West Frankfort: Caught on Camera and Exposed
When a public official insists you come in person to discuss an issue, you expect professionalism. What you don’t expect is a setup. Yet, that’s exactly what happened to me—and the city’s own security cameras prove it. So I’m sharing the videos with you.
The Setup: Why I Was at City Hall
I was asked—no, required—by Mayor Tim Arview to come to City Hall in person to get a copy of the agenda for the zoning board meeting. Via email and phone I asked for a copy to be emailed to me or to be posted in a public place - the city web page, the city app, or the city Facebook page. Mr. Arview said, “No, you must get it in person and it is on the bulletin board.” In other words, if I wanted to know about the agenda - I have to go in person. I complied. What happened next was a coordinated act of intimidation, gaslighting, and an outright abuse of power.
In the security footage, you see me:
✅ Calmly seated, engaged in conversation.
✅ Hands in my lap—no aggression, no threats.
✅ At times, visibly uncomfortable as I raise my hand in a ‘stop’ gesture.
Across from me, you see the mayor:
🚨 Standing over me, waving his fists.
🚨 Pointing aggressively, clearly the dominant force in the interaction.
🚨 Physically looming over me while I remain seated.
Forward 8 Min mark - woman in gray coat.
The False Report: A Timeline That Proves the Lie
What you don’t see? Any reason for police to be called.
At no point does anyone in the office react to the conversation. If I were causing a “disturbance,” wouldn’t city employees have looked up? Wouldn’t there be an immediate response? Instead, they carried on as if nothing was happening. Because nothing was.
The mayor called the police—but only after I left the building.
✅ The security footage has timestamps.
✅ I left. Then, and only then, the mayor picked up the phone and claimed he was so “threatened” that he needed the police.
✅ If he was in fear for his safety, why did he wait until I was gone?
The Punchline: They Thought It Was Funny
The most damning part? The security footage catches the mayor and the code enforcement officer—both whom have personally threatened to demolish my home—standing together, laughing after making the false report.
The same officer who failed to enforce the demolition of a drug house for years, which led to my own home invasion, is now laughing about targeting me—a disabled woman—through fraudulent police action.
And the office staff? They’re all laughing too. Not one city employee showed concern over the “dangerous threat” their mayor supposedly just endured.
Because they knew it was a lie.
What This Means: A Coordinated Hate Crime Against a Disabled Person
This isn’t just corruption—it’s a pattern of coordinated abuse that specifically targets me as a disabled resident who has dared to challenge the city’s misconduct.
🚨 Filing a false police report is a crime.
🚨 Coordinating an attack on a disabled person is a hate crime.
🚨 Every city employee who laughed in that video is complicit in an abuse of power.
This is a Lawsuit in the Making
The evidence writes itself. The false police report, the abuse of power, the coordinated targeting of a disabled resident, and the indisputable proof caught on security cameras make this a legal case in and of itself.
And let’s be clear—a wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf. Winning office with a few hundred votes in a town of 7,500 doesn’t turn a predator into a leader. It just gives him access to a system he can manipulate for personal vendettas.
The videos speak for themselves. Watch them. Decide for yourself. And ask: if they can do this to me, how many others have they bullied, silenced, and lied about?
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