need not be repeated due to their vulgarness and sexual disgusting acts of sexual depravity on young Black children.
It was mentioned at the trial that Porter had his own school at the Church's location in Downtown Sarasota and was able to call down children from an upstairs location to his inner office in the church where he sexually molested the young students.
It was in testimony at the trial that Porter had groomed Black children out of his church and school for his sexual pleasure.
The jury determined that Porter had been molesting andraping Sarasota children for over 30 years, while the local media, law enforcement and Sarasota white cultural elite ignored sexual molesting of Black children.
Chad Watkins's video of Porter's grooming and sexual molestation
It has become disgracefully apparent that unless Chad Watkins, who was first molested in a hotel room in Daytona Beach at age 15, had he not come forward courageously with his video calling out Porter as sexually molesting him, Porter would not be arrested/convicted andnow being sentenced.
Watkins was interviewed by the SPD and alleged the sexual abuse started when he was 15 and lasted until he was 21. The abuse took place in the "Inner Office", which was described as an internal structure of Porter's church in Downtown Sarasota. Watkins told police the abuse included
oral and anal sexual acts.
EARLY BOTCHED INVESTIGATIONS OF PORTER
During SPD and FBI investigations, over 30 youths provided statements to law enforcement disclosing they were sexually abused by the defendant in the past.
For example, in the botched Sarasota Police Department(SPD) and FBI investigations of 1990 and 2001-2002, law enforcement conducted separate criminal investigations into the defendant's sexual abusing children.
Until DiPino opened up the Porter investigation, the SPD and FBI had no intentions of admitting their blotched investigation in 1990 and 2000-2002 had allowed Porter for at least the next 30 years to molest and rape Black children at his Downtown Church, School, home and throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa.
In conversation with former FBI agent Kelly Thomas in 2018, Thomas who had retired from the FBI confirmed he was involved in investigating Porter for molesting African American children but could not comment on the investigation.
Thomas did say that I should pursue the investigation of Porter because he needed to be arrested for molesting African American children. Kelly stated he would testify if he was asked to do so.
Billings
Lynn Billings was in charge of FBI investagation of Porter in 2002. Billings is now an Investigator with Morgan and Morgan’s Litigation Unit.
In her resume for Morgan and Morgan, Billings states while she was assigned to the FBI Tampa Division’s Sarasota Resident Agency she conducted investigations concerning crimes against children. Calls to Billings hav not been returned.
Lynn Thomson led Sarasota Police Departmen investigation of Porter in 2001-2002. Thomson is now with Sarasota County Sheriff (Thomson three on right from Sheriff Tom Knight)
Berlin-Padar
Local District Judge Donna Berlin Padar, who worked at the States Attorney's office at the time Porter was investigated in 2000-2001. Berlin-Padar worked with Thomson of the SPD in the 2000-2001 investigation of Porter. Berlin worked at the local States Attorney office from 1996 to 2006 before becoming a judge al in 2006.
Chris Iorio
Three years before Porter was arrested this reporter and the then retired Sarasota County Sheriff's Department child sexual investigative detective Chris Iorio approached SPD law enforcement official with detailed information from sources that Porter had been molesting and
raping Black children for years.
An investigation was reopened and one of our sources reported to the SPD that Watkins had posted his video. That led to Porter's arrest. God only knows how many Black children Porter had groomed for sexual molestation over those years until being arrest. The two criminal cases that Porter was convicted of criminal molesting a child under 12 are the tip of the iceberg.
ABUSE REPORTED OCCURRED DURING SCHOOL HOURS
It was testified Porter made the children come down down the stairs from the school to enter his private office from another entrance. The victim stated, "That way Porter was not seen bringing a child back toward the inner/private office. Once the sexual acts concluded the victim
would have to leave in the same manner."
ANOTHER ACCUSER STATES ABUSE STARTED AT AGE 12
Another Porter victim testified Porter's abuse started when he was 12, after his father abandoned him at the Westcoast Center for Human Development. He alleged Porter groomed him by "touching him" before he was forced on an air mattress in the inner office and touched
inappropriately.
It was further testified that sexual batteries would occur 3-4 times a week, often inside Porter's inner office." The office was in Porter's Church and School in Downtown Sarasota.
One victim testified that after Porter molested him, Porter would always make us confess our faults to each other and pray and ask that God will forgive us for what we just did.
It is further alleged in sworn statements, "These sexual batteries would occur 3-4 times a week often inside Porter's inner office."
NOT THE END OF SARASOTA'S DISGRACFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH PORTER
This is not the last chapter in Sarasota's disgraceful over 50-year Porter relationship Sarasota had with Porter, who molested and raped countless Black children while the white elite of Sarasota entertained Porter at countless social events.
In addition, the Sarasota Police Department and FBI needs to be held accountable for failing to bring Porter to justice after their bogus criminal investigations in 1990 and 2001-2002, as countless Black suffered sexual abuse from Porter for over 30 years.
NEXT
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PORTER AND THE WESTCOAST BLACK THEATER FOUNDER AND TROUPE DIRECTOR NATE JACOBS
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